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Ibrahim Traoré

Head of state of Burkina Faso, 2022 to present

An army captain who took power in a coup in September 2022. His junta has turned away from France toward Russia amid a long jihadist insurgency.

Ibrahim Traoré sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Ibrahim Traoré 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Ibrahim Traoré

Prabowo Subianto President of Indonesia, 2024 to present84%Julius Caesar Roman dictator, 49 to 44 BCE82%Juan Perón President of Argentina, 1946 to 1955 and 1973 to 197482%Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus, 1994 to present78%Gamal Abdel Nasser President of Egypt, 1956 to 197078%Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)76%

Leaders furthest from Ibrahim Traoré

Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 198615%Willy Brandt Chancellor of West Germany, 1969 to 197416%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement16%

Political views closest to Ibrahim Traoré

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…82%PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…80%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…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: Bamjo226, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.