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William Ruto

President of Kenya, 2022 to present

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Won as a self-styled champion of ordinary "hustlers." Mass protests over tax increases in 2024 forced him to withdraw a finance bill.

William Ruto sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning tech-optimist on technology.

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Where William Ruto 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.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like William Ruto

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People furthest from William Ruto

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19408%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 200611%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 198012%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 199213%

Political views closest to William Ruto

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.95%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…93%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…90%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…90%

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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: Government of Kenya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.