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Program Alumni

Forty-eight (46) Chiefs of State and Current Heads of Government are International Visitor Leadership Program Alumni.

Africa | East Asia and Pacific | Europe
North Africa, Near East, South Asia | Western Hemispheric Affairs

Africa

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Cote d'Ivoire

Laurent Gbagbo

President

(1993)

Ghana

John Agyekum Kufuor

President

(late 1960's)

Kenya

Mwai Kibaki

President

(1999)

Mauritus

Sir Anerood Jugnauth

President

(1981)

Mauritius

Navinchandra Ramgoolam

Prime Minister

(1986)

Togo

Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe

President

(2001)


East Asia and Pacific

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Mongolia

Nambariin Enkhbayar

President

(1994)

New Zealand

Helen Clark

Prime Minister

(1998)

Papua New Guinea

Michael Somare

Prime Minister

(1971)

Taiwan

Ma Ying-Jeou

President

(1971, 2003)


Europe

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Austria

Heinz Fischer

President

(1964)

Austria

Alfred Gusenbauer

Chancellor

(1987)

Belgium

Yves Letermeis

Prime Minister

(2002)

Bulgaria

Sergey Stanishev

Prime Minister

(2004)

Denmark

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Prime Minister

(1982)

Finland

Tarja Halonen

President

(1983)

France

Francois Fillon

Prime Minister

(1984)

France

Nicolas Sarkozy

President

(1985)

Georgia

Mikheil Saakashvili

President

(1999)

Georgia

Zurab Noghaideli

Prime Minister

(1997)

Greece

Constantinos Karamanlis

Prime Minister

(1995)

Kyrgyzstan

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

President

(2004)

Lithuania

Gediminas Kirkilas

Prime Minister

(2002)

Malta

Edward Fenech-Adami

President

(1975)

Malta

Lawrence Gonzi

Prime Minister

(1990)

The Netherlands

Jan Peter Balkenende

Prime Minister

(1985)

Poland

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister

(1995)

Portugal

Anibal Cavaco Silva

President

(1978)

Sweden

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Prime Minister

(2002)

Turkey

Abdullah Gul

Presdient

1995

United Kingdom

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister

(1984/1992)


North Africa, Near East and South Asia

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai

Designated Chairman

(1987)

India

Pratibha Patil

President

(1968)

Israel

Ehud Olmert

Prime Minister

(1978)

Sri Lanka

Mahinda Rajapakse

President

(1989)

Sri Lanka

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Prime Minister

(1975)

Western Hemispheric Affairs

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Colombia

Alvaro Uribe Velez

President

(1998)

Costa Rica

Oscar Arias Sanchez

President

(1971)

Haiti

Jacques Edouard Alexis

Prime Minister

(1983)

Mexico

Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa

President

(1992)

Paraguay

Nicanor Duarte Fautos

President

(1989)

Peru

Jorge Alfonso Alejandro Del Castillo Galvez

Prime Minister

(1988)

St. Kitts/Nevis

Denzil Douglas

Prime Minister

(1990)

Suriname

Ronald R. Venetiaan

President

(1981)

Trinidad & Tobago

Patrick Manning

Prime Minister

(1988)

Uruguay

Tabare Vazquez

President

(1993)

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