List of physically disabled politicians
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The following is a list of politicians who hold or held office while having a significant physical disability.
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[edit] Austria
- Theresia Haidlmayr, parliamentary representative (paraplegic)
[edit] Canada
- Lucien Bouchard, former Member of Parliament and Premier of Quebec (amputee)
- Steven Fletcher, Member of Parliament, Winnipeg, Manitoba (quadriplegic)
- Gary Malkowski, former Member of Provincial Parliament, Ontario (deaf)
- Pierre Sévigny, former Member of Parliament and Associate Minister of National Defence (amputee)
- Sam Sullivan, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (quadriplegic)
[edit] Germany
- Wolfgang Schäuble, minister of the interior, parliamentary representative, and Christian Democratic Union chairman
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] United States
- Max Cleland, United States Senator, Georgia (multiple amputee)
- John Porter East, United States Senator, North Carolina (paraplegic)
- Lane Evans, United States Representative, Illinois (Parkinson's disease)
- Jim Langevin, United States Representative, Rhode Island (quadriplegic)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States (paraplegic)
- Michela Alioto-Pier,California (paraplegic)
[edit] India
- Jaipal Reddy, Senior Politician and is presently a Union Miniter in the UPA and was also a minister in United Front Government.
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