Long before a date had been set, campaigning had started, with hot-tempered allegations of trickery flying freely.

ECONOMIST: The Stanford affair

Granted, there was little competition from the hot-tempered captain and his stodgy, surly officers, but Mr. Domville was cut from different cloth.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Skybreaker'

Another valuable tool for hot-tempered leaders is a sense of humor.

FORBES: Leadership

The hot-tempered Brennan also blew the existence of - and then tried to grab the credit for - a joint British-Saudi operation that disrupted a second underwear-bomber plot originating in Yemen last spring.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Spooky pick for CIA

He can be hot-tempered and blunt.

ECONOMIST: Turkey's prime minister