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Bola Tinubu

President of Nigeria, 2023 to present

A former Lagos governor who ended the fuel subsidy and let the naira float, painful reforms aimed at stabilizing Africa's largest economy.

Bola Tinubu sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority and leaning traditional on culture. The profile is close to the middle on institutions.

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Where Bola Tinubu 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.

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

Leaders most like Bola Tinubu

Bart De Wever Prime Minister of Belgium, 2025 to present89%Christopher Luxon Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2023 to present87%Nicolas Sarkozy President of France, 2007 to 201285%Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of the Philippines, 2022 to present84%Keiko Fujimori President of Peru, 2026 to present84%Andris Kulbergs Prime Minister of Latvia, 2026 to present84%

Leaders furthest from Bola Tinubu

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement22%Leon Trotsky Soviet revolutionary and founder of the Red Army23%Vladimir Lenin Head of the Soviet government, 1917 to 192426%

Political views closest to Bola Tinubu

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.80%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.74%ConservatismFavors gradual change, established institutions and continuity with tradition.72%

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