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World Leaders Today

Jacques Chirac,
President of France

Abel Pacheco,
President of Costa Rica

Kofi Annan, UN
Secretary General

Gloria Arroyo,
President of the Philippines

King Abdullah,
King of Jordan

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TOMORROW'S LEADERS ARE BEING EDUCATED IN THE US TODAY

COUNTRY

NAME

TITLE

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE

AFGHANISTAN

Mohammad Sharif Fayez

Minister of Higher Education

University of Arizona

AFGHANISTAN

Abdul Zahir

(former) Prime Minister

Columbia University

AFGHANISTAN

Hadeyat Amin-Arsala

Vice-President

Southern Illinois University

AFGHANISTAN

H. E. Ishaq Shahryar

Ambassador to the United States

University of California at Santa Barbara

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

Lester Bird

Prime Minister (current)

University of Michigan

ARGENTINA

Raul Ricardo Alfonsin

President (1983-89)

University of New Mexico

ARGENTINA

Guido Di Tella

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

MIT

ARGENTINA

Jorge Alberto Rodriguez

Minister

University of Nebraska

ARMENIA

Vartan Oskanian

Foreign Minister

Harvard University
Tufts University

BELIZE

George Cadle Price

Prime Minister (former)

St. John's College

BOLIVIA

Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Bustamante

President (former)

University of Chicago

BOLIVIA

Jorge Quiroga Ramirez

President

Texas A & M

BHUTAN

Lyonpo (Minister) Jigmi Thinley

Head of Government

Pennsylvania State University

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Zlatko Lagumdzija

Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs

University of Arizona

BRAZIL

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

President of Brazil

Columbia University

BRAZIL

Celso Lafer

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Cornell University

CANADA

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Prime Minister (former)

Harvard University

CHILE

Andres Bianchi

Ambassador to the United States

Yale University

CHINA

Wan Exiang

Grand Justice, Vice President of Supreme People's Court (former)

Yale University

COLOMBIA

Ernesto Samper Pizano

President (former)

Columbia University

COLOMBIA

Virgilio Barco Vargas

President (former)

MIT

COSTA RICA

Jaime Darenblum

Ambassador to the USA

Fletcher School/Tufts University

COSTA RICA

Alejandro Guzman Stein

Minister of Agriculture (former)

Texas Technical University, Harvard

COSTA RICA

Abel Pacheco

President

Louisiana State University

COSTA RICA

Jose Maria Figueres Olsen

President (former)

West Point, Harvard University

COSTA RICA

Rene Castro

Minister of Energy (former)

Harvard University

COSTA RICA

Alvara Umana

Minister of Natural Resources (former)
Progressive Conservationist

Stanford University

COTE D'IVOIRE

Pascal Kokora

Ambassador to the USA

Georgetown University

CROATIA

Ivan Grdesic

Ambassador to the USA

Indiana University, Virginia Tech.

CYPRUS

Averof Neophytou

Min. of Communications, Public Works, & Transport

NY Institute of Technology

CYPRUS

George Iacovou

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

Boston University

ECUADOR

Jamil Mahuad Witt

President (former)

Harvard University

ENGLAND

John Rankin Rathbone

Member Of Parliament

Harvard University

EGYPT

Atef Muhammad Muhammad Ebid

Prime Minister

Illinois University

EGYPT

Ali Dessouki

Minister of Youth

Princeton University

EGYPT

Kamal Ahmed al-Ganzuri

Prime Minister (former)

Michigan University

EGYPT

Boutros Boutros Ghali

UN Secretary General (former)

Columbia University

FRANCE

Jacques Chirac

President

Harvard University

GERMANY

Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht

Prime Minister (former)

Cornell University

GEORGIA

Irakli Rekhviashvili

Minister of Economy

Hunter College

GEORGIA

Mikhail Saakashvili

President

Columbia University

GEORGIA

Tamar Beruchasvili

Minister for Integration with European Structures

Indiana University

GEORGIA

Gela Bezhuashvili

Minister of Defense

Southern Methodist University Law School

GEORGIA

Giorgi Papuashvili

Minister of Justice, Chief Economic Advisor

American University

GEORGIA

Lily Begiashvili

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Development

University of Illinois

GHANA

Kofi Annan

UN Secretary General

Macalester College, MIT

GHANA

Kwame Nkrumah

President of Ghana (former)

Lincoln University

GHANA

Kwame Pepra

Minister of Finance (former)

Columbia University, New York University

GREECE

Andreas George Papandreou

Prime Minister (former)

Harvard University

GUYANA

Samuel Hinds

Prime Minister

University of New Brunswick

GUYANA

Janet Jagan

President (former)

University of Detroit Wayne University Michigan State College

HONDURAS

Carlos Roberto Flores

President

Louisiana State University

HONDURAS

Rodolfo Pastor Fasquelle

Minister of Culture and Tourism (former)

Tulane University

HONDURAS

Ricardo Madura

President

Stanford University

HUNGARY

Geza Jeszensky

Ambassador to the USA

University of California, Santa Barbara

HUNGARY

Janos Martonyi

Foreign Minister (former)

HUNGARY

Istvan Stumpf

Minister Without Portfolio (former)

Harvard University

INDONESIA

Juwono Sudarsono

Minister of Defense (former)

University of California - Berkeley

INDONESIA

Alwi Shihab

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Temple University

INDONESIA

Bambang Sudibyo

Minister of Finance (former)

University of North Carolina, University of Kentucky

INDONESIA

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Minister of Mines and Energy (former)

Webster University

INDONESIA

Mohamad S. Prakosa

Minister of Agriculture (former)

University of Tennessee, University of California - Berkeley

INDONESIA

Makmur Widodo

General Director Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ohio University

INDONESIA

Mohammad Amien Rais

Chair, People's Consultative Assembly

George Washington University, University of Chicago

INDONESIA

Dr. Boediono

Finance Minister

University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business

INDONESIA

Megawati Sukarnoputri

President

IRELAND

Mary Robinson

President (former) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Harvard University

ISRAEL

Moshe Arens

Minister of Defense (former)

MIT
California Institute of Technology

ISRAEL

Ehud Barak

Prime Minister (former)

Stanford University

ISRAEL

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister (former)

MIT

ISRAEL

Shimon Peres

Prime Minister (former)

New York University, Harvard University

ITALY

Lamberto Dini

Foreign Minister (former)

University of Minnesota

ITALY

Giuliano Amato

Prime Minister (former)

Columbia University

ITALY

Romano Prodi

Prime Minister (former)

Harvard University

ITALY

Giandomenico Picco

Under Secretary General of the United Nations

University of California at Santa Barbara

JAMAICA

Hon. John Junior

Minister of Health

Howard University

JAMAICA

Hon. Dr. Paul Robertson

Minister of Foreign Affairs

University of Michigan

JAMAICA

Hon. Keith D. Knight

Minister of National Security & Justice

University of Pittsburgh

JAMAICA

Percival James Patterson

Prime Minister

Northeastern University, Brown University

JAMAICA

Hon. Anthony Hylton

Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Trade

Morgan State University

JAMAICA

Hon Dr. Omar Davies

Minister of Finance & Planning

Northwestern University

JAMAICA

Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips

Minister of Transport & Works

Princeton University, SUNY

JAPAN

Yoriko Kawaguchi

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Environment (former)

Yale University

JAPAN

H.E. Yohei Kono

Foreign Minister (former)

Stanford University

JAPAN

Nobuteru Ishihara

Minister of State for Administrative Reform

Elmira College (NY)

JAPAN

Makiko Tanaka

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

Germantown Friends School (PA)

JAPAN

Sadako Ogata

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

University of California at Berkeley
Georgetown University

JAPAN

Masako Owada

Crown Princess

Belmont College
Harvard University

JAPAN

Jun Saito

Member of Parliament, Yamagata Prefecture

Yale University

JAPAN

Kotaru Tamura

Member of Parliament

Yale University
UCLA
University of Nebraska

JORDAN

Abdullah Bin Al-Hussein

King of Jordan

Georgetown University

JORDAN

Marwan Qassem

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

University of Michigan
Columbia University

JORDAN

Ali Abul Ragheb

Prime Minister
Defense Minister

University of Tennessee

JORDAN

Mohammad Adwan

Minister of State for Political Affairs & Environment

California State University in San Jose
University of Colorado

JORDAN

Salah Al-Bashir

Minister of Trade & Industry

Harvard University Law School

JORDAN

Bassem Awadallah

Minister of Planning

Georgetown University

JORDAN

Nader Dahabi

Minister of Transport

Auburn University

JORDAN

Mahmoud Dweiri

Minister of Agriculture

University of Wisconsin

JORDAN

Haidar Mahmoud

Minister of Culture

University of California

JORDAN

Michel Marto

Minister of Finance

University of Southern California
Stanford University

JORDAN

Marwan Muasher

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Purdue University

JORDAN

Taleb Rifai

Minister of Tourism & Antiquities

Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania

JORDAN

Mohammad Thneibat

Minister of State for Administrative Development

University of California
University of Soothe California

JORDAN

Khaled Toukan

Minister of Education

University of Michigan
MIT

JORDAN

Sharif Zeid Ben Shaker

Prime Minister (former)

US Staff & Command College

JORDAN

Fawwaz Zu'bi

Minister of ICT

Duke University

KAZAKHSTAN

Nurlan Balgimbayev

Prime Minister (former)

University of Massachusetts

KENYA

Jonathan K.N. Ng'eno

Minister of Public Works and Housing

Greenville College, Southern Illinois University

KENYA

Joseph Kamotho

Minister of Education (former)

Syracuse University

KOREA

Han Seung-Soo

President of the United Nations General Assembly (56th session)

Harvard University

KOREA

Kang Young Hoon

Prime Minister (former)

University of Southern California

LATVIA

Aivis Ronis

Ambassador to the USA

Columbia University

LIBERIA

Milton Teahjay

Minister of Information (former)

Kent University, Howard University

LITHUANIA

Valdas Adamkus

President

University of Illinois

MADAGASCAR

Pierrot Rajaonarivelo

Vice Prime Minister of Budget

Columbia University

MALAWI

Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda

President (former)

Meharry Med. College, University of Indiana, University of Chicago

MALAYSIA

Mahathir bin Mohammed

Prime Minister

Harvard University

MALAYSIA

Datuk Leo Moggie Anak Irok

Minister of Energy, Telecommunications & Posts

Pennsylvania State University

MALAYSIA

Datuk Rais Yatim

Minister of Land and Regional Development (former)

Northern Illinois University

MEXICO

Jesus Reyes-Heroles

Secretary of Energy, Mines (former)

MIT

MEXICO

Carlos Ruiz Sacristan

Secretary of Communications and Transport (former)

Northwestern University

MEXICO

Jose Angel Gurria Trevino

Secretary of Foreign Affairs (former)

University of Southern California, Harvard University

MEXICO

Herminio Blanco Mendoza

Secretary of Commerce/Industrial Dev.

University of Chicago

MEXICO

Juan Ramon de la Fuente

Secretary of Health (former)

University of Minnesota

MEXICO

Guillermo Ortiz Martinez

Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (former)

Stanford University

MEXICO

Adolfo Zinser

Permanent Rep. to the United Nations

Harvard University

MICRONESIA

Bailey Olter

President (former)

University of Hawaii

MOROCCO

Aicha Belarbi

Ambassador to the European Union

Harvard University

MOROCCO

Mohamed Benaissa

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

University of Minnesota

NAMIBIA

Hage Gottfried Geingob

Prime Minister

Fordham University
Columbia College

NEPAL

Kul Chandra Gautam

Deputy Executive Director UNICEF

Princeton University

NEPAL

Ram Hari Joshy

Honorable Member of Parliament

Oregon State University

NEPAL

Parkash Chandre Lohani

Honorable Member of Parliament

Indiana University

NEW ZEALAND

Peter John Benjes

Former Gen. Mgr. Treasury

Harvard University

NEW ZEALAND

Geoffrey Palmer

Prime Minister (former)

University of Chicago

NICARAGUA Nora Astorga Ambassador to the United Nations (former) Catholic University of Washington

NIGERIA

Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi

UN agency administrator

MIT

NORWAY

Gudmund Hermes

Minister of Health (former)

Johns Hopkins University

NORWAY

Haakon Magnus

Crown Prince

University of California - Berkeley

NORWAY

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Prime Minister (former)

Harvard University

NORWAY Johan Joergen Holst Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)
Key figure in Oslo Peace Accord
Columbia University

PAKISTAN

Benazir Bhutto

President of Pakistan (former)

Harvard U.

PAKISTAN

Abdul Razak Dawood

Minister for Commerce, Industries, & Production

Columbia University, Harvard University

PAKISTAN

Shafqat Ali Shah Jamot

Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture, & Livestock

University of Virginia

PAKISTAN Nafis Sadik Executive Director, UN Population Fund (former)
UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia
Johns Hopkins University

PALAU

Tommy Remengesau

President

Grand Valley State University

PANAMA Ernesto Balladares President (former) University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business

PANAMA

Eric Arturo Delvalle Henriquez

President (former)

Louisiana State University

PERU

Alejandro Toledo

President

Harvard University
Stanford University
University of San Francisco

PERU Beatriz Merino Prime Minister (former) Harvard University

PHILIPPINES

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

President

Georgetown University

PHILIPPINES

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino

President (former)

College of Mt. St. Vincent
Boston University
Fordham University

PHILIPPINES

Fidel V. Ramos

President (former)

US Military Academy, West Point, University of Illinois

PHILIPPINES

Domingo Siazon, Jr.

Foreign Secretary

Harvard U.

PHILIPPINES

Rodolfo Certeza Severino, Jr.

ASEAN Secretary-general

John Hopkins University

POLAND

Przemyslaw Grudinski

Ambassador to the USA

Princeton University

POLAND

Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Columbia University

PUERTO RICO Antonia Novello US Surgeon General (former) University of Michigan Medical Center
Georgetown University Hospital

ROMANIA

Constantin Dudu Ionescu

Minister of Interior (former)

Jackson State University

ROMANIA

Alexandru Popescu

Secretary of State

Jackson State University

ROMANIA

Florin Georgescu

Minister of Finance (former)

ROMANIA

Alexandru Luminita Petrescu

Counselor of State

ROMANIA

Lucian Mihai

Chairman, Constitutional Court

SAUDI ARABIA

Prince Saud Faisal

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Princeton University

SAUDI ARABIA

Mr. Susa'ad Al Sinani

Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Riyadh (former)

Arizona State University

SAUDI ARABIA

Mr. Osamah Faqeeh

Minister of Commerce, Riyadh

Arizona State University

SAUDI ARABIA

Soliman Abdul-Aziz Al Solaim

Minister of Commerce (former)

University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins University

SAUDI ARABIA

Dr. Madany Alaqi

Minister of State, Royal Court, Riyadh

Arizona State University

SAUDI ARABIA

Dr. Nasir Al Sallum

Minister of Communications, Riyadh

Arizona State University

SENEGAL

Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ohio State University

SINGAPORE

Shunmugam Jayakamur

Minister of Law

Yale University

SINGAPORE

Lee Hsien Loong

Deputy Prime Minister

Harvard University

SINGAPORE

Tony Tan

Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister

MIT

SINGAPORE

Chan Heng Chee

Ambassador to the USA

Cornell University

SINGAPORE

Goh Chok Tong

Prime Minister

Williams College

S. KOREA

Il Sa Kong

Minister of Finance (former)

University of California - Los Angeles

S. KOREA

Se Yung Chung

Minister of Science and Technology (former)

Michigan State University, Princeton University

S. KOREA Kang Young Hoon Prime Minister (former) University of Southern California
S. KOREA Han Seung-Soo President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 56th Session Harvard University

SPAIN

Javier Solana

Secretary General of NATO (former)

University of Virginia

SPAIN

Rodrigo Rato

Minister of Economy

University of California

SPAIN

Pilar del Castillo

Minister of Education

Ohio University

SPAIN

Ana Birules

Minister of Science and Technology

University of Minnesota

SRI LANKA

Warsasena Rasaputram

Former Ambassador to the USA

University of Wisconsin

SWEDEN

Margaretha af Ugglas

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

Harvard University

TAIWAN

Hsiu-lien Annette Lu

Vice President

University of Illinois

TAIWAN

John Chang (Chang Hsiao Yen)

Vice Premier (former)

Georgetown University

TAIWAN

Lee Teng Hui

President (former)

Iowa State University
Cornell University

TAIWAN

Chen Li-An

Minister of National Defense (former)

MIT
New York University

TAIWAN

Lien Chan

Vice President (former)

University of Chicago

TAIWAN

Wang Chien-Shien

Minister of Finance (former)

Harvard University

THAILAND

Thaksin Shinawatra-a

Prime Minister

Eastern Kentucky University
Sam Houston State University

THAILAND

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

Deputy Prime Minister

Army Comman & General Staff College

THAILAND

Amnuay Viravan

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance

University of Michigan

THAILAND

Surin Pitsuwan

Minister of Foreign Affairs (former)

Harvard University

THAILAND

Shucheep Hansaward

Minister of Agriculture and Coops (former)

California State University

TRINIDAD/TOBAGO

Dr. Adesh Nanan

Minister of Education (former)

Howard University

TUNISIA

Abdelbaki Hermassi

Minister of Culture

University of California Berkeley

TUNISIA

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

President

TURKEY

Suleyman Demirel

President (former)

TURKEY

O. Faruk Logoglu

Ambassador to the USA

Princeton University

TURKEY

Tansu Ciller

Prime Minister (former)

University of Connecticut
Yale University

UGANDA

Olara Otunnu

United Nations Undersecretary-General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

Harvard University Law School

UNITED KINGDOM

Christopher Patten

European Commission, External Relations Commissioner

UNITED KINGDOM

Brian Unwin

President, European Investment Bank (former)

Yale University

URUGUAY

Sergio Abreu

Minister of Industry

URUGUAY

Antonio Mercader

Minister of Education

University of Florida

URUGUAY

Pablo Mieres

Member of Parliament

Georgetown University

URUGUAY

Didier Opertti

Minister of Foreign Affairs

VENEZUELA

Alfredo Toro Hardy

Ambassador to the US (former)

Princeton University

VIETNAM Nguyen Thien Nhan Vice Chairman, People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City University of Oregon

YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC

Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani

Prime Minister (former)

Colorado College
University of Colorado

YUGOSLAVIA

Miroljub Labus

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Trade

Cornell University

ZAMBIA

Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita

Speaker of the Natl. Assembly

Stanford University
Columbia University

ZAMBIA

Mwelwa Musambachime

Permanent Rep. to the United Nations

Miami University of Ohio

ZIMBABWE

Canaan Sodindo Banana

President (former)

American University

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