South AfricaCyril Ramaphosa is a South African trade unionist, businessman and politician who has been president since 2018. He leads the African National Congress and since 2024 heads a coalition Government of National Unity.
In the 12 Axes register, Cyril Ramaphosa leans hardest on Assimilationist – Multiculturalist: Multiculturalist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Cyril Ramaphosa sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Governs a unitary state with powers shared with provinces
Representative Democracy
Re-elected president by parliament in June 2024
Liberal
Governs under a constitutional bill of rights
Cooperation
Active in African Union, BRICS and G20 diplomacy
Non-Aggressive
Seeks negotiated solutions to regional conflicts
Multiculturalist
Continues black economic empowerment and non-racial constitution
Mixed Economic
Signed National Health Insurance Act in 2024
Balanced
Mixed economy with state utilities and private sector
Free Trade
Signed the African Continental Free Trade Area
Moderate
Headed school Student Christian Movement; state has no official religion
Progressive
Urged closing the gender gap at the 2020 AU summit
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Assimilationist – Multiculturalist
On Assimilationist – Multiculturalist, Cyril Ramaphosa is at Multiculturalist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Cyril Ramaphosa is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
Portrait: Lula Oficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
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].
