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Yamandú Orsi

President of Uruguay, 2025 to present

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A former history teacher and mayor from the center-left Broad Front who succeeded Luis Lacalle Pou in 2025.

Yamandú Orsi sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly secular on religion, leaning progressive on culture and leaning nature-first on environment.

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Where Yamandú Orsi 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Yamandú Orsi

Kristrún Frostadóttir Prime Minister of Iceland, 2024 to present99%José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Prime Minister of Spain, 2004 to 201199%Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of Spain, 2018 to present99%Helen Clark Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999 to 200899%Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland, 2014 to 202399%Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada, 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 198499%Joseph Stiglitz American economist99%Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2017 to 202399%

People furthest from Yamandú Orsi

Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)11%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198911%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171511%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194311%

Political views closest to Yamandú Orsi

Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.99%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%Social democracyKeeps a market economy but adds strong public services, unions and progressive taxes to…98%EurocommunismA communism that accepts elections and pluralism, breaking with Soviet orthodoxy in the…98%

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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: Fotografía oficial de la Presidencia de Colombia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.