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Volodymyr Zelensky

President of Ukraine, 2019 to present

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A former comedian and actor who became the face of Ukraine’s resistance after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Volodymyr Zelensky sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, strongly tech-optimist on technology and leaning nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on environment and religion.

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Where Volodymyr Zelensky sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Volodymyr Zelensky

Sun Yat-sen Founding leader of the Republic of China, 191299%Boris Johnson UK Prime Minister, 2019 to 202298%Andris Kulbergs Prime Minister of Latvia, 2026 to present98%Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 199697%Niccolò Machiavelli Florentine diplomat and political thinker, 1469 to 152797%Simón Bolívar Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia97%Daniel Noboa President of Ecuador, 2023 to present97%Nicolas Sarkozy President of France, 2007 to 201296%

People furthest from Volodymyr Zelensky

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19109%Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 194011%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198013%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 198013%

Political views closest to Volodymyr Zelensky

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…96%Economic nationalismUses tariffs, subsidies and industrial policy to protect and grow domestic industry.96%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…95%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…95%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Press Service of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.