There are many distinguished individuals who have participated in ECA-sponsored exchange programs. Listed below by program are alumni who are currently serving as either chief of state or head of government in their respective countries.

American Council of Young Political Leaders

• Honduras: President Porfirio Lobo Sosa (1987)

Citizen Exchanges

• Georgia: President Mikheil Saakashvili (1996)

• Lithuania: Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius (1994)

Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program

• Georgia: President Mikheil Saakashvili (1993)

Fulbright Foreign Student Program

• Chile: President Sebastián Piñera (1973 and 1974)

• Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos (1980)

• Ghana: President John Evans Atta Mills (1970)

• Haiti: Prime Minister Garry Conille (1998)

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

• Belize: Governor General Colville Norbert Young (1991 and 1992)

• Slovak Republic: Prime Minister Iveta Radičová (1998)

International Visitor Leadership Program

• Afghanistan: President Hamid Karzai (1987)

• Australia: Governor General Quentin Alice Louise Bryce (1978)

• Australia: Prime Minister Julia Eileen Gillard (2006)

• Austria: President Heinz Fischer (1964)

• Belgium: Prime Minister Yves Leterme (2002)

• Bhutan: Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley (1987)

• Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff (1992)

• Croatia: President Ivo Josipović (2002)

• Croatia: Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic (1996)

• Czech Republic: Prime Minister Petr Nečas (1994 and 1999)

• Denmark: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1989)

• Dominica: President Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool (1985)

• Finland: President Tarja Kaarina Halonen (1983)

• Finland: Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (2003)

• France: Prime Minister François Fillon (1984)

• France: President Nicolas Sarkozy (1985)

• Georgia: President Mikheil Saakashvili (1997 and 1999)

• Germany: President Christian Wulff (2000)

• Grenada: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas (1986)

• Guinea: President Alpha Condé (1962)

• India: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil (1968)

• Ireland: Prime Minister Enda Kenny (1989)

• Kenya: President Mwai Kibaki (1961 and 1999)

• Lithuania: President Dalia Grybauskaitė (1994)

• Macedonia: Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (2000)

• Malta: Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi (1990)

• Mauritius: President Anerood Jugnauth (1981)

• Mauritius: Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam (1986)

• Mexico: President Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (1992)

• Montenegro: Prime Minister Igor Lukšić (1999)

• Mozambique: President Armando Emílio Guebuza (1987)

• Namibia: Prime Minister Nahas Gideon Angula (1996)

• Norway: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (1988)

• Poland: President Bronisław Komorowski (2006)

• Poland: Prime Minister Donald Franciszek Tusk (1993)

• Portugal: President Aníbal Cavaco Silva (1978)

• Slovenia: Prime Minister Borut Pahor (1991)

• Sri Lanka: President Mahinda Rajapakse (1989)

• St. Kitts and Nevis: Prime Minister Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (1990)

• St. Lucia: Prime Minister Stephenson King (1985)

• Sweden: Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2002)

• Taiwan: President Ma Ying-Jeou (1971 and 2003)

• Togo: President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (2001)

• Trinidad and Tobago: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1998)

• Trinidad and Tobago: President George Maxwell Richards (1986)

• Turkey: President Abdullah Gül (1995)

• Zimbabwe: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (1989)

Study of the United States Institutes for Scholars (formerly Fulbright Study of the U.S.)

• Macedonia: President Gjorge Ivanov (1999)