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There seem to more than a fair share of left-handed presidents and political leaders so we have started compiling a list of them. If you know any more or have additional information about any of these, please add comments to this page or use our contact form to send details and attach images.
Costa RicaThis is Laura Chinchilla. She is the President of Costa Rica since May 2010 for a term of 4 years (and by the looks of it another hook-style writer like President Obama). |
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IrelandIreland’s Prime Minister, Brian Cowen, is |
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IsraelIsrael’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is left-handed (on the right here, another hook-hander, seen with fellow lefty ex-president of the USA Bill Clinton). |
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MexicoPresident of Mexico Felipe Calderon |
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Nigeria -LagosHere is Lagos State Governor, Raji Babatunde Fashola, signing a bill into law. Lagos is in the South West and is one of 36 states in Nigeria. Fashola is the executive of an estimated population of 9m. |
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SingaporeSingapore’s Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong is also left-handed. Here he is signing the Bali Declaration on ASEAN Community in a Global Community of Nations, or the Bali Concord III, in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 17, 2011. |
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United KingdomPrime Minister David Cameron |
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama |
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VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez Frias |
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I am intelligent
Most town planner that I have met are left handed, including me
I’m 13 and i’ve been at the same school since nursery shool when i was 3 (i’m in 8th grade now) and i find it amazing how i’m and always was the only left handed girl in my class (the other ones are both boys and one is mentally challenged) and the only left-handed that scores A’s and B’s (one of them is just really dumb and careless and the other one i already mentioned why).
I think the only year i was the only lefty was 3rd grade.
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I relish, cause I found exactly what I was having a look for. You’ve ended my four day lengthy hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye
In my family my sister and I are left handed and my grandma used to beat us up when we used the left hand to eat. We were forced to eat with our right hands. My son if also left handed.
I’m left-handed and I feel different from everyone else knowing i’m just a leftie. 3 of my friends are also lefties and so are 2 of my teachers. I’m glad that I am who I am and I really wish that someday lefties everywhere will be seen as completely normal people in society. I acknowledge that lefties are more accepted today than ever before, but we’re still not seen as ‘normal’.
I’m ever waiting for that day to come
Vice President of Nigeria Mohammed Namadi Sambo is left hander
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s right hand was paralyzed. So, he began to use his left hand.
This is great and has put laughter on my face. My son do use left , i dont use 2 like it, but with this seeing great people who r lefties assures me my son will definitely be great, because right now he writes better than his mates and talks well, in terms of education he is doing well, God help all the lefties and Long live all the lesfties , the righties and every good and peace loving people on earth.
im realy happy and proud because im left handed…and i see many people using left hand have something special compared to others….when you have ten people and you find out one of them is left hand you will see the difference….in my family me and my brother we use left hand so we live very comfortable life….,
Leader of iran (Ali khamenei)
People, hey.
I think it’s absoloute tomfoolary that any of you care about these famous lefthanders. I am lefthanded, like many other normal people in the world. This does not bother me whatsoever, and I have never found that being left handed has made any difference to my own life other that the occasional smudging when writing a letter with a fountain pen. I think anyone who thinks being a lefty makes any difference to life is more than a little sad and should just be gratefull that they have two working hands to chose from and not waste their lives feeling sorry for them selves and making and issue over literally nothing.
Kind reguards,
Amelia.
I don’t feel sorry for myself being lefthanded, and I don’t know anyone who is. I feel blessed, because I felt different from others from a very early age. I was also brighter than nearly everyone around me, and I’ve always been artistic. When I was first learning to write, however, I did encounter plenty of problems from my teacher and parents, trying to make me write righthanded. Nothing doing! I simply put the pencil back in my left hand every single time until they gave up. I’m glad I did! It depends on when you were raised, but I’m 56 and during the time I learned to write they did try to make me feel like I was a freak. When you’re between 8-12% of the population of the world, you can’t help but feel different.
you can’t escape it, your thinking is left handed , coming from the right side of your brain. If you were right handed you would have had no idea what is this left thing all about. consider it a gift. You grew up in a right world learning to think right along with learning to think left. A right handed person has no idea what this means only you do. Right handed people are all right.
I am a left-handed writer; I used the unconventional hook-style grip when I was at school and college, finally disciplining myself to change to the orthodox grip at age 18. Also I was frequently in the right-hand half of a pair of desks, with my ungainly writing style I tended to knock arms with the person to my left. They had a habit of sitting pupils in alphabetical order in those days! I have had a strained left wrist in more recent years, and I think it’s because of that hook-style grip.
Hi I work in an operating theatre and you would be amazed at how many health professionals and medical staff are left handed ( including me ).
Hi – I’m a left handed Radiographer who now does ultrasound scans (with my right hand!!)…..there are loads of lefties in my hospital department too! Maybe it’s just a coincidence but I’ve never been around such a highly concentrated group of lefthanders! Last year I slipped a disc in my neck and temporarily lost the strength in my left arm for about 2 months which made life, let’s say challenging!! It’s amazing how quickly you learn to adapt to having to do thing right handed (and how quickly you go back to doing all those things with your left hand again when you’re fixed!!!).
I am left-handed, I will be president soon , PLEASE TRUST ME, BECAUSE I’M VERY LUCKY LADY
I am lefthaded, and I feel being lefty gave me a lot of lucky thing in my life, and I hope one day I will become the President of Somalia or United States of America or elsewhere in the world, apart form that I would like to become the CEO of a company.
Sorry to burst your bubble man, but unless you were born in the US you can’t be a president of the US. Although, they are trying right now to change this…
I don’t feel left out of anything can do all things thoroughly with my left hand. I have siblings -left handed
Hi from cold chilly South Africa
Am also left ,so is my daughter Kayla , seems my son liam is also using his left hand to draw.
I am also in south africa, originally from england. I have 3 daughters 2 of whom are left handed. I have 10 grandchildren, none of whom are left handed. Strange eh.
quite inspiring,being among the only lefthanded among many of my friends and family!
I feel exactly the same way!
I am left handed but discovered quite young that I could face a cricket ball either way round. More recently whilst on holiday doing silly things I was amazed to find that the most I could tap a ping pong ball on a bat with my left hand was 125 yet using my right hand I reached over 2000. I wonder why?
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I wonder a lots of high profile left handed ,I am proud of myself to be left handed
Very good , I am also proud of my left hand magic
Hello AiluJ, I do remember reading somewhere about left-handers writing emoticons in reverse, but I tend to write them conventionally, as I’m always concerned in case they’re mis-interpreted. :-/ (or should that be /-: ? ) Gosh, I’ve even confused myself now! Lol.
well, we’re also told that lefties are ambidexters.
Mr Lee Hsien Loong should be left handed.
In the General Election PAP Manifesto video for 2011, at the end he signs off using his left hand. Here; http://www.pap.org.sg/
im left handed but i play basketballwith my left
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A good many vlaualbes you’ve given me.
Even Eminem, the awesome rapper is a left handed (Like me!!!!!)
Yeah, There are soooo many more mention worthy lefties out there! The site could use an update as well, more brain teasers, facts and a blog would be cool…..
Anyone notice how lefties do their emoticons usually backwards 
vs. (: ?
I’ve never done emoticons backwards because all my friends would think i’d gone loopy. I didn’t know you could.
All of my qeutisons settledthanks!
THIS SEEMS LIKE OTHER COMMERCIALS ON THE WEB..GET YOU TO SIGN ON THEN SHOW VERY LITTLE..FAMOUS AMERICAN LEFTIES SHOWS PRES..OBAMA AND 2 OTHERS..I CAN LIST AT KEAST 5 LEFT HANDED PARESIDENTS IN THE LAST 50 YRS..
I did send you a picture of Mr Lee Hsien Loong painting; perhaps you did not receive it.