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Xanana Gusmão

Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, 2007 to 2015 and 2023 to present

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A resistance commander who became the first president of independent Timor-Leste, he returned as prime minister in 2023 and steered the country into ASEAN in 2025.

Xanana Gusmão sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning religious on religion, leaning traditional on culture and leaning nationalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on war and peace.

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Where Xanana Gusmão 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Xanana Gusmão

One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…99%CorporatismOrganizes society into industry and professional bodies that bargain with the state, an…99%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.98%CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.98%

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