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Michel Temer

Role
Brazilian president
Lived
1940–
Country of activity
Brazil Brazil
Strongest axis
Markets 83%

Michel Temer was Brazil's president from 2016 to 2019 after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, whom he served as vice president. A lawyer and member of the MDB, he passed a public spending cap and a labor reform.

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

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The twelve axes

Where Michel Temer 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

Governed federal Brazil of 26 states and a district

Democratic 68%Autocratic

Representative Democracy

Took office by constitutional succession after impeachment

SecurityFreedom

Centrist

Ordered 2018 federal military intervention in Rio security

Diplomacy

Internationalism 68%Nationalism

Cooperation

Pursued closer ties with the US and trade partners

MilitaristPacifist

Neutral

Ended Brazil's Haiti peacekeeping role in 2017

AssimilationistMulticulturalist

Centrist

Mainstream centrist on identity politics

Economy

CollectivizePrivatize 83%

Capitalist

Constitutional cap on public spending for 20 years

PlannedMarkets 83%

Free Market

2017 labor reform loosened employment rules

IsolationismGlobalism 68%

Free Trade

Pursued Mercosur-EU talks and openness

Society

IrreligiousReligious 68%

Spiritual

Catholic raised by Lebanese Maronite parents

ProgressiveTraditional 68%

Conservative

Centre-right on cultural issues

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, Michel Temer is at Markets 83%. The register median is Planned 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Michel Temer 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: Beto Barata/PR, CC BY 2.0, 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].