List of Blind People - Politicians

Politicians

  • Abdurrahman Wahid otherwise known as Gusdur - former president of Indonesia
  • Richard H. Bernstein - Elected to Wayne State University Board of Governors in Michigan.
  • David Blunkett - Labour Party (UK) politician, former cabinet minister, and Member of Parliament.
  • Kristen Cox - Cabinet secretary in Utah and Maryland.
  • Matthew A. Dunn - Member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • Henry Fawcett - Member of Parliament and Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.
  • Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale - MP for St Pancras North for eleven non-consecutive years, blinded in World War I.
  • Thomas Gore - US Senator.
  • Louis the Blind, 10th century European king, blinded after being captured.
  • Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Member of the British House of Lords.
  • David Paterson - Governor of New York.
  • Bob C. Riley - An acting governor of Arkansas.
  • Thomas D. Schall - A US Senator from Minnesota, blinded by an electrical shock before his time in office.
  • Vasily II of Russia, the 15th century Grand Prince of Moscow

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