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List of physically disabled politicians

List of world politicians who had or have a physical disability From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The following is a list of politicians who hold or held office while having a physical disability.

Afghanistan

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

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Austria

Brazil

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Cambodia

Canada

Colombia

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Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

  • Lenín Moreno, former President (2017–2021) and former Vice President (2007–2013) (paraplegic)[3]

Estonia

Fiji

  • Iliesa Delana, member of Parliament and Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports (since 2014); Paralympic gold medallist (leg amputee due to an accident as a child)

France

Gabon

Germany

Gibraltar

Hungary

  • Béla II, King of Hungary (1131–1141) (blinded by his father's political opponents in 1113)
  • Ferenc Hirt, Member of Parliament for Tamási (2006–2018) (wheelchair user since 1988 due to a car accident)
  • Katalin Szili, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (lost hand from undisposed grenade explosion at age 12)[8]

India

Indonesia

Iran

Ireland

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Kingdom of Jerusalem

Malaysia

  • Ras Adiba Radzi, current member of senator (full-time wheelchair user, due to car accident on 15 November 1995, with her veterba was injured)[10]
  • Karpal Singh, member of parliament for Bukit Gelugor (a full-time wheelchair user, due to car accident, with neurological problems in his right arm)[11]

Mexico

New Zealand

  • Adam Adamson, Mayor of Invercargill (born without right hand)
  • Leon Götz, MP 1949–1963 (lost right arm and eye during the First World War)
  • Norman Jones, MP 1975–1987 (leg amputee; war wound during Second World War)
  • John A. Lee, MP 1922–1943 (arm amputee; war wound during the First World War)[12]
  • Mojo Mathers, MP 2011–2017 (born deaf)
  • Clutha McKenzie, MP 1921–1922 (blinded at Gallipoli during the First World War)
  • Margaret Wilson, MP 1999–2008 (leg amputee)

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Republic of Korea

Republic of Venice

Roman Empire

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Solomon Islands

  • Martin Magga, Minister for Health (became ill and needed to use a wheelchair in 2009 while serving); resigned from the Cabinet but retained his seat in Parliament in the 2010 general election; served as MP, in a wheelchair, until his death in 2014

Spain

  • Pablo Echenique, member of the Congress of Deputies (wheelchair user due to spinal muscular atrophy)
  • Charles II of Spain, ruled 1665–1700, described by historians Will and Ariel Durant as "short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live." An autopsy reported that his "heart was the size of a peppercorn; his lungs corroded; his intestines rotten and gangrenous; he had a single testicle, black as coal, and his head was full of water."

Syria

Sri Lanka

  • Senarath Attanayake, Member of Uva Provincial Council; first elected representative with a disability in Sri Lanka; first person with a disability to hold ministerial portfolios (Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Land and Forestry) and to become an Acting Chief Minister of a Province; first person with a disability to become a lawyer in Sri Lanka (full-time wheelchair user due to polio infection at the age of two)
  • Sugath Wasantha De Silva, Member of Parliament (National List) NPP. First blind and disabled person select the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[17]

Sweden

  • David Lega, wheelchair user, congenital. MEP. Second vice minister of Christian Democrats.

Thailand

  • Rama IX, King of Thailand 1946-2016 (blind in one eye for most of his reign following a road accident)

Timurid Empire

  • Timur, Amir of the Timurid Empire 1370–1405, injured by two arrow wounds to his right leg and arm, rendering them unusable, also known as "Timur the Lame," or Tamerlane.

Turkey

  • Deniz Baykal, former leader of the CHP, member of the house of councils. (paralyzed)

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

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