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Figure · 1954–2013

Hugo Chávez

Venezuelan President

President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013, after an attempted coup in 1992; promoter of the "Bolivarian revolution".

«21st-century socialism and Latin America's independence from the United States.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Hugo Chávez sits in the authoritarian center-left camp. The clearest positions are on economy: strongly towards “equality”; state: strongly towards “authority”; sovereignty: strongly towards “sovereignty”; method: strongly towards “rupture”. On society, technology, democracy and immigration it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is bolivarianism (98%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

BolivarianismThe People's Commander98%Patriotic socialismThe Sovereign Partisan96%PeronismThe Descamisado95%

Closest parties in Europe

Prawo i SprawiedliwośćPoland86%Nemuno aušraLithuania83%Democrazia Sovrana PopolareItaly81%ANOCzech Republic81%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.