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Nayib Bukele

President of El Salvador, 2019 to present

His mass-detention campaign against gangs sharply cut homicides but drew human-rights criticism. He also made Bitcoin legal tender in 2021.

Nayib Bukele sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly nationalist on nation.

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Where Nayib Bukele 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Nayib Bukele

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)79%Prabowo Subianto President of Indonesia, 2024 to present79%Daniel Noboa President of Ecuador, 2023 to present78%Aleksandar Vučić President of Serbia, 2017 to 202678%Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India, 2014 to present77%Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary, 1998 to 2002 and 2010 to 202677%

Leaders furthest from Nayib Bukele

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement11%Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 198612%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201513%

Political views closest to Nayib Bukele

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…80%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…76%PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…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: AndreX, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.