West Germany · 1969–1974
Willy Brandt
Social Democrat of Ostpolitik. Welfare at home, openings to the East, not a planned economy.
Willy Brandt is on the world-leaders chart for West Germany, 1969–1974. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Social Democrat of Ostpolitik. Welfare at home, openings to the East, not a planned economy.
The dot is economics -24 and authority -12, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is left of center on economics. The other axis sits near the middle. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: Dare more democracy, and talk to the East. Done: Ostpolitik treaties happened. A spy in the chancellery ended him. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Justin Trudeau (Canada, -22 / -8) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union, -22 / -4). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.