Portrait of Dilma Rousseff
From history

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil, 2011 to 2016

A former guerrilla and Brazil's first woman president, she was impeached in 2016 over budget manipulation, which she called a coup.

Dilma Rousseff sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, leaning progressive on culture and leaning tech-optimist on technology. The profile is close to the middle on nation.

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Where Dilma Rousseff 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Dilma Rousseff

Andy Burnham Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2026 to present85%Clement Attlee UK Prime Minister, 1945 to 195184%Claudia Sheinbaum President of Mexico, 2024 to present82%Kristrún Frostadóttir Prime Minister of Iceland, 2024 to present82%Salvador Allende President of Chile, 1970 to 197381%Yamandú Orsi President of Uruguay, 2025 to present81%

Leaders furthest from Dilma Rousseff

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202218%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present22%Abelardo de la Espriella President of Colombia, 2026 to present22%

Political views closest to Dilma Rousseff

Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.85%Pan-AfricanismSeeks solidarity and unity among African peoples and states.82%Non-alignmentKeeps countries out of great-power blocs and military alliances.82%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Roberto Stuckert Filho/Presidência da República, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.