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Mauricio Macri

Role
Argentine president
Lived
1959–
Country of activity
Argentina Argentina
Strongest axis
Markets 83%

Mauricio Macri, a businessman and former mayor of Buenos Aires, was president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019 and founded the PRO party. His government floated the peso, lifted currency controls and took a $57 billion IMF programme.

In the 12 Axes register, Mauricio Macri leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Markets 83%; the register median is Planned 68%.

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The twelve axes

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

Government

Federal 68%Unitary

Federal

Federal republic of provinces

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Elected in 2015; lost re-election in 2019

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

"Chocobar doctrine" broadened police rights to use force

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

Improved ties with the US; pursued Mercosur-EU deal

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

Mainstream foreign policy; no military ambitions

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Centrist

No distinct stance on cultural diversity

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 68%

Economic Liberal

Lifted currency controls; $57 billion IMF programme

PlannedMarkets 83%

Free Market

Floated the peso; cut agricultural export taxes

IsolationismGlobalism 83%

Globalist

Cut import tariffs on capital goods and technology

Society

IrreligiousReligious

Moderate

Catholic but allowed Congress to debate abortion

ProgressiveTraditional

Moderate

Personally anti-abortion yet permitted debate

AccelerationBioconservative

Neutral

No distinct position on technology

What stands out

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

Most distinctive axis

Planned – Markets

On Planned – Markets, Mauricio Macri is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Mauricio Macri is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.

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

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Casa Rosada, CC BY 2.5 ar, 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].