title: [Medical doctors as the state presidents and prime ministers--a biographical analysis].
abstract: The authors overviewed the biographies of 29 medical doctors who became the heads of the state or the prime ministers of their countries. Most of them ruled in a countries of fresh or unstable democracies, most often in Asia, Africa and Latin America, three of them were bloody dictators. With the exemptions of Georges Clemenceau and Sun-Yat-Sen they were not famous as historical figures, although some were good administrators like the prime minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Malayan prime minister Mahatir bin Mohamad, Brasilian and Chilean presidents, Juscelino Kubitschek and Veronica Bachelet. Regarding specialisation was mostly general medics or they specialised in public health.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Medycyny Nuklearnej, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Gdańsku. plass@gumed.edu.pl
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lass
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szarszewski
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaworska-Krzemińska
authors.forename: Jarosław
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sławek
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D000349:Africa; D001208:Asia; D001680:Biographies as Topic; D003709:Democracy; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007843:Latin America; D007857:Leadership; D009664:Norway; D010819:Physician's Role / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics