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Figure · 1874–1944
Antanas Smetona
President of Lithuania
First president of independent Lithuania (1919–1920); back in power after the 1926 coup, he ruled in an authoritarian, nationalist way until the Soviet occupation of 1940.
«The nation above parties.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, Antanas Smetona sits in the far right camp. The clearest positions are on state: strongly towards “authority”; sovereignty: strongly towards “sovereignty”; society: strongly towards “tradition”; devolution: strongly towards “centralism”. On economy, environment and foreign policy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is religious integralism (94%).
Position on the 13 axes
Antanas SmetonaYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
Religious integralismThe Devout94%Authoritarian nationalismThe Strongman93%National conservatismThe Patriot92%Closest parties in Europe
Elliniki LysiGreece93%
Prawo i SprawiedliwośćPoland90%
Futuro NazionaleItaly89%
Smer – sociálna demokraciaSlovakia89%Similar figures
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