Soviet Union · 1985–1991
Mikhail Gorbachev
Tried to reform a command state with glasnost and perestroika, and lost the state itself.
Mikhail Gorbachev is on the world-leaders chart for Soviet Union, 1985–1991. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Tried to reform a command state with glasnost and perestroika, and lost the state itself.
The dot is economics -22 and authority -4, 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: Reform socialism so people would believe in it again. Done: Glasnost and elections arrived. The union, and his office, did not survive them. 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 Willy Brandt (West Germany, -24 / -12). 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.