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INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
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Program Alumni

Forty-three (43) Current Heads of Government and Chiefs of State 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

Botswana

Festus G. Mogae

President

(1976)

Ghana

John Agyekum Kufuor

President

(late 1960's)

Guinea

Lamine Sidime

Prime Minister

(1992)

Cote d'Ivoire

Laurent Gbagbo

President

(1993)

Kenya

Mwai Kibaki

President

(1999)

Mauritius

Anerood Jugnauth

Prime Minister

(1981)

Mozambique

Pascoal Mocumbi

Prime Minister

(1986)

Seychelles

France Albert Rene

President

(1967)


East Asia and Pacific

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Indonesia

Megawati Sukarnoputri

President

(1989)

New Zealand

Helen Clark

Prime Minister

(1998)

Taiwan

Chen Shui-Bian

President

(1990)

Tonga

Taufa'ahau Tupou IV

King

(1964)


Europe

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Austria

Wolfgang Schuessel

Chancellor

(1971, 1984)

Austria

Heinz Fischer

President

(1964)

Belgium

Guy Verhofstadt

Prime Minister

(1983)

Croatia

Ivica Racan

Prime Minister

(1998)

Finland

Tarja Halonen

President

(1983)

Georgia

Mikheil Saakashvili

President

(1999)

Georgia

Zurab Zhvania

Prime Minister

(1997)

Germany, Federal Republic of

Gerhard Schroeder

Chancellor

(1981)

Greece

Constantinos Karamanlis

Prime Minister

(1995)

Iceland

David Oddsson

Prime Minister

(1983)

Kosovo

Bajram Rexhepi

Prime Minister

(2000)

Malta

Lawrence Gonzi

Prime Minister

(1990)

Macedonia

Boris Trajkovski

President

(1996)

The Netherlands

Jan Peter Balkenende

Prime Minister

(1985)

Portugal

Jorge Sampaio

President

(1965)

Ukraine

Leonid Kuchma

President

(1994)

United Kingdom

Anthony C.L. Blair

Prime Minister

(1992, 1986)


North Africa, Near East and South Asia

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Afghanistan

Hamid Karzai

Designated Chairman

(1987)

India

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Prime Minister

(1960)

Israel

Moshe Katzav

President

(1980)

Jordan

Faisal Al Fayez

Prime Minister

(1988)

Western Hemispheric Affairs

Country

Name

Current Position

Year Participated

Belize

Said Wilbert Musa

Prime Minister

(1995)

Bolivia

Carlos Mesa

President

(1979, 2002)

Chile

Ricardo Lagos

President

(1988)

Colombia

Alvaro Uribe Velez

President

(1998)

Colombia

Elsa Gladys Cifuentes Aranzazu

Governor

(2001)

Dominican Republic

Rafael Hipolito Mejia Dominguez

President

(1995)

Guatemala

Alfonso Antonio "Portillo" Cabrera

President

(1992)

Honduras

Ricardo Maduro Joest

President

(1986)

Jamaica

Howard Cooke

Governor General

(1981)

St. Kitts/Nevis

Denzil Douglas

Prime Minister

(1990)

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