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Orthopedic surgeon, founder of the agribusiness UDR and governor of Goiás (2019–2026), he is the PSD's 2026 presidential candidate. He pledges a hard line on criminal gangs, a broad amnesty for January 8 defendants, spending control and protection of rural property.
Political axes
Ronaldo Caiado leans further toward free market than 75% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Ronaldo Caiado stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Ronaldo Caiado sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
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Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
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CommunalismAnarchist28%
A military engineer and Bolsonaro's infrastructure minister, Tarcísio has governed São Paulo since 2023 with concessions, privatisations and a technocratic managerial pitch, running for re-election in 2026.
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A southern state with strong agribusiness and European immigrant settlement, Paraná combines a thriving agricultural and industrial economy with a mostly conservative, economically liberal electorate.
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A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
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