Famous visitors IVLP

Meridian International
Center
Professional Exchanges
Division
Notable Visitors

Hamid Karzai
• President of Afghanistan (2004-
present)
• President of the Afghan
Transitional Administration
(2002-2004)
• Chairman of the Transitional
Administration of Afghanistan
(2001-2002)

RP ’88

-Peck

Raul Alfonsin
• President of Argentina
(1983-1989)
• Established the Permanent
Assembly for Human Rights
(1975)
• Representative in the Argentine
Chamber of Deputies (1963-1966)

IV ’76
Member, UCR National Committee

-Chapman

Fernando De La Rua
• President of Argentina
(1999-2001)
• 1st Chief of Government of Buenos
Aires (1996-1999)
• Senator for Buenos Aires
(1973-1976, 1983-1989,
1992-1996)

IV ’66
Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior

-Hunt

Luis Moreno-Ocampo
• Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court (2003-present)
– Charged President Omar al-Bashir
of Sudan with genocide
• District Attorney for the Federal
Circuit of the City of Buenos Aires
(1987-1992)
• Assistant Prosecutor at the “Trial
of the Juntas” (1985)

IV ’88
Chief Prosecutor, Federal District of
Buenos Aires

-Buttermark

Malcolm Fraser
• Prime Minister of Australia
(1975-1983)
• Australian Minister of Defense
(1969-1971)
• Australian Minister for Education
and Science (1968-1969)
• Australian Minister for the Army
(1966-1968)

IV ’64
Member of the House of
Representatives

-Keogh

William Hayden
• Governor-General of Australia
(1989-1996)
• Australian Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (1983-1988)
• Australian Minister for Social
Security (1972-1975)
• Member of the Australian
Parliament for Oxley (1961-1988)

IV ’70
Member of Parliament, Australian
Labour Party

-Keogh

Paul Keating
(1991-1996)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
(1990-1991)
• Treasurer of Australia (1983-1991)
• Member of the Australian
Parliament for Blaxland
(1969-1996)

RP ’71: “Asian MPs”
Member of Parliament

-Hancock

Gough Whitlam
(1972-1975)
• Leader of the Australian Labour
Party (1967-1977)

IV ’64
Deputy Leader, Australia Labour
Party

-Mahin

Heinz Fischer
• President of Austria (2004-
present)
• President of the Austrian National
Council (1990-2002)
• Austrian Minister of Science
(1983-1987)
• Member of the Austrian National
Council (1971-2004)

IV ’64
Secretary, Socialist Parliamentary
Faction

-Keogh

Bruno Kreisky
• Chancellor of Austria (1970-1983)
• Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1959-1966)
• Member of the Nationalrat
(1956-1966)
• Undersecretary of the Foreign
Affairs Department of the Austrian
Chancellery (1953-1956)
• Assistant Chief of Staff and
Political Advisor to President
Theodor Korner (1951-1953)

IV ’58
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs

-Mettger

Reinhold Lopatka
• Austrian State Secretary in the
Ministry of Finance (2008-present)
• Secretary of the Austrian People’s
Party (2003-2007)
• Deputy to the National Council
(2003-2007)
• Styria Austrian People’s Party
(OVP) State Manager (1993-2001)

VV ’85: Young Political Leaders
State Chairman of Young People’s
Party

-Thunander/Vasko

Peter Pilz
• Member of the Austrian
Nationalrat (1986-1991, 1999-
present)
– Called for Arnold Schwarzenegger
to lose his Austrian citizenship in
2005 due to his support for the
death penalty.
• Federal Spokesperson for the
Green Party (1992-1994)

IV ’88
Member of Parliament, Green Party

-Calambokidis/Brown

Wolfgang Schussel
• Chairman of the Austrian People’s
Party (2007-2011)
• Vice Chancellor of Austria
(1995-2000)
• Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1995-2000)
• Austrian Minister for Economic
Affairs (1989-1995)

IV ’71, SCP ’84: “Austrian MPs”
Secretary, Parliament; MP

-Slavik/Thel

Fred Sinowatz
• Vice Chancellor of Austria
(1981-1983)
• Austrian Minister of Education and
Art (1971-1983)

IV ’63
1st President, Burgenland Provincial
Legislature

-Spray/Frucht

Fakhruddin Ahmed
• Prime Minister of Bangladesh
(2007-2009)
• Managing Director of PFSF
Microcredit (2005-2007)
• Governor of the Bangladesh Bank
(2001-2005)

IV ’77
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Planning

-Slavik/Copenhauer

Tom Adams
• 2nd Prime Minister of Barbados
(1976-1985)
• Leader of the Barbados
Opposition (1971-1976)
• Member of the Barbados
Parliament (1966-1985)

IV ‘73

Lloyd Erskine Sandiford
• Prime Minister of Barbados
(1987-1994)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Babados
(1986-1987)
• Member of the Barbados House of
Assembly (1971-1976)
• Senator of Barbados (1967-1971)

IV ’75
Minister of Education, Youth Affairs,
Community Development, and Sports

-Fosdick

Pieter De Crem
• Belgian Minister of Defense (2007-
present)
• Leader of the Christen-
Democratisch en Vlaams Party
(2003-2007)
• Mayor of Aalter, East Flanders
(1995-present)
• Member of Parliament in the
Chamber of Representatives
(1995-2007)

RP ’99: “NATO”

-Calambokidis

Wilfried Martens
• President of the European
People’s Party (1992-present)
• Belgian Senator (1991-1994)
• Prime Minister of Belgium
(1979-1992)
• Deputy in the Belgian Chamber of
Representatives (1974-1991)

IV ’71
Member, National Committee of the
Christian Socialist Party

-DePuy

Leo Tindemans
• Member of the European
Parliament (1979-1981,
1989-1999)
• Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1982-1989)
(1974-1978)
• Member of the Belgian Parliament
(1961-1989)

IV ’67

-Lunau

Guy Verhofstadt
• Chairperson of the Alliance of
Liberals and Democrats for
Europe, European Parliament
(2009-present)
(1999-2008)

IV ’83
President, Belgian PVV

-Hancock/Conley

Jigme Yoser Thinley
• Prime Minister of Bhutan
(1998-1999, 2003-2004, 2008-
present)
• Bhutan Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1998-2003)
• Secretary in the Ministry of Home
Affairs (1992-1994)

IV ’87
Director of Education

-Probasco/Reedy

Zeljko Komsic
• President of Bosnia-Herzegovina
(2009-2010, 2011-present)
• Croat Member of the Presidency
of Bosnia-Herzegovina (2006-
present)
• Bosnian Ambassador to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(1998-2002)

SCP ’01: “Municipal Government
Issues”

-Vricella

Zlatko Lagumdzija
• Bosnian Foreign Minister
(2001-2003)
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia-Herzegovina (2001-2002)
• President of the Bosnian Social
Democratic Party (1997-present)
• Member of the House of
Representatives of the Parliamentary
Assembly (1996-present)

IV ’95
Vice President, Social Democratic Party

-Christensen

Quett K.J. Masire
• 2nd President of Botswana
(1980-1998)
• Vice President of Botswana
(1966-1980)
• Co-Founder of the Botswana
Democratic Party (1962)

IV ’75
Vice President of Botswana

-Polk

Jose Sarney Costa
• President of the Brazilian Senate
(1995-1997, 2003-2005, 2009-
present)
• President of Brazil (1985-1990)
• Vice President of Brazil (1985)
• Governor of Maranhao
(1966-1971)

SCP ’64: “Brazilian Legislative
Delegation”
Member, Chamber of Deputies

-B. Johnson

Sylvie Kinigi
• President of Burundi (1993-1994)
• Prime Minister of Burundi
(1993-1994)
– First and only woman to hold the
position. Took over after President
was killed in a coup attempt.
• Senior Advisor to the Prime
Minister for Economic Policy

IV ’94
Former Prime Minister

-Lewis

Edward Schreyer
• Governor-General of Canada
(1979-1984)
• Premier of Manitoba (1969-1977)
• Member of the Canadian House of
Commons (1965-1969)
• Member of the Manitoban
Legislative Assembly (1958-1965)

IV ’78
Leader of the Opposition, Manitoba
Legislative Assembly

-Keogh/Hill

Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
• President of the Central African
Republic (1981-1993)
– Took power in bloodless coup
d’etat
• Chief of Staff of the Army of the
Central Africa Republic (1981)
• CAR Minister of Defense
(1979-1981)
• Brigadier General of Army of the
Central African Republic
(1973-1981)

IV ’66
Assistant Director, Radio Bangui

-Payne

Juan Guzman
• Justice of the Court of Appeals of
Santiago, Chile
• Prosecutor, Chilean Court System
(1970-2005)
– Led the request to strip General
Augusto Pinochet of his diplomatic
immunity in 2005

MRP ’93: “Independent Judiciary and
Rule of Law”

-Blalock

Ricardo Lagos
• UN Special Envoy on Climate
Change (2007-present)
• President of Chile (2000-2006)
• Minister of Public Works
(1994-1998)
• Minister of Education (1990-1992)

VV ’88
President, Party for Democracy
*Traveled with Alvaro Uribe

-Miller/Pereira

Belisario Betancur
• Chair of the UN Commission on
the Truth for El Salvador
(1992-1993)
• President of Colombia
(1982-1986)
• Colombian Ambassador to Spain
(1975-1977)
• Colombian Minister of Labor
(1962-1963)

IV ‘52

Cesar Gaviria Trujillo
• Secretary-General of the
Organization for American States
(1994-2004)
(1990-1994)
• Colombian Minister of
Government (1987-1989)
• Member of the Colombian
Chamber of Representatives
(1974-1986)

IV ’82
Member, House of Representatives

-Keogh/Gerson

Alvaro Uribe
(2002-2010)
• Governor of Antioquia
(1995-1997)
• Senator of Antioquia (1986-1994)
• Mayor of Medellin (1982)

VV ’88
Senator, Department of Antioquia
*Traveled with Ricardo Lagos

-Miller/Pereira

Ivica Racan
• Prime Minister of Croatia
(2000-2003)
• 1st President of the Croatian Social
Democratic Party (1990-2007)
• Chairman of the League of
Communists in Croatia
(1989-1991)

SCP ’98
President, Social Democratic Party

-Starr

Zlatko Tomcic
• Acting President of Croatia (2000)
• President of the Croatian
• Member of the Croatian
• President of the Croatian Peasant
Party (1994-2005)

SCP ’98
President, Croatian Peasant Party

-Starr

Franjo Tudjman
• 1st President of Croatia
(1990-1999)
• Founder of the Croatian
Democratic Union Party (1989)

IV ’66
Director, Institute of History of the
Workers’ Movement

-Slavik

Moise Tshombe
• Prime Minister of Congo
(1964-1965)
• 1st President of Katanga
(1960-1963)
– Seceded from Congo after
independence

IV ’60
President, CONAKAT Party

-Lunau

Petr Necas
• Prime Minister of the Czech
Republic (2010-present)
• Leader of the Czech Civic Democrat
Party (2010-present)
• Czech Minister of Labour and Social
Affairs (2006-2009)

RP ’99: “NATO: The Future of the
Alliance”
Chairman, Defense and Security
Committee, House of Representatives

-Calambokidis/Oliver

Anders Fogh Rasmussen
• Secretary General of NATO
(2008-present)
• Prime Minister of Denmark
(2001-2009)
• Leader of Danish Venstre Party
(1998-2009)

IV ’82

-Cabiati/Stilley

Lars Rasmussen
• Prime Minister of Denmark
(2009-2011)
• Leader of the Danish Venstre
Party (2009-present)
• Danish Minister of Finance
(2007-2009)
• Danish Minister of the Interior and
Health (2001-2007)

MRP ’89: “Current Social, Political,
and Economic Issues”
President, Youth Branch, Venstre

-Cabiati/Brothers

Patrick John
• President of the Dominica
Football Association (1992-2006,
2008-present)
• 1st Prime Minister of Dominica
(1978-1979)
• Premier of Dominica
(1974-1978)

SCP ’77
Premier of Dominica

-Fosdick/Benner

Salvador Jorge Blanco
• President of the Dominican
• Senator of the Dominican
• Committee Secretary for the
Dominican Union Civica de
Santiago Party (1963-1964)

IV ’79
Senator, Capital District

-Fosdick/Ament

Rodrigo Borja
• President of Ecuador (1988-1992)
• Member of the Ecuadorian
National Legislature (1980-1988)
• Founder of the Ecuadorian
Democratic Left Party (1968)

IV ’62
Lawyer, Member of the Liberal Party

-Hadley

Jamil Mahuad Witt
• President of Ecuador (1998-2000)
– Forced out in a military coup led
by President Lucio Gutierrez
• Mayor of Quito (1992-1998)

IV ’85
Senior Member, Governing Board,
Popular Democratic Party

-Dean/Ramseur

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
• Secretary General of the United
Nations (1992-1996)
• Egyptian Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs (1977-1991)

IV ’76
Head, Department of Political Science,
Cairo University

-Polk/Manganelli

Anwar Sadat
• President of Egypt (1970-1981)
– Named TIME Magazine’s Man of
the Year for 1977
• Vice President of the Presidential
Council (1964-1970)
• President of the National
• Egyptian Secretary to the National
Union (1959-1960)
• Egyptian Minister of State
(1954-1959)

IV ’66
President of the National Assembly

-Lunau

Armando Calderon Sol
• President of El Salvador
(1994-1999)
• Mayor of San Salvador
(1988-1994)
• Founder of the Salvadoran
ARENA Party (1981)

IV ’86
Professor of Law, National University
of El Salvador

-Ansell/Gerson

Carlos Humberto Romero
• President of El Salvador
(1977-1979)
– Deposed in a coup d’etat that
ushered in the El Salvadoran Civil
War of 1979-1992
• Head of the Presidential General
Staff (1972-1977)
• Salvadoran Minister of Defense
and Public Security (1972-1977)

IV ’76
Minister of Defense

-Hancock

Juhan Parts
• Estonian Minister of Economy and
Communication (2007-present)
• Prime Minister of Estonia
(2003-2005)
• Estonian Auditor General
(1998-2002)

SCP ’92: “American Legal System
and Rule of Law”

-Hancock

ITT ’05: “Current Social and Political
Issues in the U.S.”

Berhanou Dinke
• Ethiopian Ambassador to the
United States (1960-1965)
– Established a Council of Citizens
to oppose Emperor Haile Selassie
– One of three Cabinet members to
survive an aborted coup in 1960

IV ’52
Director General, Municipality of
Addis Ababa

Sir Penaia Ganilau
• 1st President of Fiji (1987-1993)
• Governor-General of Fiji
(1983-1987)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji
(1973-1983)
• Fijian Minister of Home Affairs
(1970-1972)
• Minister for Fijian Affairs and Local
Government (1967-1970)

IV ’63
Deputy Secretary, Fijian Affairs

-Johnson/Brooks

Sir Kamisese Mara
• 2nd President of Fiji (1993-2000)
• 1st Prime Minister of Fiji
(1967-1992)
• Founder of the Fiji Alliance Party
(1966)

IV ’64
Member, Legislative Council, Eastern
Constituency

-B. Johnson

Harri Holkeri
• Head of the UN Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo
(2003-2004)
• Speaker for the UN General
• Prime Minister of Finland
(1987-1991)
• Member of the Parliament of
Finland (1970-1978)

IV ’70
Director of the Bank of Finland

-Miller/Keith

Anneli Jaatteenmaki
• Minister of the European
Parliament (2003-present)
• Prime Minister of Finland (2003)
• Chairwoman of the Centre Party
of Finland (2000-2003)
• Finnish Minister of Justice
(1994-1995)

IV ’95

-MacDonald

Paavo Lipponen
• Speaker of the Finnish Parliament
(2003-2007)
• Prime Minister of Finland
(1995-2003)
• Member of the Parliament of
Finland (1983-1987, 1991-2007)

IV ’74
International Secretary, Social
Democratic Party

-Keogh

Michel Barnier
• European Commissioner for
Internal Market and Services
(2010-present)
• French Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2004-2005)
Regional Policy (1999-2004)
• French Minister for European
Affairs (1995-1997)

IV ’81
Deputy, National Assembly

-Polk/Forsythe

Raymond Barre
• Mayor of Lyon (1995-2001)
• Prime Minister of France
(1976-1981)
Economic & Financial Affairs
(1967-1973)

IV ’65
Professor of Economics, University of
Paris

-Spray

Pierre Beregovoy
(1992-1993)
– Committed suicide in 1993
• Member of the National Assembly
of France (1986-1988, 1993)
• French Minister of Economy and
Finances (1984-1986, 1988-1992)
• French Minister of Social Affairs
(1982-1984)

IV ’77
National Secretary, External Affairs

-Hancock/Calambokidis

Jacques Chaban-Delmas
(1969-1972)
• President of the French National
Assembly (1959-1969, 1978-1981,
1986-1988)
• Mayor of Bordeaux (1947-1995)

IV ’61
President of the National Assembly

-Lunau

Valery Giscard d’Estaing
• President of the Convention on the
Future of Europe (2002-2003)
– Produced draft Constitution for the
European Union
• President of France (1974-1981)
• French Minister of Economy and
Finance (1969-1974)
• French Minister of Finance and
Economic Affairs (1962-1966)

SCP ’57: “French Parliamentarians”
Deputy, French Parliament

-Mettger

Francois Fillon
• Prime Minister of France (2007-
present)
• French Minister of National
Education (2004-2005)
• French Minister of Social Affairs
and Labour (2002-2004)

IV ’84
Member, French National Assembly

-O’Malley/Barnett-Jones

Jean-Claude Gaudin
• President of the French Union for
a Popular Movement Party
(2004-2007)
• Vice President of the French
Senate (1998-present)
• Mayor of Marseille (1995-present)

IV ’84
Member, French National Assembly

-Buttermark/Cole

Brice Hortefeux
• French Minister of the Interior
(2009-2011)
• 1st French Minister of Immigration,
Integration, National Identity, and
Development Solidarity (2007-2009)

ITT ’85
Chief Aide, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine
*Traveled with Nicolas Sarkozy

-McKeown/Cole

Lionel Jospin
(1997-2002)
• French Minister of National
• French Minister of Sport
(1988-1991)

IV ’77
Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

-Keogh/Macdonald

Alain Juppe
• French Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1993-1995, 2011-present)
• French Minister of Defense
(2010-2011)
• Mayor of Bordeaux (1995-2004,
2006-present)
(1995-1997)

IV ’77
Personal Counselor to Mayor of Paris
Jacques Chirac

-Keogh/Hill

Nicolas Sarkozy
• President of France (2007-
present)
• French Minister of the Interior
(2002-2004, 2005-2007)
• French Minister of Finance (2004)

ITT ’85
Mayor, Neuilly-sur-Seine
*Traveled with Brice Hortefeux

-McKeown/Cole

Zurab Nogaideli
• Prime Minister of Georgia
(2005-2007)
• Georgian Minister of Finance
(2000-2002)
• Member of the Georgian

RP ’93
“Environmental Protection Efforts”

-Clark

Mikhail Saakashvili
• President of Georgia (2004-
present)
– Leader of Rose Revolution
• Chairman of the Tbilisi Assembly
(2002-2004)
• Georgian Minister of Justice
(2000-2001)

SCP ’99: “Judicial Reform”

-Vricella

Konrad Adenauer
• Chancellor of Germany
(1949-1963)
the Year for 1953
• German Foreign Minister
(1951-1955)
• Mayor of Cologne (1917-1933,
1945)

IV ’52

-Mettger

Willy Brandt
(1969-1974)
the Year 1970
• Vice Chancellor of Germany
(1966-1969)
• Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1966-1969)
• Mayor of West Berlin (1957-1966)
• President of the German
Bundesrat (1957-1958)

IV ’54
Berlin Delegate, West German
Bundestag

Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
• Chancellor of Germany (1966-1969)
• Minister-President of Baden-
Wurttemberg (1958-1966)
• Member of the German Bundestag
(1949-1958)

SCP ’54: “Bundestag Coalition Group”
President, Joint Committee of the
Bundesrat and Bundestag

Walter Scheel
• President of the Federal Republic
of Germany (1974-1979)
• Vice Chancellor of Germany
(1969-1974)
• German Foreign Minister
(1969-1974)
• German Federal Minister of
Economic Cooperation and
Development (1961-1966)

IV ’51
Development of Legislative
Prerogatives and Responsibilities

Helmut Schmidt
(1974-1982)
Finance (1972-1974)
Economics (1972)
Defense (1969-1972)

IV ’56
Member of the Bundestag
Committee on Transport, Economics,
and Defense

-Mettger

Gerhard Schroeder
• German Minister of Defense
(1966-1969)
• German Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1961-1966)
• German Minister of the Interior
(1953-1961)

IV ’53
Lawyer, Bundestag

Richard von Weizsacker
• President of the Federal Republic
of Germany (1984-1994)
• Governing Mayor of West Berlin
(1981-1984)
• Member of the German
Bundestag (1969-1981)

IV ’76
Member of the Bundestag

-Hancock/Calambokidis

Christian Wulff
• President of Germany (2010-
present)
• Prime Minister of Lower Saxony
(2003-2010)

IV ’00
Leader, CDU Caucus, Lower Saxony
State Parliament

-Fearheiley

Konstantinos Karamanlis
• President of Greece (1980-1985,
1990-1995)
• Prime Minister of Greece
(1955-1963, 1974-1980)
• Greek Minister of Public Works
(1951-1955)

IV ‘51

Konstantinos Mitsotakis
(1990-1993)
• Greek Minister of the Aegean
(1991-1993)
• Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1980-1981)
• Greek Minister of Coordination
(1965-1966)

IV ’59
Owner, Editor, KYRIX

-Hadley

George Rallis
(1980-1981)
• Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1978-1980)
– First Greek Minister to visit the
Soviet Union
• Greek Minister of Education
(1974-1978)

IV ’53, ’58
Lawyer, Greek Member to the Council
of Europe

-Lunau

Konstantinos Tsatsos
• President of Greece (1975-1980)
• Greek Minister of Culture
(1974-1975)
• Member of the Greek Parliament
(1955-1967)

IV ’52
Lawyer, Teacher

Sir Paul Scoon
• Governor General of Grenada
(1978-1992)
• Deputy Director of the
Commonwealth Foundation
(1973-1978)
• Recipient of the Order of the
British Empire (1970)

IV ’72
Secretary to the Cabinet

-Thar

Alvaro Arzu
• President of Guatemala
(1996-2000)
• General Secretary of the
Guatemalan National
Advancement Party (1990-1995)
• Mayor of Guatemala City
(1986-1990, 2004-present)

IV ’82
Vice President, National Renovation
Party

-Huth

Julio Mendez Montenegro
• President of Guatemala
(1966-1970)
– Assumed power after the
assassination of his brother
• Dean and Professor of the Faculty
of Law at the University of San
Carlos (c. 1950)

IV ’64
Lawyer, Professor

-Lunau

Hamilton Green
• Mayor of Georgetown (1994-
present)
• 4th Prime Minister of Guyana
(1985-1992)
• Guyanese First Deputy Prime
Minister (1983-1985)
• Vice President of Guyana
(1980-1983)

IV ’67
Secretary General, People’s National
Congress

-Slavik

Ptolmey Reid
• 2nd Prime Minister of Guyana
(1980-1984)
• Guyanese Minister of Agriculture
and National Development
(1970-1974)
• Guyanese Minister of Finance
(1967-1970)
• Guyanese Minister of Trade (1967)

IV ’66
Deputy Prime Minister

-Alrutz

Jacques-Edouard Alexis
• Prime Minister of Haiti
(1999-2001, 2006-2008)
• Haitian Minister of the Interior and
Territorial Communities
(1999-2000)
• Haitian Minister of Culture
(1997-1999)
• Haitian Minister of National
Education, Youth, and Sport
(1996-1999)

IV ’83
Vice Dean, State University of Haiti

-Slavik/Wallenberg

Ertha Pascal-Trouillot
• President of Haiti (1990-1991)
– 1st Woman to hold this office
• Justice of the Haitian Supreme
Court (1988-1990)
• Judge of the Federal Court of Haiti
(1975-1988)

IV ‘80
Judge, Civil Court

-Hunt/Mills

Jose Azcona del Hoyo
• President of Honduras
(1986-1990)
• Honduran Minister of
Communications, Public Works,
and Transport (1980-1985)

IV ’85
Congressman, Honduran National
Congress

-Margolius/Posner

Rafael Callejas

• President of the Honduran
Football Federation (present)
• President of Honduras
(1990-1994)
• Minister for Agriculture and
Natural Resources (1975-1984)
• Director of Economic Planning
(1968-1975)

IV ’86
Coordinator, National Party

-Grover

Jozsef Antall
• 1st Prime Minister of Hungary
(1990-1993)
• President of the Hungarian
Democratic Forum (1989-1993)
• Delegate to the Committee on
Constitutional Reform at the
National Roundtable Talks (1989)

IV ‘89

Gyula Horn
• 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary
(1994-1998)
• Founder of the Hungarian Socialist
Party (1989)
• Hungarian Foreign Minister
(1989-1990)
• Secretary of State in the
Hungarian Foreign Ministry
(1985-1989)

IV ’81
Deputy Chief, International Affairs
Department

-Margolius/Bustamante

Bjorn Bjarnason
• Icelandic Minister of Justice and
Ecclesiastical Affairs (2003-2009)
• Icelandic Minister of Education
(1995-2002)
– Became first Icelandic politician
with his own website in Feb. 1995.
He is considered one of the
Internet’s first bloggers.

IV ’75
Chief of Cabinet and Foreign Affairs
Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister

-Chapman

David Oddsson
• Editor, Morgumbladid newspaper
(2009-present)
• Governor of the Icelandic Central
Bank (2005-2009)
• Icelandic Foreign Minister
(2004-2005)
• Prime Minister of Iceland
(1991-2004)
• Mayor of Reykjavik (1982-1991)

IV ’83
Mayor of Reykjavik

-Miller

P.N. Bhagwati
• Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of India (1985-1986)
• Judge of the Supreme Court of
India (1973-1985)
• Chief Justice of the Gujarat High
Court (1967-1973)

IV ’81
Supreme Court Justice

-Margolous/Bustamante

Indira Gandhi
• Prime Minister of India
(1966-1977, 1980-1984)
• Indian Minister of External Affairs
(1984)
• Indian Minister of Finance
(1970-1971)

IV ’61

-Hancock

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Prime Minister of India (1996,
1998-2004)
• Founder and President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
(1980-1986)
• Minister of External Affairs of India
(1977-1979)

IV ’60
Member, Jan Sangh Party,
Lok Sabha

-Rowe

Dermot Ahern
• Irish Minister of Justice and Law
Reform (2008-2011)
• Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2004-2008)
• Teachta Dala of the Irish Parliament
for Louth (1997-present)

MRP ’89: “Current Social, Political, and
Economic Issues”
Member, Dail Eireann Irish Parliament

-Cabiati/Brothers

John Bruton
• European Union Ambassador to
the United States (2004-2009)
• Taoiseach of Ireland (1994-1997)
• Irish Minister of Finance
(1986-1987)
• Irish Minister for Trade, Industry,
Commerce, and Tourism
(1983-1986)

IV ’80

-Slavik/Wallenberg

Enda Kenny
• Taoiseach of Ireland (2011-
present)
• Leader of Irish Fine Gael Party
(2002-present)
• Irish Leader of the Opposittion
(2002-2011)
• Irish Minister of Tourism and
Trade (1994-1997)
• Member of the Dail Eireann Irish
Parliament for Mayo (1975-
present)

MRP ’89: “Current Social, Political,
and Economic Issues”

-Cabiati/Brothers

Ehud Olmert
• Prime Minister of Israel
(2006-2009)
• Israeli Minister of Finance
(2004-2006)
• Israeli Minister of Communications
(2003-2004)
• Mayor of Jerusalem (1993-2003)

IV ’79
Member, Knesset
Finance Committee-Defense Budget

-Ames/Conley

Arnaldo Forlani
• Prime Minister of Italy (1980-1981)
• Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1976-1979)
• President of the Italian Democratic
Party (1969-1981)

IV ’60
DC Member, Chamber of Deputies

-Kirkpatrick

Giovanni Goria
• Italian Minister of Finance
(1992-1993)
• Italian Minister of Agriculture
(1991-1992)
• Italian Minister of the Treasury
(1983-1987)
• Italian Undersecretary of the
Budget (1981-1983)

IV ’81
Member of Parliament, Christian
Democratic Party

-Keogh/Longano

Romano Prodi
• Italian Minister of Justice (2008)
• President of the European
Commission (1999-2004)
• Member of the Italian Chamber of
Deputies (1996-1999)

IV ’79
Professor of Economics, University
Of Bologna

-Edwards/Starr

Luigi Scalfaro
• President of Italy (1992-1999)
• President of the Italian Chamber
of Deputies (1992)
• Italian Minister of Education
(1972-1973)
• Deputy in the Italian Constituent
Assembly for Turin (1948-1992)

IV ’60
Undersecretary to the Ministry of
the Interior

-Bray

Howard Cooke
• Governor-General of Jamaica
(1991-2006)
• President of the Jamaican Senate
(1989-1991)
• Member of the Jamaican House of
• Senator of the Jamaican

IV ’71

-Edwards

Sir Donald Sangster
• 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica
(1964, 1967)
• Jamaican Minister of Finance
(1953-1955)
• Member of the Jamaican House of

IV ’60
Solicitor, Member of Parliament

-Eldridge

Portia Simpson-Miller
• Prime Minister of Jamaica
(2006-2007, 2012-present)
• Leader of the Jamaican
• Jamaican Minister of Local
Government and Sport
(2000-2006)
• Jamaican Minister of Tourism and
Sports (2000-2002)
• Jamaican Minister of Labor, Social
Security, and Sports (1995-2000)

IV ’81

-Hill/Ferguson

Morihiro Hosokawa
• Prime Minister of Japan
(1993-1994)
• Governor of Kumamoto
(1983-1993)
• Representative in the House of
Councilors, National Diet,
Kumamoto Prefecture
(1971-1983)

IV ’80
Member, Upper House of the Diet

-Keogh/Miller

Toshiki Kaifu
• Head, Japanese Shinshinto Party
(1994-1998)
• Prime Minister of Japan
(1989-1991)
• Representative in the National
Diet (1960-2009)

IV ’62

-Kirkpatrick

Abdelsalam al-Majali
• Prime Minister of Jordan
(1993-1995, 1997-1998)
• President of Jordan University
(1971-1976)
• Jordanian Minister of Health
(1969-1971)

IV ’69
Minister of Health

-Litschgi

Mwai Kibaki
• President of Kenya (2002-present)
• Kenyan Minister of Health
(1988-1991)
• Vice President of Kenya
(1978-1988)
• Kenyan Minister of Home Affairs
(1982-1988)
• Kenyan Minister of Finance
(1969-1981)

IV ’61
Executive Officer, Kenyan African
National Union

-Slavik

Daniel Arap Moi
• President of Kenya (1978-2002)
• Vice President of Kenya
(1967-1978)
• Kenyan Minister of Home Affairs
(1964-1967)
• Kenyan Minister of Education
(1960-1961)
• Member of the Legislative Council
for Rift Valley (1955-1960)

IV ’61
Parliamentary Secretary for Education
KADU Party Chairman

-Rowe

Oginga Odinga
• Founder and Interim Chairman of
the Forum for the Restoration of
Democracy (1991-1994)
• 1st Vice President of Kenya
(1964-1966)
• Member of the Legislative Council
for Central Nyanza (1957-1964)

*Father of current Kenyan Prime
Minister Raila Odinga

IV ’64
Minister of Home Affairs

-Alrutz

Han Seung-soo
• Prime Minister of South Korea
(2008-2009)
• President of the General
Assembly of the United Nations
(2001-2002)
• Korean Foreign Minister
(2001-2002)
• Korean Ambassador to the United
States (1993-1994)

IV ’77
Professor of Economics, Seoul
National University

-Fosdick/Ament

Nam Duck-woo
• Prime Minister of the Republic of
Korea (1980-1982)
• Special Assistant to the President
of Korea (1979-1980)
• Deputy Prime Minister
(1974-1979)
• Korean Minister of Economic
Planning (1974-1979)

IV ‘75

Chung Il-kwon
• Prime Minister of South Korea
(1964-1970)
• General Commander, Republic of
Korea Army (1950-57)
– Led South Korean forces during
the UN landing at Inchon

IV ’71
General, Ex-Prime Minister

-Hancock

Kim Dae-jung
• President of the Republic of Korea
(1998-2003)
– Winner of the 2000 Nobel Peace
Prize
• Professor, Harvard University
(1980-1985)

*Saved from execution twice by U.S.
intervention, in 1973 and 1980.

IV ‘65

Kim Yong-Sam
• President of the Republic of Korea
(1993-1998)
• Representative in the National
Assembly, Geoje and Busan
(1954-1980)

IV ’64
Member, National Assembly

-Slavik

Bajram Kosumi
• Prime Minister of Kosovo
(2005-2006)
• Kosovo Minister for the
Environment and Spatial Planning
(2004-2005)
• Representative at the Rambouillet
Talks (1999)

SCP ’01: “International Awareness
and Regional Security”

-Christensen

Kurmanbek Bakiyev
• President of Kyrgyz Republic
(2005-2010)
– Came to power in the “Tulip
Revolution” and was overthrown
in the April 2010 coup d’etat
• Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz
Republic (2000-2002, 2005)

SCP ’04: “Political Party Operations”

-Lewis

Amine Gemayel
• President of Lebanon (1982-1988)
• Member of the Lebanese National

IV ’71, ’79

-Hamilton

Dalia Grybauskaite
• President of Lithuania (2009-
present)
Financial Programming and the
Budget (2004-2009)
Education and Culture (2004)

RP ’94: “U.S. Perspectives on Trade”
Director, Economic Relations
Department, Foreign Ministry

-MacDonald

Gediminas Kirkilas
• Prime Minister of Lithuania
(2006-2008)
• Lithuanian Minister of National
Defense (2004-2006)
• Representative to the Lithuanian
Seimas (1992-2006, 2008-
present)

SCP ’93: “U.S. Security Issues”

-Fosdick

Arturas Paulauskas
• Lithuanian Minister of the
Environment (2008)
• Acting President of Lithuania
(2004)
• Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas
(2000-2004)

SCP ’92: “American Legal System
and Rule of Law”

-Hancock

Ljubco Georgievski
• Prime Minister of Macedonia
(1998-2002)
• Representative in the Assembly of
Macedonia (1992-1995)
• Vice President of Macedonia
(1991)
• President of the VMRO-DPMNE
Party (1990-2002)

VV ’96
President, Democratic Party for
National Unity

-Collins

Boris Trajkovski
• 2nd President of Macedonia
(1999-2004)
• Macedonian Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs (1998-1999)
• Chief of Staff to the Mayor of
Kisela Voda (1997-1998)

VV ’96
Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs,
Democratic Party

-Collins

Didier Ratsiraka
• President of Madagascar
(1975-1993, 1997-2002)
• Malagasy Minister of Foreign
Affairs (1972-1975)

IV ’73
Minister of Foreign Affairs

-Lunau

Tun Abdul Razak
• Prime Minister of Malaysia
(1970-1976)
• Malaysian Minister of Defense
(1959-1970)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
(1957-1970)

IV ’53, ’63
Deputy Prime Minister
Member, Federal Legislative Council

-Lunau

Guido De Marco
• 6th President of Malta (1999-2004)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Malta
(1998-1999)
• Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1990-1996)
• President of the UN General

IV ’73

-Bietz

Edward Fenech Adami
• 7th President of Malta (2004-2009)
• Prime Minister of Malta
(1987-1996, 1998-2004)
• Leader of the Maltese Opposition
(1997-1998)

IV ’75
Shadow Minister for Housing and
Social Affairs

-Hancock

Dominic Mintoff
• Prime Minister of Malta
(1955-1958, 1971-1984)
• Leader of the Maltese Labour
Party (1949-1984)

IV ’65
Leader, Malta Labor Party

-Bietz

Anerood Jugnauth
• President of Mauritius (2003-
present)
• Prime Minister of Mauritius
(1982-1995, 2000-2003)
• Leader of the Opposition
(1976-1982)
• Mauritian Minister of Labor
(1963-1967)

IV ’81
Member of the Legislature and
Leader of the Opposition

-Polk/Forsythe

Dayendranath Burrenchobay
• Governor General of Mauritius
(1978-1983)
– Appointed by the Queen as the
first Mauritian to hold this office.

IV ’69
Permanent Secretary to the Prime
Minister

-Baker

Maati Bouabid
• Prime Minister of Morocco
(1979-1983)
• Founder of the Moroccan Union
Constitutionnelle Party (1983)
• Moroccan Minister of Labor
(1968-1970)

IV ’61, ’65
President, Casablanca Municipal
Council

-Lunau

Jhala Khanal
• Prime Minister of Nepal (2011)
• Constituent Assembly
Representative for Ilam-1 (2008-
present)
• Minister of Information and
Communication (1997)
• General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Nepal
(1982-1986, 2008-2009)

SCP ’93: “Moving the Nation, Getting
Things Done”

-Freeman

Jan Peter Balkenende
• Prime Minister of the Netherlands
(2002-2010)
• Leader of the Dutch Christian
Democratic Appeal Party
(2001-2002)
• Member of the House of

RP ‘85: “Economic and Social Well
Being in the U.S.”
Research Specialist, CDA Research
Institute

-Calambokidis/Gerson

Geert Wilders
• Parliamentary Leader for the Party
of Freedom, Netherlands House of
Representatives (2006-present)
• Member of the Netherlands House
of Representatives (1998-present)
• Parliamentary Assistant for
Foreign Policy, Liberal Party
(1990-1998)

RP ’99: “NATO: The Future of the
Alliance”

-Calambokidis

Helen Clark
• Administrator of the UN
Development Program (2009-
present)
• Prime Minister of New Zealand
(1999-2008)
• Leader of the New Zealand
• Deputy Prime Minister of New
Zealand (1989-1990)
• New Zealand Minister of Health
(1989-1990)

IV ’98
Leader of Labour Party, New Zealand
Parliament

-MacDonald/Delaney

Philip Goff
Labour Party (2008-present)
• New Zealand Minister of Defense
(2005-2008)
• New Zealand Minister of Foreign
Affairs (1999-2005)
• New Zealand Minister of Justice
(1999-2005)
• Member of New Zealand
Parliament (1981-1990, 1996-
present)

IV ’97
New Zealand MP

-Chudowsky

Norman Kirk
(1972-1974)
• Member of the New Zealand
Parliament for Lyttelton and
Sydenham (1957-1974)

IV ’63, ’72

-Bray

Robert Muldoon
(1975-1984)
• New Zealand Minister of Finance
(1967-1972, 1975-1984)
• Deputy Prime Minister of New
Zealand (1972)
• Member of the New Zealand
Parliament for Tamaki
(1960-1991)

IV ’65
Undersecretary to the Minister of
Finance

-Keogh

Kjell Magne Bondevik
• Prime Minister of Norway
(1997-2000, 2001-2005)
• Norwegian Minister of Foreign
Affairs (1989-1990)
• Norwegian Minister of Church and
• Member of the Norwegian Storting
(1973-2005)

IV ’71
Chairman, Young Christian People’s
Party

-DePuy

Kai Eide
• UN Special Representative to
Afghanistan (2008-2010)
• UN Special Envoy to Kosovo
(2005)
• Ambassador of Norway to NATO
(2002-2006)
• Ambassador of Norway to OSCE
(1998-2002)
• Special Representative of the
Secretary General in Bosnia-
Herzegovina (1997-1998)

IV ’71
Political Secretary,
Young Conservatives

-DePuy

Jan P. Syse
• Prime Minister of Norway
(1989-1990)
• Norwegian Minister of Industry
(1983-1985)
• Norwegian State Secretary to the
Ministry of Justice (1970-1971)
• Member of the Norwegian Storting
(1969-1997)

IV ’60
President, National Federation of
Young Conservatives

-Dhanda

Syed Mustafa Kamal
• Mayor of Karachi (2005-2010)
– Position abolished in 2010
– Named 2nd Best Mayor in the
World by Foreign Policy Magazine
in 2008
– Finalist in the City Mayors’
Foundation’s World Mayor of the
Year Award in 2010
• Minister of Information Technology
for the State Government of Sindh
(2003-2005)

IV ’08
Mayor of Karachi

-Clark

Lazarus Salii
• 3rd President of Palau (1985-1988)
– Committed suicide during his term
as a result of bribery allegations
• Senator for Koror in the Palau
National Congress (1984-1985)
• Ambassador for Palau
(1981-1984)
• Delegate at the Palau
Constitutional Convention (1978)

IV ’68
Congressman

-Thar

Michael Somare
• Prime Minister of Papua New
Guinea (1975-1980, 1982-1985,
2002-2010)
– 1st Prime Minister post-
independence
• Papua New Guinea Chief Minister
(1973-1975)

IV ’71
Member, House of Assembly

-Thar

Benigno Aquino Jr.
• Senator of the Philippines
(1967-1972)
• Governor of Tarlac (1961-1967)
• Presidential Advisor on Defense
Affairs (1949-1954)

*Assassinated at Manila airport (which
now bears his name) in 1983
*Ninoy Aquino Day is celebrated
August 21 in his honor
*Father of current Philippines President
Benigno Aquino III

IV ’60
Governor, Tarlac Province

-Kirkpatrick

Piotr Jaroszewicz
• Prime Minister of the People’s
Republic of Poland (1970-1980)
• Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
(1952-1970)
• Polish Minister of Defense
(1945-1950)
• Political Commander of the 1st
Polish Army (1944-1945)

SCP ‘60: “Polish Delegation”
Vice Premier

-Mahin

Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
• Acting Mayor of Warsaw (2006)
• Prime Minister of Poland
(2005-2006)
• Cabinet Chief for the Prime
Minister (1999-2000)
• State Secretary in the Ministry of
National Education (1992-1993)

IV ’00
Deputy, Sejm

-Lewis

Mieczyslaw Rakowski
• First Secretary of the Central
Committee of the PUWP
(1989-1990)
• Prime Minister of the People’s
Republic of Poland (1988-1989)
• Member of the Central Committee
of the Polish United Workers’
Party (1975-1990)

IV ’78
Editor, Polityka Newspaper

-Hurley/Vasko

Hanna Suchocka
• Polish Ambassador to The Vatican
(2001-present)
• Polish Minister of Justice
(1997-2000)
• Prime Minister of Poland
(1992-1993)

IV ’88
Associate Professor of Government,
Adam Mickiewicz University

-Chapman/Jackson

Ivan Rybkin
• Liberal Party Candidate in Russian
Presidential elections (2004)
– Kidnapped before the election and,
upon resurfacing, withdrew and fled
abroad
• Secretary of the Security Council of
Russia (1996-1998)
• 1st Chairman of the Russian State
Duma (1994-1996)

SCP ’96: “Parliamentary Program on
International Relations”

-Hancock

Agathe Habyarimana
• Widow of former Rwandan
President Juvenal Habyarimana
(1973-1994)

– Airlifted to France in the wake of
the assassination of her husband,
which precipitated the 1994
genocide
– Was arrested in France in March
2010 for alleged links to the
genocide

IV ’83
First Lady of Rwanda

-Ames/Ferguson

Sylvestre Nsanzimana
• Prime Minister of Rwanda
(1991-1992)
• Rwandan Foreign Minister
(1969-1971)

IV ’70
Minister of International Cooperation

-Lunau

Simeon Daniel
• 1st Premier of Nevis (1983-1992)
– Gained Home Rule for Nevis
under the Independence
Constitution in 1983
• Minister of Finance and Nevis
Affairs (1980-1983)
• Member of the St. Kitts and Nevis
National Assembly (1975-1983)

IV ‘80

Denzil Douglas
• Prime Minister of St. Kitts and
Nevis (1995-present)
• Member of the St. Kitts and Nevis
Parliament for St. Christopher
(1989-present)
• Leader of the St. Kitts and Nevis

IV ’90
Leader of Opposition, National
Assembly

-Freeman

Lee Moore
• St. Kits and Nevis Ambassador to
the United Nations (1995-2000)
• Premier of St. Kitts and Nevis
(1979-1980)
• St. Kitts and Nevis Attorney
General and Minister of Legal
Affairs (1971-1979)

IV ’72
Attorney General

-Thar

James Fitz-Allen Mitchell
• Prime Minister of St. Vincent and
the Grenadines (1972-1974,
1984-2000)
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1984-1992)

IV ’73
Premier of St. Vincent

-Lunau

Guilherme Posser da Costa
• President of the Movement for the
Liberation of Sao Tome and
Principe/Social Democratic Party
(2005-present)
• Prime Minister of Sao Tome and
Principe (1999-2001)
• Sao Tome and Principe Minister of
Foreign Affairs (1987-1988,
1990-1991, 1994-1996)

IV ’07
Private Sector Lawyer

-Morcos

France-Albert Rene
• 2nd President of Seychelles
(1977-2004)
• 2nd Prime Minister of Seychelles
(1976-1977)
• Founder of the Seychelles
People’s United Party (1964)

IV ’69
President, Seychelles People’s
United Party

-Baker

Janez Drnovsek
• 2nd President of Slovenia
(2002-2007)
• Prime Minister of Slovenia
(1992-2002)
• President of the Presidency of
Yugoslavia (1989-1990)
• Secretary-General of the Non-
Aligned Movement (1989-1990)

IV ’88
Slovenian Member, Federal
Parliament, Lower House

-Slavik

Danilo Turk
• President of Slovenia (2007-
present)
• UN Assistant Secretary General
for Political Affairs (2000-2005)
• 1st Slovenian Permanent
Representative to the UN
(1992-2000)

IV’ 82
Member, Executive Committee,
Socialist Alliance of Working People
of Slovenia

-Buttermark/Wallenberg

Frederik W. DeKlerk
• 1st Deputy President of South
Africa (1994-1996)
• State President of South Africa
(1989-1994)
• Minister of National Education and
Planning (1984-1989)
• Minister of Internal Affairs
(1982-1985)

IV ’76

-Ames

Helen Zille
• Premier of the Western Cape
(2009-present)
• Leader of the South African
Democratic Alliance Party (2007-
present)
– Presidential Candidate in the 2009
elections
• Mayor of Cape Town (2006-2009)

IV ’80
Political Correspondent, Rand Daily
Mail

-Cabiati/Vasko

Mahinda Rajapaksa
• President of Sri Lanka (2005-
present)
• Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
(2004-2005)
• Leader of the Opposition
(2002-2004)

IV 89
Assistant Secretary,
Central Committee, Freedom Party

-Chapman

Julius Nyerere
• 1st President of Tanzania
(1964-1985)
• 1st President of Tanganyika
(1962-1964)
• 1st Prime Minister of Tanganyika
(1961-1962)
• 1st Chief Minister of Tanganyika
(1960-1961)

IV ’60
President, Tanganyika African
National Union

-Eldridge

Chaun Leekpai
• Prime Minister of Thailand
(1992-1995, 1997-2001)
• Leader of the Thai Opposition in
the House of Representatives
(1995-1997, 2001-2003)

IV ‘71

Prince Fatafehi Tu’Ipelehake
• Prime Minister of Tonga
(1965-1991)
• Minister of the Tongan Cabinet
(1953-1965)
• First Governor of Ha’apai
(1952-1953)
• First Governor of Vava’u
(1949-1952)

IV ’68
Prime Minister

-Lunau

Patrick Manning
• Prime Minister of Trinidad and
Tobago (1991-1995, 2001-2010)
• Leader of the Trinidad and Tobago
• Leader of the People’s National
Movement Party (1986-2010)
• Member of the Trinidad and
Tobago Parliament for San
Fernando East (1971-present)

IV ’88

-Buttermark/Cole

George Maxwell Richards
• President of Trinidad and Tobago
(2003-present)
• Principal of the University of the
West Indies (1985-1996)
• Pro-Vice Chancellor of the
University of the West Indies
(1980-1985)

IV ’86
Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of the
West Indies

-James/Chase

Apolo Nsibambi
• Prime Minister of Uganda
(1999-2011)
• Ugandan Minister of Education
and Sports (1998-1999)
• Ugandan Minister of Public
Service (1996-1998)

MRP ’84: “International Security
Issues”
Head of the Political Science
Department/Associate Professor,
Makerere University

-Straus/Mills

Leonid Kuchma
• 2nd President of Ukraine
(1994-2005)
• Supreme Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Force of Ukraine
(1994-2005)
• 3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine
(1992-1993)

VV ’91
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament

-Collins

Yuri Lutsenko
• Ukrainian Minister of Internal
Affairs (2005-2006, 2007-2010)
• People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna
Rada (2002-2005)
– Acted as one of the leaders of the
Orange Revolution
• Founder of the Civil Movement
“People’s Self Defense” Party
(2007)

RP ’96: “U.S. Perspectives on Trade”

-MacDonald

Oleksander Moroz
• Leader of the Socialist Party of
Ukraine (1991-2010)
– Presidential candidate in 1999,
2004, and 2010
– Key supporter of the 2004 Orange
Revolution
• Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
(1994-1998, 2006-2007)

SCP ’94: “U.S. Government
Structures”

-Calambokidis

Paddy Ashdown
• UN High Representative for
Bosnia & Herzegovina
(2002-2006)
• Leader, UK Liberal Democratic
Party (1988-1999)

IV ’84
Member of Parliament, Liberal Party,
Yeovil

-Starr/Miller

Tony Blair
• Special Envoy for the “Mideast
Quartet” (2007-present)
• Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom (1997-2007)
• Leader of the UK Labour Party
(1994-2007)

IV ’86
Member of Parliament, Labour Party
Opposition Deputy Spokesman for
Treasury Affairs

-Keogh/Banks

Gordon Brown
Kingdom (2007-2010)
• Leader of the UK Labour Party
(2007-2010)
• UK Chancellor of the Exchequer
(1997-2007)

IV ’84
Member of Parliament, Labour Party,
Dumferline East

-Straus/Mills

Nik Gowing
• Main Presenter, BBC World News,
World News Today (1996-present)
– Led coverage of the events of
9/11 and the death of Princess
Diana to over 500,000,000 people
worldwide
• Principal Anchor, The World
Today (1996-2000)
• Diplomatic Editor, ITN Channel 4
News (1989-1996)

MRP ’85: “Arms Control”
Foreign Affairs Correspondent,
ITN Channel 4

-Calambokidis/Gerson

Edward Heath
Kingdom (1970-1974)
• Leader of the UK Conservative
Party (1965-1975)
• UK Minister of Labor (1959-1960)
• Member of Parliament for Bexley
(1950-1974)

IV ’53
Former Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament, Conservative
Party

-Mettger/Linde

Charles Kennedy
• Leader of the UK Liberal
Democrats Party (1999-2006)
• President of the UK Liberal
Democrats Party (1990-1994)
• Member of Parliament for Ross,
Skye, and Lochaber (1983-
present)

IV ’89
Member of Parliament, Social and
Liberal Democrat Party

-Cabiati

Peter Mandelson
• UK First Secretary of State & Lord
President of the Council
(2009-2010)
• European Commissioner for Trade
(2004-2008)
• Member of Parliament for
Hartlepool (1992-2004)

IV ’88
Campaign Director, Labour Party

-Buttermark

Margaret Thatcher
Kingdom (1979-1990)
• Leader of the Conservative Party
(1975-1990)
• Secretary of State for Education
and Science (1970-1974)
• Member of Parliament, Finchley
(1959-1992)

IV ’67

-Keogh

Liam Fox
• Secretary of State for Defense
(2010-2011)
• Shadow Secretary of State for
Defense (2005-2010)
• Member of Parliament for North
Somerset (1992-present)

IV ’86
Prospective Conservative Parliamentary
Candidate for Roxburgh & Berwickshire

-Cabiati/Stilley

Luis Alberto LaCalle
• President of Uruguay (1990-1995)
• Vice President of the Uruguayan
Senate (1984-1990)
• Deputy of the Uruguayan
Parliament for Montevideo
(1971-1973)

SCP ’68: “Young Political Leaders”
Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies

-Hunt

Jorge Pacheco Areco
• Uruguayan Ambassador to the
United States (1980-1982)
• Uruguayan Ambassador to Spain
(c. 1972-1980)
• Vice President of Uruguay (1967)

SCP ’64: “Uruguayan Congressional
Group”
Member, Chamber of Deputies

-Bray

Julio Maria Sanguinetti
• President of Uruguay (1985-1990,
1990-2000)
• Secretary General of the
Executive Committee of the
Uruguayan Partido Colorado
(1983-1985)
• President of Regional UNESCO
Center (1975-1984)
• Member of the National
Parliament for Montevideo
(1963-1873)

IV ’83
Leader of the Colorado Party

-Hancock/Kowall

Tabare Vazquez
• President of the Uruguayan Frente
Amplio Party (1996-2010)
• Mayor of Montevideo (1990-1995)
• President of Club Progreso
Football Team (1979-1989)

IV ’93
Mayor of Montevideo

-Fallow

Rafael Caldera
• President of Venezuela
(1969-1974, 1994-1999)
• Senator of the Venezuelan
National Assembly (1974-1994,
1999)
• President of the Chamber of
Deputies of the Congress of
Venezuela (1959-1962)

IV ’62
Secretary General, Socialist Christian
Party

-Bray

Ramon Jose Velasquez
• President of Venezuela
(1993-1994)
• Venezuelan Minister of
Communications (1969-1971)
• Secretary of the Presidency of
Venezuela (1959-1963)

IV ’68
Director, El Nacional

-Hunt

Morgan Tsvangirai
• Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
(2009-present)
• President of the Movement for
Democratic Change Party
(1999-2010)
• Secretary General of the
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade
Unions (1987-1999)

MRP ’89: “Labor in America”

-Fallow

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