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Yasser Arafat

Chairman of the PLO, 1969 to 2004

Led the Palestine Liberation Organization for 35 years, signed the Oslo Accords with Israel, shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize and headed the Palestinian Authority until his death.

Yasser Arafat sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly strength-first on war and peace and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on environment and technology.

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Where Yasser Arafat 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 authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Yasser Arafat

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Political views closest to Yasser Arafat

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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: Gideon Markowiz, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.