Senility in high office

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika sits in a wheelchair after taking the oath as President

2024-07-03  1021  困难

For most people, cognitive decline is a private tragedy, scarring loved ones but few others. When it afflicts political leaders, the damage can be catastrophic. Paul von Hindenburg, Germany’s president in 1933, was no fan of Adolf Hitler but let him become chancellor to break a political stalemate. Some historians blame this epic misjudgement on the fact that he was 85, exhausted and perhaps suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

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