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Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020, Qaboos deposed his father, modernized the country with oil income, ruled as an absolute monarch and adopted a foreign policy of neutrality and mediation, grounded in the Ibadi tradition of tolerance.
Political axes
Qaboos bin Said leans further toward autocracy than 80% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where Qaboos bin Said stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, Qaboos bin Said sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 276 ideologies
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
Democratic Party current born with Franklin Roosevelt that joins financial regulation, social security, public works and strong unions with civic patriotism, preserved capitalism and international leadership.
The most distant ideology
Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist35%
Emir of Abu Dhabi (1966–2004) and first president of the United Arab Emirates, which he unified in 1971. An absolute, paternalistic monarch, he redistributed oil wealth, favoured mediation and foreign aid, and kept Islam as the basis of the state.
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A Hashemite monarchy with an elected parliament, but with the king controlling government, army and foreign policy, Jordan relies on foreign aid and remittances, hosts many Palestinian refugees and has had peace with Israel since 1994.
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A Sunni caliphate with its capital in Baghdad, the Abbasids ruled from the Maghreb to Central Asia under a caliph with religious and political authority, with a Persian-style bureaucracy, long-distance trade, and the House of Wisdom in the Islamic Golden Age.
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