Can autistic people be a leader?

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Sometimes I just want them to get out of my way.

An autistic person can be a leader. Autistic people can be leaders. In short - yes.

Yes, people with Autism can be leaders.

I want to be logically correct, otherwise I feel like my statement would not really answer the intended question I didn't notice it myself until I started to type an answer

Everybody wins

Not all Autistic people are the same. Some are born leaders and some are not.
I cannot deal with people who go against my decision, nor do I like disagreeing with people because I'm so passive aggressive. I know some other autistic people like me.

The following is an example of what I consider to be low-key leadership:

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National Guidelines for the Management of Severely Malnourished Children in Bangladesh, May 2008
http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/SAM_Guideline.pdf

(from letter on page 4)
“ . . . I congratulate the Institute of Public Health Nutrition for taking this important initiative to adopt the national guidelines. I acknowledge the valuable contributions by experts and health professionals from public and private sectors, development partners and research institutes. . . ”
Dr. A M M Shawkat Ali

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That is, welcome a step forward. A good paper today is better than a 'perfect' paper in six months (which might not even be 'perfect,' but instead merely clumsily written). Welcome the good thing today.

Yes, I think so. But I think it's less likely, as someone who's autistic tends to have less social skills, and social skills are a key element in leadership. But like anything, I think it more depends on the person rather than what diagnosis they have.

Just this summer I had to lead three volunteer groups as a part of the project where I'm participating now. Strange enough, I had less problems with the biggest group than with two smaller ones. Basically I set a number of general rules that we all agreed on, leaving other issues to be decided by voting when needed, facilitated the group building and the communication of the group with the local partner and decided where I had the authority to decide. The volunteers were actually very happy about how it all went on.
I'm not sure if it was the size of the groups that made it more difficult for me to manage two other groups. Maybe it got too personal, some volunteers recognized my social difficulties and didn't see me as a leader anymore, to cut a long story short, I wasn't able to set the rules and get others to obey them. Not that it was a total failure, one group was also satisfied with the work in spite of the small problems.

Well, it's not exactly the same as in business, but still an example of how it's still possible.

No. Autistic people can lead other autistic people, in theory, but an autistic person cannot "be a leader". Look at great leaders in history, they never showed signs of autism. Look at your local leaders, they don't show signs of autism. Any 'evidence' posed against this claim is just naively getting your hopes up.

I am an aspie and will be a CEO(leader) in a few weeks, i'm still 17 and an aspie so people think it's impossible but i feel like aspies are better leaders then others, we are perfectionists in what we do and are like the quiet, calm genius in the place. don't doubt yourself, you'll be great.