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Andris Kulbergs

Prime Minister of Latvia, 2026 to present

A businessman who entered parliament in 2022 as a non-party member of the United List and became prime minister in 2026 after his predecessor resigned.

Andris Kulbergs sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning free market on economy, leaning strength-first on war and peace and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Andris Kulbergs sits on eight dimensions

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

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Andris Kulbergs

Nicolas Sarkozy President of France, 2007 to 201288%Péter Magyar Prime Minister of Hungary, 2026 to present85%Bola Tinubu President of Nigeria, 2023 to present84%Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present84%William Ruto President of Kenya, 2022 to present83%Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of the Philippines, 2022 to present82%

Leaders furthest from Andris Kulbergs

Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army28%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement29%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192430%

Political views closest to Andris Kulbergs

SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.79%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.74%Economic nationalismUses tariffs, subsidies and industrial policy to protect and grow domestic industry.70%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Gints Ivuskans, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.