Egypt · 1954–1970
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Arab nationalist. Land reform, the Suez Canal, a one-party state, and the nonaligned movement.
Gamal Abdel Nasser is on the world-leaders chart for Egypt, 1954–1970. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Arab nationalist. Land reform, the Suez Canal, a one-party state, and the nonaligned movement.
The dot is economics -38 and authority +60, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is left of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. 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: Arab dignity, land for the fellahin, and nonalignment. Done: Land reform and the canal. A one-party state, and a disastrous war in 1967. 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 Sukarno (Indonesia, -30 / +52) and Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana, -52 / +50). 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.