Portrait of Anwar Ibrahim
In office today

Anwar Ibrahim

Prime Minister of Malaysia, 2022 to present

Spent decades as an opposition figure and was jailed twice before becoming prime minister of a unity government.

Anwar Ibrahim sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are leaning traditional on culture, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on institutions.

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Where Anwar Ibrahim 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Anwar Ibrahim

Robert Abela Prime Minister of Malta, 2020 to present87%Péter Magyar Prime Minister of Hungary, 2026 to present84%Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present84%Borjana Krišto Chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2023 to present81%Mindaugas Sinkevičius Prime Minister of Lithuania, 2026 to present80%Nikos Christodoulides President of Cyprus, 2023 to present80%

Leaders furthest from Anwar Ibrahim

Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army29%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192430%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present37%

Political views closest to Anwar Ibrahim

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.77%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.74%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.74%

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