List of mentally ill modern era world leaders

This is a partial list of modern era democratically elected or dictatorial leaders of prominent nation states who have been described as having a mental disorder to some degree by historians past or present. A list of mentally ill monarchs from the ancient to modern world supplements this list.

Contents

• Cold War era
• World War II era
• 19th and early 20th Century
• References

In most cases, the diagnosis of psychological dysfunction or acute mental illness is problematic given the general lack of formal clinical evaluation of the given world leaders. Claims made could be biased due to a historian's political motivations or personal dislikes or flawed due to misinterpretations of physical illness symptoms, eccentric personality traits, or evolving definitions of mental health terminology.