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Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Role
Mexican president
Lived
1953–
Country of activity
Mexico Mexico
Strongest axis
Nationalism 68%

Andrés Manuel López Obrador was president of Mexico from December 2018 to September 2024 and founded the Morena party. He expanded social programs and state control of energy, built large infrastructure projects, created the National Guard and pushed the 2024 judicial reform.

In the 12 Axes register, Andrés Manuel López Obrador leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Nationalism 68%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Andrés Manuel López Obrador sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary

Centrist

Governed Mexico's federal republic from 2018 to 2024

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Held public consultations; enacted 2024 reform to elect judges

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Policy of 'hugs, not bullets' toward organized crime

Diplomacy

InternationalismNationalism 68%

Anti-Interventionist

Said 'the best foreign policy is domestic policy'

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

No foreign wars; gave the army nationwide security control

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 68%

Polyculturalist

Recognized Indigenous peoples; funded Indigenous-region projects

Economy

Collectivize 68%Privatize

Social Democratic

Expanded pensions and cash transfers; raised minimum wage

Planned 68%Markets

Regulationism

Strengthened state energy firms; kept budgets austere

IsolationismGlobalism

Moderate

Ratified USMCA in 2019; restricted private energy investment

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

Called himself a Christian in the broadest sense

ProgressiveTraditional

Moderate

Moderate stance on social and cultural issues

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

Built the Maya Train and Felipe Ángeles Airport

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is at balanced 50%. The register median is Unitary 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Andrés Manuel López Obrador is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.

Who is closest in the register

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: EneasMx, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].