Program Alumni

The list below features International Visitor Leadership Program alumni who are current Chiefs of State or Heads of Government.


Africa

Guinea
President Alpha Condé, 1962

Kenya
President Mwai Kibaki, 1999

Mauritius
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth, 1981
Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, 1986

Mozambique
President Armando Emílio Guebuza, 1987

Namibia
Prime Minister Nahas Gideon Angula, 1996

Togo
President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, 2001

Zimbabwe
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, 1989

East Asia and the Pacific

Australia
Prime Minister Julia Eileen Gillard, 2006
Governor General Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, AC, 1978

Taiwan
President Ma Ying-Jeou, 1971, 2003

Europe and Eurasia

Austria
President Heinz Fischer, 1964

Belgium
Premier Yves Leterme, 2002

Croatia
President Ivo Josipović, 2002
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, 1996

Czech Republic
Prime Minister Petr Nečas, 1994, 1999

Denmark
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 1989

Finland
President Tarja Halonen, 1983
Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, 2003

France
President Nicolas Sarkozy, 1985
Prime Minister Francois Fillon, 1984

Georgia
President Mikheil Saakashvili, 1985

Germany
President Christian Wulff, 2000

Ireland
Prime Minister Enda Kenny, 1989

Italy
Prime Minister Mario Monti, 1981

Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaite, 1994

Macedonia
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, 2000

Malta
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, 1990

Montenegro
Prime Minister Igor Lukšić, 1999

Norway
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, 1988

Poland
President Bronisław Komorowski, 2006
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, 1993

Portugal
President Anibal Cavaco Silva, 1978

Slovenia
Prime Minister Borut Pahor, 1991

Sweden
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, 2002

Turkey
President Abdullah Gul, 1995

South and Central Asia

Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai, 1987

Bhutan
Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigme Yoser Thinley, 1987

India
President Pratibha Patil, 1968

Sri Lanka
President Mahinda Rajapakse, 1989

Western Hemisphere

Brazil
President Dilma Rousseff, 1992

Dominica
President Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool, 1985

Grenada
Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, 1986

Mexico
President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa, 1992

St. Kitts/Nevis
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, 1990

St. Lucia
Prime Minister Stephenson King, 1985

Trinidad & Tobago
President George Maxwell Richards, 1986
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, 1998