Yes! He acnkowledged the fact he was not as fit to rule his country as someone else could be, and stepped aside for the good of his country. Not many men would have the guts (or conscience) to do that! He showed maturity and morals - something many of today's politicians lack.

Which Danish prime minister are you talking about? The current incumbent is since 27 November 2001 Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and I did not hear anything about his resigning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Fogh_Rasmussen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Denmark ------------ADDED ------------- Oh, I see, it was Norway. I found something about this: "Kjell Magne Bondevik [...] [IPA: çÉ›l: mÉ‘Å‹nÉ™ bun:É™vi:k] (born 3 September 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005, making him Norway's longest serving non-Socialist Prime Minister since World War II. He is also the first Prime Minister who took sick leave due to mental illness. Currently, he is President of The Oslo Centre. On 31 October 2006 he published his memoir, called Et liv i spenning (A life of excitement/tension)." "Bondevik's first term as Prime Minister lasted from 17 October 1997 to 3 March 2000, in a coalition cabinet consisting of the Christian Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. While serving his first term as Prime Minister, Bondevik attracted international attention in August 1998 when he admitted that he was suffering from depressive episode, becoming the highest ranking world leader to admit to suffering from a mental illness while in office. Upon this revelation, Anne Enger Lahnstein became acting Prime Minister for three weeks, from 30 August to 23 September, while he recovered from the depressive episode. Bondevik then returned to office. Bondevik received thousands of supportive letters, and said that the experience had been positive overall, both for himself and because it made mental illness more publicly acceptable. His cabinet during his second period in office, a coalition cabinet consisting of the Christian Democratic Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, was appointed 19 October 2001, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell_Magne_Bondevik In his case, it was certainly an admirable thing to do, in my opinion.