The following is a list of politicians who hold or held office while having a physical disability.
Afghanistan
Mohammed Omar, Taliban leader and former head of state (lost one eye due to a shrapnel injury)
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, former President of Algeria (wheelchair user)
Argentina
Gabriela Michetti, former vice president (wheelchair user) Daniel Scioli, former vice president and former governor of Buenos Aires Province (lost his right arm in an accident in 1989) Jorge Triaca Jr., former Minister of Labour (wheelchair user)
Armenia
Seyran Ohanyan, former Defence Minister of Armenia (one leg amputated after being wounded during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War) Zaruhi Batoyan, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour (wheelchair user) Artak Zeynalyan, Minister of Justice of Armenia (leg amputee)
Australia
Federal
Graham Edwards, member of the House of Representatives (lost both legs during the Vietnam War) John Hyde, member of the House of Representatives (lost an arm in a farming accident) George Maxwell, member of the House of Representatives (deteriorating eyesight, eventually went blind) Gregor McGregor, senator for South Australia (deteriorating eyesight, eventually went blind) Alby Schultz, member of the House of Representatives (blind in one eye after an accident with hydrochloric acid) Jordon Steele-John, senator for Western Australia (cerebral palsy, wheelchair user)
State
Denise Allen, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (muscular atrophy) Les Craig, member of the WA Legislative Council (lost a leg during World War I) Henry Curran, member of the WA Legislative Assembly (lost a leg in a traffic accident) Roberts Dunstan, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lost a leg during World War II) Frank Guthrie, member of the WA Legislative Assembly (lost a leg during World War I) Cecil Hincks, member of the South Australian House of Assembly (lost a leg during World War I) David Hunter, member of the NSW Legislative Assembly (went blind as a child after contracting meningitis) Mathieson Jacoby, member of the WA Legislative Assembly (blind in one eye after dynamiting accident) Peter Lalor, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lost an arm in the Eureka Rebellion) Iven Manning, member of the WA Legislative Assembly (lost an arm during World War II) Frank Marriott, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (lost sight during World War I) Hugh Mosman, member of the Queensland Legislative Council (lost arm in a dynamiting accident) Batong Pham, member of the WA Legislative Council (uses a wheelchair after experiencing a brain aneurysm) Rob Pyne, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (quadriplegic, wheelchair user) Liesl Tesch, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (paraplegic, wheelchair user) Kelly Vincent, member of the South Australian Legislative Council (cerebral palsy, wheelchair user) William Willmott, member of the WA Legislative Assembly (lost a leg during World War I)
Austria
Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835–48) (severe epilepsy from childhood, hydrocephalic)
Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil (lost his left pinky finger from a machine accident) Mara Gabrilli, current member of the Brazilian National Congress (tetraplegic due to a car accident) Golbery do Couto e Silva, chief of staff of Geisel and Figueiredo administrations (blind in one eye)
Cambodia
Ta Mok, Khmer Rouge leader (amputated lower leg) Hun Sen, Prime minister (blind in one eye due to a war wound)