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Figure · 1758–1794

Maximilien Robespierre

Jacobin leader

Jacobin leader of the French Revolution and a central figure of the Terror.

«Virtue and terror together to defend the Republic.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Maximilien Robespierre sits in the law-and-order center-right camp. The clearest positions are on state: strongly towards “authority”; justice: strongly towards “tough on crime”; method: strongly towards “rupture”; devolution: strongly towards “centralism”. On religion and environment it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is kemalism (87%).

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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

KemalismThe Architect of the Republic87%MaoismThe Red Guard85%Marxism-LeninismThe Planner83%

Closest parties in Europe

ANOCzech Republic78%DanmarksdemokraterneDenmark67%SverigedemokraternaSweden66%Democrazia Sovrana PopolareItaly66%

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