List of University of Oxford people in public life overseas
This is a list of people from the University of Oxford in public life overseas. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the university, and others held fellowships at a college.
This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.
Monarchs
Name | College | Years | Reign | Ref |
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Seretse Khama | Balliol | 1945 | King of the BagammaNgwato people (1925); afterwards first President of Botswana (1966–1980)
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Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
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Magdalen | 2000-? | King of Bhutan (2006 onwards) | [1] |
Abdullah II of Jordan | Pembroke | King of Jordan (1999 onwards)
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Sultan Ahmad Shah | Worcester | 1948-? | (1979 onwards) | [2] |
Tuanku Abdul Halim
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Wadham | -1954 | (1958 onwards) | [3] |
Tuanku Jaafar
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Balliol | (1968 onwards) | ||
Muhammad V of Kelantan | St Cross | 1990–1991 | King of Malaysia (2016–2018) and Sultan of Kelantan (2010 onwards) | |
Dr Nazrin Shah of Perak | Worcester | Acting (2014 onwards) | ||
William II of the Netherlands | Christ Church | Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1840–1849)
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Harald V of Norway
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Balliol | 1960–1962 | King of Norway (1991 onwards)
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[4] |
Olav V of Norway
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Balliol | 1924–1926 | King of Norway (1957–1991)
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[5][6] |
Vajiravhud
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Christ Church | 1900–1901 | King of Siam (1910–1925)
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[7] |
Andrew Bertie | Christ Church | Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1988–2008)
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George Tupou V | King of Tonga (2006–2012)
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Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal | Pembroke | Maharaja and Chogyal of Sikkim (1914) | ||
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho | Corpus Christi | King of Lesotho (1966–1990, 1995–1996) | ||
Naruhito | Merton | 1980s | Emperor of Japan (2019 onwards) | |
Philippe of Belgium | Trinity | 1978–1981 | King of the Belgians (2013 onwards)
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Royal persons
Heads of State and Heads of Government
Name | College | Years at Oxford | Country | Position | Ref | |
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John Gorton | Brasenose | 1932–1935 | Australia | Prime Minister 1968–71 | [13] | |
Malcolm Fraser | Magdalen | 1949–1952 | Australia | Prime Minister 1975–83 | [14][15] | |
Bob Hawke | University | 1953–1955/6 | Australia | Prime Minister 1983–91 | [16][17] | |
Tony Abbott | The Queen's | 1981–1983[18] | Australia | Prime Minister 2013–15 | ||
Malcolm Turnbull | Brasenose | 1978–1980 | Australia | Prime Minister 2015–2018 | ||
Kevin Rudd | Jesus College, Oxford | 2017– | Australia | Prime Minister 2007–2010; 2013 | ||
Grantley Adams
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St Catherine's Society | 1919– | Barbados and the West Indies |
Premier of Barbados 1954–58 1958–62
Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation |
[19][20] | |
J.M.G. (Tom) Adams
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Magdalen | Barbados | Prime Minister of Barbados 1976–85
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[21] | ||
Seretse Khama | Balliol | Botswana | President 1966–80
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Festus Mogae | University | Botswana | President 1998–2008 | |||
John Turner | Magdalen | Canada | Prime Minister 1984 | |||
Lester Bowles Pearson
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St John's | Canada | Prime Minister 1963–68 | [22] | ||
Solomon Bandaranaike
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Christ Church | Ceylon
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Prime Minister 1956–59 | |||
Alvaro Uribe
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St. Anthony's | Colombia | President of Colombia, 2002–2010 | |||
José Ramos-Horta | St Antony's | East Timor | Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1996 Prime Minister 2006–2007 President 2007–2012; 2022- |
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Penaia Ganilau | Wadham | Fiji | President 1987–93 | |||
Kamisese Mara | Wadham | Fiji | Prime Minister 1967–87 and 1987–92 President 1993–2000 |
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Richard von Weizsäcker | Balliol | Germany | President 1984–94 | |||
John Kufuor | Exeter | Ghana | President 2001–09 | |||
Edward Afuko Addo
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St Peter's | Ghana | President 1970–72 | |||
Kofi Abrefa Busia | University and St Antony's | Ghana | Prime Minister 1969–72 | |||
John Francis Davis | Hong Kong | Governor 1844–1848 | ||||
George Bowen | Trinity | −1844 | Hong Kong | Governor 1883–1885 | ||
William Des Vœux | Balliol | −1856 | Hong Kong | Governor 1887–1891 | ||
Reginald Edward Stubbs
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Corpus Christi | −1899 | Hong Kong | Governor 1919–1925 | ||
Cecil Clementi | Magdalen | −1898 | Hong Kong | Governor 1925–1930 | ||
Andrew Caldecott | Exeter | −1907 | Hong Kong | Governor 1935–1937 | ||
Geoffry Northcote | Balliol | Hong Kong | Governor 1937–41 | |||
Lord Murray MacLehose
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Balliol | Hong Kong | Governor 1971–82 | |||
Lord David Wilson | Keble | 1955–1958 | Hong Kong | Governor 1987–92 | ||
Lord Chris Patten | Balliol | Hong Kong | Governor 1992–1997 | |||
Viktor Orbán | Pembroke | 1989–1990 | Hungary | Prime Minister 1998–2002; 2010–now | [23] | |
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | St Antony's | 1999–2000 | Iceland | President 2016– | ||
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Manchester and All Souls
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1923–27 (Lecturer, Manchester); 1936–52 (Professor, All Souls) |
India | First Indian to hold an Oxford professorship.[24] President 1962–67 |
[25][26] | |
Manmohan Singh | Nuffield | India | Prime Minister 2004–2014 | |||
Indira Gandhi | Somerville | 1937–1941 | India | Prime Minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 | [27] | |
Norman Manley | Jesus | Jamaica | Chief Minister 1955–59, Premier 1959–62 | |||
Dominic Mintoff | Hertford | Malta | Prime Minister 1955–58, 1971–84 | |||
Sir Maung Gyee | Myanmar/Burma | |||||
Aung San Suu Kyi | St Hugh's | 1964–1967 | Myanmar | State Counsellor of Myanmar (De facto Prime Minister) 2015-now Nobel Peace Prize laureate | ||
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
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Christ Church | Pakistan | President 1971–73, Prime Minister 1973–77 | |||
Benazir Bhutto | Lady Margaret Hall | Pakistan | Prime Minister 1988–90, 1993–96 | |||
Wasim Sajjad | Wadham | Pakistan | President 1993, 1997–98 | |||
Liaquat Ali Khan | Exeter | 1918–1921 | Pakistan | Prime Minister 1947–51 | [28] | |
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy | Pakistan | Prime Minister 1956–57 | [29] | |||
Farooq Leghari | Pakistan | President 1993–97 | ||||
Imran Khan | Keble College, Oxford | 1972–1975 | Pakistan | Prime Minister 2018-2022 | ||
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | Exeter | 1956– | Peru | Prime Minister of Peru 2005–06 2016–2018
President of Peru |
[30] | |
Seni Pramoj | Worcester | Thailand | Prime Minister 1945–46, 1975, 1976 | |||
Bongbong Marcos | St Edmund Hall | 1975-1978 | Philippines | 17th President of the Philippines 2022-
Governor, Senator, Philippine Constabulary This individual did not complete their degree and was only awarded a Special Diploma in Social Studies, which according to the university, "[is] not a full graduate diploma" .[31][32] | ||
Mark Brantley | St. Catherine's, Oxford | St. Kitts and Nevis | Premier of Nevis | |||
Kukrit Pramoj | The Queen's | −1933 | Thailand | Prime Minister 1975–76 | ||
Abhisit Vejjajiva | St John's | Thailand | Prime Minister 2008–2011 | |||
Enele Sopoaga | 1956– | Tuvalu | Prime Minister 2013-2019 | |||
Eric Williams | St Catherine's | Trinidad and Tobago | Prime Minister 1956–81
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A. N. R. Robinson | St John's | Trinidad and Tobago | Prime Minister 1986–91, President 1997–2003 | [33] | ||
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu
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St Cross | Romania | Prime Minister 2012 | [34] | ||
Bill Clinton | University | 1968–1970 | United States | President 1993–2001 | [35] | |
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu | Lincoln | Biafra | President 1967–1970 | |||
Risto Ryti | 1914 | Finland | President 1940–1944 & Prime Minister 1939–1940 |
Politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and military personnel
Name | College | Years at Oxford | Country | Notes | Ref |
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Kim Beazley | Australia | Leader HM Opposition 1996–2001, 2005–2006 | |||
Rubén Berríos | Puerto Rico | Honorary President, Socialist International 1999– President, Puerto Rican Independence Party 1968– |
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George Brandis | Magdalen | Australia | Senator for Qld 2000– Senior Counsel 2006– Minister for Arts & Sport 2007– |
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Ashton Carter
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1976–79 (Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics) | United States | Physicist, Harvard University professor, United States Secretary of Defense |
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Jim Cooper | Oriel College, Oxford | United States | Congressman of the United States Congress | ||
Zelman Cowen | New College and Oriel | Australia | Governor General 1977–82, Provost of Oriel 1982–90 | ||
Gareth Evans | Magdalen | Australia | Foreign Minister 1988–96 Deputy Leader Australian Labor Party 1996–98 |
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Geoff Gallop | St John's | Australia | Premier of Western Australia 2001–06 | ||
James Gobbo | Magdalen | Australia | Judge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978–94 Lt–Governor Victoria 1995–97 Governor 1997–2000 |
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Geoffrey Keighley | Trinity | Australia | First–class cricketer, barrister Member of NSW Legislative Council |
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Tomáš Hellebrandt | Slovakia | Member of the National Council of Slovakia (2023-) | [36] | ||
Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Christ Church | Australia | Member of the House of Representatives 1949–70 Minister 1951–56 |
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Peter King | Australia | Member of the House of Representatives 2001–04 | |||
Andrew Murray | Australia | Member of the Australian Senate 1996–2007 | |||
Fred Paterson | Australia | Member of the House of Representatives 1944–50 | |||
Malcolm Turnbull | Australia | Opposition Leader of Australia 2008– | |||
Daryl Williams | Australia | Attorney General of Australia 1996–2003 | |||
Ian Wilson | Australia | Member of the House of Representatives 1966–69 and 1972–93 Minister 1981–83 |
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Frank Vandenbroucke | 1996–1999 DPhil |
Belgium | Federal MP 1985–96 President Socialist Party 1989–94 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 1994–95 Minister 1999–04 Flemish Minister 2004–09 Flemish MP 2009–10 Minister of State 2009– Senator 2010– |
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James Coyne | Canada | Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61 | |||
Jack Davis | St John's | Elected Rhodes Scholar in 1939, studies interrupted by war |
Canada | MP 1962–74, MLA British Columbia 1975–78 and 1979–1991 | [37] |
Eugene Forsey | Balliol | Canada | Senate 1970–79, Privy Council 1985–91 | ||
Onésime Gagnon | Canada | House of Commons 1930–40 National Assembly of Quebec 1936–60 Lieutenant–Governor of Quebec 1958–61 |
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Paul Gérin-Lajoie | Canada | National Assembly of Quebec 1960–70 Minister 1960–66 Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970–77 |
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Alastair Gillespie | Canada | Sometime Government minister | |||
John Godfrey | Balliol, St Antony's | 1967 MPhil, 1975 DPhil | Canada | Pres & V-C Univ of K Coll 1977–87 Editor Financial Post 1987–91, MP 1993–2008 Parliamentary Sec to the PM 1996–2004 Min of State 2004–06 Head Master Toronto French School 2008– |
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Allan Gotlieb | Wadham and All Souls | Canada | Ambassador to the USA 1981–89, Chairman Canada Council 1989–94 | ||
Arnold Heeney | St John's | Canada | Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940–49 Ambassador USA 1953–57 & 1959–62 | ||
George Ignatieff | Canada | Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1956–8, NATO 1963–6, UN 1966–9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980–6 | |||
Michael Ignatieff | Canada | House of Commons 2006– | |||
Ted Jolliffe | Christ Church | Canada | Leader Ontario CCF 1942–53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943–45 & 1948–51 | ||
Arthur Kroeger | Pembroke | Canada | Deputy Minister 1975–92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993–2002 | ||
Marcel Lambert | Hertford | Canada | MP 1957–84, Speaker 1962–63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963 | ||
Otto Lang | Exeter | Canada | MP 1968–79, Minister 1968–79, Attorney General 1972–75 & 1978 | ||
David Lewis | Canada | leader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971–75 | |||
Charles Herbert Little | Brasenose | Canada | Director of Naval Intelligence World War II | ||
Vincent Massey | Balliol | Canada | Ambassador to USA 1927–30, Governor General 1952–59 | ||
Roland Michener | Hertford | Canada | Speaker 1957–62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964–67, Governor General 1967–74 | ||
Talbot Mercer Papineau | Brasenose | Canada | MC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917 | ||
Jack Pickersgill | Canada | Clerk of the Privy Council & Sec to the Cabinet 1952–53, MP 1953–67, Privy Counsellor from 1953, CC from 1970, styled The Rt Hon from 1992 | [38] | ||
Bob Rae | Balliol | Canada | Premier of Ontario 1990–95 | ||
Escott Reid | Christ Church | Canada | High Commr & Ambassador 1952–62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962–5 | ||
Edgar Ritchie | Canada | Ambassador to USA 1966–70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976–80 | |||
Norman Robertson | Canada | High Commr UK 1946–9 & 1952–7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949–52, Ambassador USA 1957–8 | |||
Norman McLeod Rogers | University | Canada | MP 1935–40, Minister of Labour 1935–9, Minister of National Defence 1939–40 | ||
James Sinclair | Canada | MP 1940–58, Minister of Fisheries 1952–57 | |||
Arnold Smith | Christ Church | Canada | Ambassador to Egypt 1958–61, to USSR 1961–63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965–75 | ||
George F.G. Stanley
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Keble | 1929–1936 | Canada | Lieutenant–Governor of New Brunswick 1981–87, designer of the Canadian flag | |
Michel Vennat | Merton | Canada | Special Asst to the PM 1968–70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000–04 | ||
Danny Williams | 1969 elected Rhodes Scholar | Canada | QC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003– | ||
Lalith Athulathmudali | Jesus | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Minister of National Security, Minister of State for Defence, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education. | ||
Lakshman Kadirgamar | Balliol | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Foreign Minister 1994–2001 and 2004–05 | ||
William de Silva | University | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | ||
Tyronne Fernando | Keble | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Foreign Minister 2001–04 | ||
Gamani Corea | Nuffield | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Secretary-General of the UNCTD & Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands | ||
Rajiva Wijesinha | University & Corpus Christi | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Lecturer; Sri Lankan Liberal Party MP, 2010–15 | ||
Lala Sukuna | Fiji | Tui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre) | |||
Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf | St Antony's | Germany | Member Bundestag & Sec of State 1969–70, Eur Commr 1970, Dir LSE 1974–84 | ||
Hans Bernd von Haeften | Germany | conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 15 August 1944
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Adam von Trott zu Solz | Balliol | Germany | conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 26 August 1944
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Stephen Lam | 2012–2013 | Hong Kong | Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs | ||
Ronny Tong | St Edmund Hall, Oxford | Hong Kong | Member of the Queen's Counsel, Senior counsel
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Braj Kumar Nehru | Balliol | India | [39] | ||
Binay Ranjan Sen | India | director general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956–67 | |||
John Michuki | Oxford | Kenya | MP 1983–, Min for Transport & Commns 2002–05, for Internal Security 2005– | ||
Khairy Jamaluddin | St Hugh's | Malaysia | Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation 2020–2021, Minister of Health 2021-2022
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[40] | |
Sivarasa Rasiah | St Anne's | Malaysia | Deputy Minister of Rural Development 2018-2020
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Tony Pua | Keble | Malaysia | Damansara 2008-2022
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Aurelio Nuño Mayer | St Antony's College, Oxford | Mexico | Secretary of Public Education
(2015–17) Chief of Staff of the President (2012–15) |
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Héctor Vasconcelos | Mexico | Senator (2018–), Ambassador to Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, initial Foreign Secretary nominee | |||
Chris Laidlaw | Merton | New Zealand | High Commissioner to Harare 1986–89, MP 1992–93 | ||
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt | Magdalen | New Zealand | Olympic bronze medal 1924, NZ Olympic captain 1928, member , Governor General NZ 1967–72 | ||
Paul Reeves | St Peter's | New Zealand | Archbishop 1980–85, Governor General 1985–90 | ||
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | Christ Church | 2007–10 | Pakistan | Appointed Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party 30 December 2007 and will become full-time party leader on completing his course at Oxford
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Imran Khan | Keble | Pakistan | cricket captain 1982–92, leader of Tehreek–e–Insaf Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf1997–, MP 2002– | ||
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri | Pakistan | Foreign Minister | |||
Murtaza Bhutto | Christ Church | 1977–1979 (Master of Letters) | Pakistan | Former chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto) | |
Khalid Jawed Khan | Hertford | Pakistan | 33rd and 35th Attorney General for Pakistan 2018, 2020-2022 [41] | ||
Radosław Sikorski | Pembroke | Poland | Minister of National Defence 2005–07, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007– | ||
Mark Brantley | St. Catherine's | St. Kitts and Nevis | Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
Desmond Lee | Singapore | Minister for Social and Family Development & Second Minister for National Development | |||
Raymond Lim | Singapore | Minister for Transport 2006–2011 | |||
Sim Ann | Exeter | Singapore | Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth | ||
Frene Ginwala | South Africa | Speaker of the National Assembly 1994–2004 | |||
Jan Hofmeyr
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South Africa | Cabinet Minister | |||
Pixley ka Isaka Seme | Jesus | South Africa | founder of South African Native National Congress (later the ANC) | ||
Korn Chatikavanij | St. John's | Thailand | Finance Minister of Thailand 2009–2011 | ||
Sukhumbhand Paribatra | Pembroke | Thailand | Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand 1997–2000, Governor of Bangkok 2009–2016
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Carl Albert | St Peter's | United States | US Representative (Oklahoma) 1947–77, Speaker of the US House of Representatives 1971–77
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Thomas H. Allen
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Wadham | United States | US Representative (Maine) 1997 | ||
Rick Baker | United States | Mayor of St Petersburg, Florida 2001–05 & 2005–10 | |||
Tom Birmingham | Exeter | United States | President of Massachusetts State Senate 1996–2003 | ||
Dennis C. Blair | United States | Commander–in–Chief of US Pacific Command 1999–2002 | |||
Charles Bonesteel
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United States | Commander US Forces and Commander–in–Chief UN Command Korea 1966–69 | |||
Cory Booker | United States | Mayor of Newark 2006–13, US Senator (New Jersey) 2013– | |||
David Boren | Balliol | United States | Governor of Oklahoma 1975–79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979–94, President University of Oklahoma 1994–2018 | ||
John Brademas | Brasenose | United States | US Representative (Indiana) 1959–81 | ||
Bill Bradley | Worcester | United States | US Senator (New Jersey) 1979–97 | ||
Ben Cannon | Corpus Christi | United States | Democratic candidate Oregon State Representative for House District 46 | ||
Brad Carson | Trinity | United States | US Representative (Oklahoma) 2001–05 | ||
Dick Celeste | Exeter | United States | Dir Peace Corps 1979–81, Gov Ohio 1983–91, Ambassador to India 1997–2001 Pres Colorado College 2002– | ||
Wesley Clark | Magdalen | United States | Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997–2000 | ||
Charles R. Clason | Christ Church | United States | US Representative (Massachusetts) 1937–1949 | ||
Richard Danzig | United States | US Secretary of the Navy 1998–2001 | |||
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle
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Balliol | United States | director Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997–2000 | ||
Liddy Dole | University | United States | Secretary of Transportation 1983–87 of Labor 89–90, President US Red Cross 91–99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003– | ||
William Henry Drayton | Balliol | United States | member of Continental Congress | ||
Russ Feingold | Magdalen | United States | US Senator (Wisconsin) 1993–2011 | ||
David B. Frohnmayer | Wadham | United States | Attorney General of Oregon 1981–91, President University of Oregon 1994–2009
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William Fulbright
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Pembroke | United States | US Senator (Arkansas) 1945–74 | ||
Robert J. Harris | United States | Mayor of Ann Arbor 1969–73
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Gary Hart | St Antony's | United States | US Senator (Colorado) 1975–87 | ||
Bradley C. Hosmer | United States | Superintendent US Air Force Academy 1991–94 | |||
Bobby Jindal | New College | United States | Asst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001–04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005–2008, Governor of Louisiana 2008-2016 | ||
Philip Mayer Kaiser | Balliol | United States | Assistant Secretary of Labor 1949–53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961–64, Hungary 1977–80, Austria 1980–81 | ||
Nicholas Katzenbach | Balliol | United States | Attorney General 1965–66, Under–Secretary of State 1966–69 | ||
John Neely Kennedy
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Magdalen | United States | US Senator (Louisiana) 2017– | ||
Philip Lader | Pembroke | United States | Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1997–2001 | ||
Robb LaKritz | Worcester | United States | Advisor to the United States Deputy Secretary of Treasury 2001–2003 | ||
Arthur Larson | Pembroke | United States | US Under Sec of Labor 1954–6, Dir US Information Agency 1956–7, Exec Asst to the President 1957–8 | ||
Richard Lugar | Pembroke | United States | US Senator (Indiana) 1977–2013 | ||
Ira Magaziner | United States | President Clinton's chief internet policy advisor | |||
Robert McCallum, Jr.
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Christ Church | United States | Asst AG 01–03, Assoc AG 03–05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05– | ||
Charles Thomas McMillen
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University | United States | Olympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987–93 | ||
Thomas Merrill
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United States | Deputy Solicitor General 1987–90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993–2003, Columbia Law School 2003– | |||
William Green Miller | United States | United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998
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Wes Moore | Wolfson | United States | Governor of Maryland 2023-present | [42] | |
James Oglethorpe | Corpus Christi | United States | founder of Georgia | ||
William Penn | Christ Church | United States | founder of Pennsylvania | ||
Larry Pressler | St Edmund Hall | United States | US Senator (South Dakota) 1979–97 | ||
Franklin Raines | Magdalen | United States | Director US Office of Management and Budget 1996–98 | ||
Robert Reich | University | United States | Secretary of Labor 1993–97 | ||
Mel Reynolds | Lincoln | United States | US Representative (Illinois) 1993–95 | ||
Susan E. Rice
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New College | United States | Assistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997–2001, United States Ambassador to the United Nations 2009–2013 | ||
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller | Pembroke | United States | Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1996–2006 | ||
Bernard W. Rogers | University | United States | Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander–in–Chief US European Command 1979–87 | ||
Dean Rusk | St John's | United States | Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 | ||
Edward Rutledge | United States | member of Continental Congress | |||
Paul Sarbanes | Balliol | United States | US Senator (Maryland) 1977–2007 | ||
Kurt Schmoke | Balliol | United States | State's Attorney Baltimore City 1982–87, Mayor of Baltimore 1987–99 | ||
Terri Sewell | St. Hilda's | United States | US Representative (Alabama) 2011– | ||
John M. Spratt, Jr.
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United States | US Representative (South Carolina) 1983–2011 | |||
Cecil Staton | Regent's Park | United States | Georgia State Senator | ||
George Stephanopoulos | Balliol | United States | White House Communications Director under President Clinton | ||
William Stevenson | United States | Olympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946–61, Ambassador Philippines 1961–65 | |||
William Stoughton
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New College | United States | acting Governor of Massachusetts 1694–99 | ||
Strobe Talbott | Magdalen | United States | Deputy Secretary of State 1994–2001 | ||
Stansfield Turner | Exeter | United States | Director of Central Intelligence 1977–81 | ||
David Vitter | Magdalen | United States | US Senator (Louisiana) 2005– | ||
William Weld
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University | United States | Governor of Massachusetts 1991–97 | ||
Heather Wilson | Jesus | United States | Secretary of the Air Force 2017–2019 and US Representative (New Mexico) 1998–2009 | ||
R. James Woolsey
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St John's | United States | director of Central Intelligence 1993–95 | ||
Arthur Mutambara | Merton | Zimbabwe | president Movement for Democratic Change faction 2006– | ||
Edward Yau | Balliol | Hong Kong | Secretary for the Environment | ||
Andriy Zagorodnyuk
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Ukraine | Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |||
Sigrid Kaag | St Antony's | 1987–1988 | Netherlands | Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2022– | [43] |
- Urszula Gacek (born 1963), British-born Polish member of the European Parliament
Non-government people in public life
Name | College | Years at Oxford | Notes | Ref |
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Chelsea Clinton | University | 2001–2003 | DPhil International Relations. Daughter of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton (former First Daughter of the United States of America) | [44] |
J. Paul Getty | Magdalen | −1914 | Philanthropist | [45] |
Guy Spier | University | 1984–1988 | Investor and Author. 1983: Matriculation in Law. 1988: BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics. | [46]
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Malala Yousafzai | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | 2017–2020 | Nobel Peace Prize laureate | [47] |
Marc Kielburger | co–founder of the Kiel Network | [48] | ||
Prince Felix Yusupov | University College | 1909–12 | Founder of Oxford University Russian Society | [49] |
Ronny Tong SC | St Edmund Hall | Founder of Queen's Counsel, former chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association, former legislator of Hong Kong
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Dr The Hon Kenneth Chan Ka-lok | Nuffield College | Legislator, former Civic Party chairman, associate professor | [51] |
Colonial administrators
Governor-Generals/Viceroys of India
Name | College | Years at Oxford | Years as Viceroy/Governor General | Notes | Ref |
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Lord Curzon
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Balliol and All Souls | 1899–1905 | Tenure known particularly for the Indian famine of 1899–1900 |
See also
- List of former Rhodes Scholars
- List of vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
- List of heads of houses of the University of Oxford
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