BrazilFernando Henrique Cardoso, a sociologist, was president of Brazil from 1995 to 2003. His Real Plan ended hyperinflation, and his government privatized state enterprises, passed the re-election amendment and created early cash-transfer programs such as Bolsa Escola.
In the 12 Axes register, Fernando Henrique Cardoso leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Federal 68%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Fernando Henrique Cardoso sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Governed Brazil's federal republic from 1995 to 2003
Representative Democracy
Won the 1994 and 1998 elections in the first round
Liberal
Defended press freedom and civil liberties
Cooperation
Strengthened Mercosur and Brazil's multilateral engagement
Non-Aggressive
Reduced military's role; kept a defensive posture
Polyculturalist
Created a national human rights program in 1996
Economic Liberal
Privatized Telebras and other state enterprises
Markets
Launched the 1994 Real Plan against inflation
Free Trade
Opened trade and cut tariffs
Agnostic
Self-described agnostic sociologist
Progressive
Later chaired the Global Commission on Drug Policy
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Fernando Henrique Cardoso is at Federal 68%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Fernando Henrique Cardoso is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Governo do Estado de São Paulo, CC BY 2.0, 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].
