PortugalMário Soares was a Portuguese politician who founded the Socialist Party and served as prime minister and later as president from 1986 to 1996. He helped steer Portugal to democracy after 1974 and into the European Community.
In the 12 Axes register, Mário Soares leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Mário Soares sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Governed a unitary state with Azores and Madeira autonomy
Representative Democracy
Founded Socialist Party and guided return to democracy
Liberal
Backed 1976 constitution with strong civil liberties
Internationalism
Negotiated Portugal's entry into the European Economic Community
Non-Aggressive
Organized independence of Portugal's colonies after 1974
Polyculturalist
Accepted Portuguese returnees from the former colonies
Social Democratic
Adopted strict austerity as prime minister from 1983
Balanced
Governed a mixed economy under the 1976 constitution
Free Trade
Advocated joining the European Community
Agnostic
Raised Catholic; identified as a secular republican
Progressive
Social democratic reforms after the 1974 revolution
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Mário Soares is at Internationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Mário Soares 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.europarl.europa.eu
Portrait: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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].
