List of heads of state educated in the United States
This is a list of non-American heads of state and heads of government who have received their undergraduate or postgraduate education from American colleges and universities.
Head of State | Country | Term(s) of Office | University | Graduation |
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Hastings Banda | Malawi | 1961-1994 | Central State University, Indiana University, University of Chicago Meharry Medical College | 1925- diploma, 1931- BA, University of Chicago, 1937-MD |
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Nnamdi Azikiwe | Nigerian | 1963–1966 | Howard University, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), University of Pennsylvania | |
Laura Chinchilla | Costa Rica | 2010–present | Georgetown University | Masters in public policy |
Mary Robinson | Ireland | 1990–1997 | Harvard University | LLM from Harvard Law School |
Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer | Iraq | 2004–2005 | American University, George Washington University | Masters from George Washington University |
Rafael Correa | Ecuador | 2007–present | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 1999 (Master of Science in Economics), 2001(PhD in Economics) |
Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand | 2011–present | Kentucky State University | 1990 (MS in Public Administration) |
Hafizullah Amin | Afghanistan | September–December 1979 | Columbia University | 1962 (PhD in Education) |
Jamshid Amuzegar | Iran | 1977–1978 | Cornell University | PhD |
Corazon Aquino | Philippines | 1986–1992 | College of Mount Saint Vincent | 1953 (degree in French) |
Arnulfo Arias | Panama | 1940–1941, 1949–1951, 1968 | University of Chicago,[2] Harvard | MD from Harvard |
Ehud Barak | Israel | 1999–2001 | Stanford University | 1978 (Masters in engineering-economic systems) |
José Manuel Barroso | Portugal | 2002–2004 | Georgetown University | 1998 (research for a PhD) |
Marek Belka | Poland | 2004–2005 | Columbia University, University of Chicago | attended classes |
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Tunisia | 1987–2011 | Senior Intelligence School (Maryland), School for Anti-Aircraft Field Artillery (Texas) | training |
Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | 1988–1990, 1993–1996 | Harvard University | 1973 (political science) |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Pakistan | 1971–1973 | University of Southern California, University of California, Berkeley | 1950 (B.A. in political science from Berkeley) |
Enrique Bolaños | Nicaragua | 2002–2007 | Saint Louis University[3] | 1962 (B.A. in industrial engineering) |
Felipe Calderón | Mexico | 2006–2012 | Harvard University | Masters in Public Administration |
Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia | 2010–present | Harvard University | Masters in Political Science |
Alberto Fujimori | Peru | 1990–2000 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 1971 (MS in Mathematics) |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Estonia | 2006–present | Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania | Masters in psychology |
Kostas Karamanlis | Greece | 2004–2009 | Tufts University | master's degree and doctorate in political sciences, international relations and diplomatic history |
Karl Carstens | West Germany | 1979–1984 | Yale University | 1949 (Master of Laws) |
Ahmed Chalabi | Iraq | September 2003 | MIT, University of Chicago | 1965 (Bachelors in Math from MIT), 1969 (PhD in Math from Chicago) |
Sanford B. Dole[4] | Hawaii | 1894–1900 | Williams College[5] | attended classes |
François Duvalier | Haiti | 1957–1971 | University of Michigan | studied public health |
Ricardo Arias Espinosa | Panama | 1955–1956 | Georgetown University | 1935 (Walsh School of Foreign Service) |
Ricardo de la Espriella | Panama | 1982–1984 | Stanford University | Economics |
Vicente Fox | Mexico | 2000–2006 | Harvard University | attended classes |
Alberto Fujimori | Peru | 1990-2000 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 1969 (master's degree in mathematics) |
Goh Chok Tong | Singapore | 1990–2004 | Williams College | 1967 (MA in Development Economics) |
Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro | Panama | 1956–1960 | Dartmouth College | Masters in Finance |
Jorge Illueca | Panama | February–October 1984 | Harvard University, University of Chicago | 1955 (Law)[6] |
Cheddi Jagan | Guyana | 1992–1997 | Howard University Dental School, and Northwestern University | |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | 2006–present | Madison Business College, University of Colorado, Harvard University | 1964 (BBA in Accounting from Madison),
1970 (economics diploma from Colorado), 1971 (Master of Public Administration from Harvard) |
Uhuru Kenyatta | Kenya | 2013–present | Amherst College | 1985 (Political science) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King | Canada | 1921–1926,
1926–1930, 1935–1948 |
University of Chicago, | 1898 (MA in political economy from Harvard),
1909 (PhD from Harvard) |
Ricardo Lagos | Chile | 2000–2006 | Duke University | 1962 (PhD) |
Hastings Banda | Malawi | Prime Minister of Malawi (1964–1966), President of Malawi (1966–1994) | University of Chicago | Ph.B. 1931 |
José P. Laurel | Philippines | 1943–1945 | Yale University | 1920 (Law) |
Salvador Laurel[7] | Philippines | February–March 1986 | Yale University | 1953(LL.M.), 1960 (Law) |
Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | 2004–present | Harvard University | 1980 (Master of Public Administration) |
Lee Teng-Hui | Republic of China | 1988–2000 | Iowa State University; Cornell University | 1953 (Masters degree in agricultural economics); 1968 (PhD in agricultural economics) |
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | Philippines | 2001–2010 | Georgetown University | attended 1964–1966 |
Golda Meir | Israel | 1969–1974 | Milwaukee State Normal School | graduate |
Mireya Moscoso | Panama | 1999–2004 | Miami-Dade Community College | Interior design diploma |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Israel | 1996–1999, 2009–present | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University | B.Sc in Architecture from MIT, MBA from MIT |
Kwame Nkrumah | Ghana | 1957–1966 | Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), University of Pennsylvania | 1939 (BA from Lincoln), 1942 (MS in Education from Penn), 1943 (MA in Philosophy from Penn) |
Olof Palme | Sweden | 1969–1976, 1982–1986 | Kenyon College | 1948 (BA) |
Andreas Papandreou | Greece | 1981–1989, 1993–1996 | Harvard University | 1943 (PhD in economics)[8] |
Ernesto Pérez Balladares | Panama | 1994–1999 | University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania | 1969 (Masters in Economics from Notre Dame), 1970 (Masters in Marketing from Pennsylvania) |
Fidel V. Ramos | Philippines | 1992–1998 | United States Military Academy, University of Illinois | 1950 (West Point), 1951 (Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Illinois) |
Syngman Rhee | South Korea | 1948–1960 | George Washington University, Harvard University, Princeton University | 1907 (GWU), 1909 (MA from Harvard), 1910 (PhD in politics from Princeton)[9] |
Joseph Jenkins Roberts | Liberia | 1848–1856, 1872–1876 | Norfolk Academy, Maury High School | |
Edward James Roye | Liberia | 1870–1871 | Ohio University | |
Carlos Salinas | Mexico | 1988–1994 | Harvard University | 1973 (master's degree in Public Administration), 1976 (master's in Political Economics), 1976 (PhD in Political Economics and Government) |
Martín Torrijos | Panama | 2004–2009 | 1987 (Political Science and Economics) | |
Pierre Trudeau | Canada | 1968–1979
1980–1984 |
MA in Political Economy | |
Alvaro Magaña | El Salvador | 1982–1984 | University of Chicago | A.M 1955 |
Ma Ying-jeou | Taiwan | 2008–2016 | Harvard University | PhD |
Ernesto Zedillo | Mexico | 1994–2000 | Yale University | PhD |
Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | Bolivia | 1993–1997, 2002–2003 | University of Chicago | 1952 |
Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero | Honduras | 1990–1994 | Mississippi State University | B.S. and M.S. in agricultural economics |
Mario Monti | Italy | 2011–2013 | Yale University | M.Sc. in economics, 1968 |
Christopher Loeak | Marshall Islands | 2011-present | Portland Community College,[10] Hawaii Pacific College, Gonzaga University School of Law | 1978 (Bachelor's from Hawaii Pacific), 1982 (JD from Gonzaga)[11] |
Notes
- ↑ http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2838/Banda-Hastings-Kamuzu.html
- ↑ "Arnulfo Arias Biography". www.BookRags.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Alum Elected President of Nicaragua By Wide Margin - Saint Louis University". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ Dole served as President of the Republic of Hawaii.
- ↑ http://www.hawaii.edu/biograph/biohi/doleguide.pdf
- ↑ "JORGE E. ILLUECA - 38th Session". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ Laurel served as head of government as Prime Minister for one month until the position was eliminated.
- ↑ "Biographies". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Syngman Rhee". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ↑ "Life in the Republic of the Marshall Islands". Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Life in the Republic of the Marshall Islands". Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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