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Figure · 1931–2022
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet leader
Last leader of the Soviet Union; he launched perestroika and glasnost.
«Reform, transparency and the end of the Cold War.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, Mikhail Gorbachev sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “pacifism”; economy: fairly towards “equality”; sovereignty: fairly towards “integration”; method: fairly towards “reform”. On democracy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is social democracy (94%).
Position on the 13 axes
Mikhail GorbachevYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
Social democracyThe Social Broker94%EurocommunismThe Democratic Comrade93%Democratic CatholicismThe Framer87%Closest parties in Europe
Sozialdemokratische Partei ÖsterreichsAustria92%
Social DemocratsIreland90%
ELASGreece85%
Partido Socialista Obrero EspañolSpain85%Similar figures
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