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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Monarchs

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NameCollegeYearsReignRef
Seretse KhamaBalliol1945King of the BagammaNgwato people (1925); afterwards first President of Botswana (1966–1980)
Jigme Khesar Namgyal WangchuckMagdalen2000-?King of Bhutan (2006 onwards)[1]
Abdullah II of JordanPembrokeKing of Jordan (1999 onwards)
Sultan Ahmad ShahWorcester1948-?King of Malaysia (1979–1984) and Sultan of Pahang (1979 onwards)[2]
Tuanku Abdul HalimWadham-1954King of Malaysia (1970–1975; 2011–2016) and Sultan of Kedah (1958 onwards)[3]
Tuanku JaafarBalliolKing of Malaysia (1994–1999) and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (1968 onwards)
Muhammad V of KelantanSt Cross1990–1991King of Malaysia (2016–2018) and Sultan of Kelantan (2010 onwards)
Dr Nazrin Shah of PerakWorcesterActing King of Malaysia (2018–2019), Deputy King of Malaysia (2016 onwards) and Sultan of Perak (2014 onwards)
William II of the NetherlandsChrist ChurchKing of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1840–1849)
Harald V of NorwayBalliol1960–1962King of Norway (1991 onwards)[4]
Olav V of NorwayBalliol1924–1926King of Norway (1957–1991)[5][6]
VajiravhudChrist Church1900–1901King of Siam (1910–1925)[7]
Andrew BertieChrist ChurchPrince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1988–2008)[8][9]
George Tupou VKing of Tonga (2006–2012)
Sidkeong Tulku NamgyalPembrokeMaharaja and Chogyal of Sikkim (1914)
Moshoeshoe II of LesothoCorpus ChristiKing of Lesotho (1966–1990, 1995–1996)
NaruhitoMerton1980sEmperor of Japan (2019 onwards)
Philippe of BelgiumTrinity1978–1981King of the Belgians (2013 onwards)

Royal persons

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NameCollegeYears at OxfordCountryRef
Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk, Prince of BhutanSt Peter'sBhutan
Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of BruneiMagdalenBrunei
Empress MasakoBalliolJapan
Prince Akishino of JapanSt John'sJapan
Prince Chichibu of JapanMagdalenJapan
Prince Tomohito of MikasaMagdalenJapan
Princess Akiko of MikasaMertonJapan
El Hassan bin Talal, formerly Crown Prince
to the Hashemite Throne of Jordan		Christ ChurchJordan
Princess Aisha of JordanPembrokeJordan
Princess Badiya of JordanJordan
Princess Haya of JordanSt Hilda'sJordan
Prince Guillaume of LuxembourgLuxembourg
Raja Zarith Sofia, Consort of Sultan of JohorSomervilleMalaysia
Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al ThaniQatar
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of RussiaSt Benet's HallRussia
Prince Khalid al Faisal of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
Natan Gamedze, Prince of SwazilandSwaziland
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj of ThailandWorcesterThailand
Prince Wan Waithayakon of ThailandThailand
Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana of ThailandBalliolThailand
Prince Paul of YugoslaviaChrist Church-1921 (studies interrupted
by World War I)		Yugoslavia[10]
Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep SinghSomervilleSikh Empire
Princess Bamba SutherlandSomervilleSikh Empire
Ahmed Shah Khan, Crown Prince of AfghanistanAfghanistan[citation needed]
Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of RussiaRussia[11]
Prince Abbas HilmiEgypt
Princess Badiya bint HassanJordan
Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco−2020Morocco
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of BrabantLincoln2021-2024Belgium[12]

Heads of State and Heads of Government

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NameCollegeYears at OxfordCountryPositionRef
John GortonBrasenose1932–1935AustraliaPrime Minister 1968–71[13]
Malcolm FraserMagdalen1949–1952AustraliaPrime Minister 1975–83[14][15]
Bob HawkeUniversity1953–1955/6AustraliaPrime Minister 1983–91[16][17]
Tony AbbottThe Queen's1981–1983[18]AustraliaPrime Minister 2013–15
Malcolm TurnbullBrasenose1978–1980AustraliaPrime Minister 2015–2018
Kevin RuddJesus College, Oxford2017–AustraliaPrime Minister 2007–2010; 2013
Grantley AdamsSt Catherine's Society1919–Barbados and the
West Indies		Premier of Barbados 1954–58
Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation 1958–62		[19][20]
J.M.G. (Tom) AdamsMagdalenBarbadosPrime Minister of Barbados 1976–85[21]
Seretse KhamaBalliolBotswanaPresident 1966–80
Festus MogaeUniversityBotswanaPresident 1998–2008
John TurnerMagdalenCanadaPrime Minister 1984
Lester Bowles PearsonSt John'sCanadaPrime Minister 1963–68[22]
Solomon BandaranaikeChrist ChurchCeylonPrime Minister 1956–59
Alvaro UribeSt. Anthony'sColombiaPresident of Colombia, 2002–2010
José Ramos-HortaSt Antony'sEast TimorNobel Peace Prize laureate 1996
Prime Minister 2006–2007
President 2007–2012; 2022-
Penaia GanilauWadhamFijiPresident 1987–93
Kamisese MaraWadhamFijiPrime Minister 1967–87 and 1987–92
President 1993–2000
Richard von WeizsäckerBalliolGermanyPresident 1984–94
John KufuorExeterGhanaPresident 2001–09
Edward Afuko AddoSt Peter'sGhanaPresident 1970–72
Kofi Abrefa BusiaUniversity and St Antony'sGhanaPrime Minister 1969–72
John Francis DavisHong KongGovernor 1844–1848
George BowenTrinity−1844Hong KongGovernor 1883–1885
William Des VœuxBalliol−1856Hong KongGovernor 1887–1891
Reginald Edward StubbsCorpus Christi−1899Hong KongGovernor 1919–1925
Cecil ClementiMagdalen−1898Hong KongGovernor 1925–1930
Andrew CaldecottExeter−1907Hong KongGovernor 1935–1937
Geoffry NorthcoteBalliolHong KongGovernor 1937–41
Lord Murray MacLehoseBalliolHong KongGovernor 1971–82
Lord David WilsonKeble1955–1958Hong KongGovernor 1987–92
Lord Chris PattenBalliolHong KongGovernor 1992–1997
Viktor OrbánPembroke1989–1990HungaryPrime Minister 1998–2002; 2010–now[23]
Guðni Th. JóhannessonSt Antony's1999–2000IcelandPresident 2016–
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanManchester and All Souls1923–27 (Lecturer, Manchester);
1936–52 (Professor, All Souls)		IndiaFirst Indian to hold an Oxford professorship.[24]
President 1962–67		[25][26]
Manmohan SinghNuffieldIndiaPrime Minister 2004–2014
Indira GandhiSomerville1937–1941IndiaPrime Minister 1966–77 and 1980–84[27]
Norman ManleyJesusJamaicaChief Minister 1955–59, Premier 1959–62
Dominic MintoffHertfordMaltaPrime Minister 1955–58, 1971–84
Sir Maung GyeeMyanmar/Burma
Aung San Suu KyiSt Hugh's1964–1967MyanmarState Counsellor of Myanmar (De facto Prime Minister) 2015-now
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Zulfiqar Ali BhuttoChrist ChurchPakistanPresident 1971–73, Prime Minister 1973–77
Benazir BhuttoLady Margaret HallPakistanPrime Minister 1988–90, 1993–96
Wasim SajjadWadhamPakistanPresident 1993, 1997–98
Liaquat Ali KhanExeter1918–1921PakistanPrime Minister 1947–51[28]
Huseyn Shaheed SuhrawardyPakistanPrime Minister 1956–57[29]
Farooq LeghariPakistanPresident 1993–97
Imran KhanKeble College, Oxford1972–1975PakistanPrime Minister 2018-2022
Pedro Pablo KuczynskiExeter1956–PeruPrime Minister of Peru 2005–06
President of Peru 2016–2018		[30]
Seni PramojWorcesterThailandPrime Minister 1945–46, 1975, 1976
Bongbong MarcosSt Edmund Hall1975-1978Philippines17th 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 BrantleySt. Catherine's, OxfordSt. Kitts and NevisPremier of Nevis
Kukrit PramojThe Queen's−1933ThailandPrime Minister 1975–76
Abhisit VejjajivaSt John'sThailandPrime Minister 2008–2011
Enele Sopoaga1956–TuvaluPrime Minister 2013-2019
Eric WilliamsSt Catherine'sTrinidad and TobagoPrime Minister 1956–81
A. N. R. RobinsonSt John'sTrinidad and TobagoPrime Minister 1986–91, President 1997–2003[33]
Mihai Razvan UngureanuSt CrossRomaniaPrime Minister 2012[34]
Bill ClintonUniversity1968–1970United StatesPresident 1993–2001[35]
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu OjukwuLincolnBiafraPresident 1967–1970
Risto Ryti1914FinlandPresident 1940–1944 & Prime Minister 1939–1940

Politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and military personnel

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NameCollegeYears at OxfordCountryNotesRef
Kim BeazleyAustraliaLeader HM Opposition 1996–2001, 2005–2006
Rubén BerríosPuerto RicoHonorary President, Socialist International 1999–
President, Puerto Rican Independence Party 1968–
George BrandisMagdalenAustraliaSenator for Qld 2000–
Senior Counsel 2006–
Minister for Arts & Sport 2007–
Ashton Carter1976–79 (Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics)United StatesPhysicist, Harvard University professor,
United States Secretary of Defense
Jim CooperOriel College, OxfordUnited StatesCongressman of the United States Congress
Zelman CowenNew College and OrielAustraliaGovernor General 1977–82, Provost of Oriel 1982–90
Gareth EvansMagdalenAustraliaForeign Minister 1988–96
Deputy Leader Australian Labor Party 1996–98
Geoff GallopSt John'sAustraliaPremier of Western Australia 2001–06
James GobboMagdalenAustraliaJudge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978–94
Lt–Governor Victoria 1995–97
Governor 1997–2000
Geoffrey KeighleyTrinityAustraliaFirst–class cricketer, barrister
Member of NSW Legislative Council
Tomáš HellebrandtSlovakiaMember of the National Council of Slovakia (2023-)[36]
Wilfrid Kent HughesChrist ChurchAustraliaMember of the House of Representatives 1949–70
Minister 1951–56
Peter KingAustraliaMember of the House of Representatives 2001–04
Andrew MurrayAustraliaMember of the Australian Senate 1996–2007
Fred PatersonAustraliaMember of the House of Representatives 1944–50
Malcolm TurnbullAustraliaOpposition Leader of Australia 2008–
Daryl WilliamsAustraliaAttorney General of Australia 1996–2003
Ian WilsonAustraliaMember of the House of Representatives 1966–69 and 1972–93
Minister 1981–83
Frank Vandenbroucke1996–1999
DPhil		BelgiumFederal 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–
Maidin Hashim1984 (Certificate in Diplomacy)BruneiAmbassador of Brunei to Germany 1994–97
Permanent Representative of Brunei to the United Nations 1997–98
High Commissioner of Brunei to the United Kingdom 2006–10		[37]
James CoyneCanadaGovernor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61
Jack DavisSt John'sElected Rhodes Scholar in 1939,
studies interrupted by war		CanadaMP 1962–74, MLA British Columbia 1975–78 and 1979–1991[38]
Eugene ForseyBalliolCanadaSenate 1970–79, Privy Council 1985–91
Onésime GagnonCanadaHouse of Commons 1930–40
National Assembly of Quebec 1936–60
Lieutenant–Governor of Quebec 1958–61
Paul Gérin-LajoieCanadaNational Assembly of Quebec 1960–70
Minister 1960–66
Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970–77
Alastair GillespieCanadaSometime Government minister
John GodfreyBalliol, St Antony's1967 MPhil, 1975 DPhilCanadaPres & 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–
Allan GotliebWadham and All SoulsCanadaAmbassador to the USA 1981–89, Chairman Canada Council 1989–94
Arnold HeeneySt John'sCanadaClerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940–49 Ambassador USA 1953–57 & 1959–62
George IgnatieffCanadaAmbassador to Yugoslavia 1956–8, NATO 1963–6, UN 1966–9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980–6
Michael IgnatieffCanadaHouse of Commons 2006–
Ted JolliffeChrist ChurchCanadaLeader Ontario CCF 1942–53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943–45 & 1948–51
Arthur KroegerPembrokeCanadaDeputy Minister 1975–92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993–2002
Marcel LambertHertfordCanadaMP 1957–84, Speaker 1962–63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963
Otto LangExeterCanadaMP 1968–79, Minister 1968–79, Attorney General 1972–75 & 1978
David LewisCanadaleader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971–75
Charles Herbert LittleBrasenoseCanadaDirector of Naval Intelligence World War II
Vincent MasseyBalliolCanadaAmbassador to USA 1927–30, Governor General 1952–59
Roland MichenerHertfordCanadaSpeaker 1957–62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964–67, Governor General 1967–74
Talbot Mercer PapineauBrasenoseCanadaMC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917
Jack PickersgillCanadaClerk 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[39]
Bob RaeBalliolCanadaPremier of Ontario 1990–95
Escott ReidChrist ChurchCanadaHigh Commr & Ambassador 1952–62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962–5
Edgar RitchieCanadaAmbassador to USA 1966–70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976–80
Norman RobertsonCanadaHigh Commr UK 1946–9 & 1952–7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949–52, Ambassador USA 1957–8
Norman McLeod RogersUniversityCanadaMP 1935–40, Minister of Labour 1935–9, Minister of National Defence 1939–40
James SinclairCanadaMP 1940–58, Minister of Fisheries 1952–57
Arnold SmithChrist ChurchCanadaAmbassador to Egypt 1958–61, to USSR 1961–63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965–75
George F.G. StanleyKeble1929–1936CanadaLieutenant–Governor of New Brunswick 1981–87, designer of the Canadian flag
Michel VennatMertonCanadaSpecial Asst to the PM 1968–70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000–04
Danny Williams1969 elected Rhodes ScholarCanadaQC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–
Lalith AthulathmudaliJesusCeylon/Sri LankaMinister of National Security, Minister of State for Defence, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education.
Lakshman KadirgamarBalliolCeylon/Sri LankaForeign Minister 1994–2001 and 2004–05
William de SilvaUniversityCeylon/Sri LankaMinister of Industries and Fisheries
Tyronne FernandoKebleCeylon/Sri LankaForeign Minister 2001–04
Gamani CoreaNuffieldCeylon/Sri LankaSecretary-General of the UNCTD & Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Rajiva WijesinhaUniversity & Corpus ChristiCeylon/Sri LankaLecturer; Sri Lankan Liberal Party MP, 2010–15
Lala SukunaFijiTui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre)
Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron DahrendorfSt Antony'sGermanyMember Bundestag & Sec of State 1969–70, Eur Commr 1970, Dir LSE 1974–84
Hans Bernd von HaeftenGermanyconspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 15 August 1944
Adam von Trott zu SolzBalliolGermanyconspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 26 August 1944
Stephen Lam2012–2013Hong KongActing Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Ronny TongSt Edmund Hall, OxfordHong KongMember of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, founder of Civic Party, founder and convenor of Path of Democracy, Queen's Counsel, Senior counsel
Braj Kumar NehruBalliolIndia[40]
Binay Ranjan SenIndiadirector general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956–67
John MichukiOxfordKenyaMP 1983–, Min for Transport & Commns 2002–05, for Internal Security 2005–
Khairy JamaluddinSt Hugh'sMalaysiaMember of Parliament for Rembau 2008-2022, Minister of Youth and Sports 2013–2018, Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation 2020–2021, Minister of Health 2021-2022[41]
Sivarasa RasiahSt Anne'sMalaysiaMember of Parliament for Subang 2008-2018, Sungai Buloh 2018-2022, Deputy Minister of Rural Development 2018-2020
Tony PuaKebleMalaysiaMember of Parliament for Damansara 2008-2022
Aurelio Nuño MayerSt Antony's College, OxfordMexicoSecretary of Public Education

(2015–17)

Chief of Staff of the President (2012–15)

Héctor VasconcelosMexicoSenator (2018–), Ambassador to Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, initial Foreign Secretary nominee
Chris LaidlawMertonNew ZealandHigh Commissioner to Harare 1986–89, MP 1992–93
Arthur Porritt, Baron PorrittMagdalenNew ZealandOlympic bronze medal 1924, NZ Olympic captain 1928, member IOC 1934–67, surgeon to the King 1946–52, to the Queen 1952–67, President BMA and RCS, Governor General NZ 1967–72
Paul ReevesSt Peter'sNew ZealandArchbishop 1980–85, Governor General 1985–90
Bilawal Bhutto ZardariChrist Church2007–10PakistanAppointed Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party 30 December 2007 and will become full-time party leader on completing his course at Oxford
Imran KhanKeblePakistancricket captain 1982–92, leader of Tehreek–e–Insaf Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf1997–, MP 2002–
Khurshid Mahmud KasuriPakistanForeign Minister
Murtaza BhuttoChrist Church1977–1979 (Master of Letters)PakistanFormer chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
Khalid Jawed KhanHertfordPakistan33rd and 35th Attorney General for Pakistan 2018, 2020-2022 [42]
Radosław SikorskiPembrokePolandMinister of National Defence 2005–07, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007–
Mark BrantleySt. Catherine'sSt. Kitts and NevisMinister of Foreign Affairs
Desmond LeeSingaporeMinister for Social and Family Development & Second Minister for National Development
Raymond LimSingaporeMinister for Transport 2006–2011
Sim AnnExeterSingaporeSenior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Frene GinwalaSouth AfricaSpeaker of the National Assembly 1994–2004
Jan HofmeyrSouth AfricaCabinet Minister
Pixley ka Isaka SemeJesusSouth Africafounder of South African Native National Congress (later the ANC)
Korn ChatikavanijSt. John'sThailandFinance Minister of Thailand 2009–2011
Sukhumbhand ParibatraPembrokeThailandDeputy Foreign Minister of Thailand 1997–2000, Governor of Bangkok 2009–2016
Carl AlbertSt Peter'sUnited StatesUS Representative (Oklahoma) 1947–77, Speaker of the US House of Representatives 1971–77
Thomas H. AllenWadhamUnited StatesUS Representative (Maine) 1997
Gabe AmoMerton2010
Marshall Scholar		United StatesUS Representative (Rhode Island) 2023–
Rick BakerUnited StatesMayor of St Petersburg, Florida 2001–05 & 2005–10
Tom BirminghamExeterUnited StatesPresident of Massachusetts State Senate 1996–2003
Dennis C. BlairUnited StatesCommander–in–Chief of US Pacific Command 1999–2002
Charles BonesteelUnited StatesCommander US Forces and Commander–in–Chief UN Command Korea 1966–69
Cory BookerUnited StatesMayor of Newark 2006–13, US Senator (New Jersey) 2013–
David BorenBalliolUnited StatesGovernor of Oklahoma 1975–79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979–94, President University of Oklahoma 1994–2018
John BrademasBrasenoseUnited StatesUS Representative (Indiana) 1959–81
Bill BradleyWorcesterUnited StatesUS Senator (New Jersey) 1979–97
Ben CannonCorpus ChristiUnited StatesDemocratic candidate Oregon State Representative for House District 46
Brad CarsonTrinityUnited StatesUS Representative (Oklahoma) 2001–05
Dick CelesteExeterUnited StatesDir Peace Corps 1979–81, Gov Ohio 1983–91, Ambassador to India 1997–2001 Pres Colorado College 2002–
Wesley ClarkMagdalenUnited StatesNato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997–2000
Charles R. ClasonChrist ChurchUnited StatesUS Representative (Massachusetts) 1937–1949
Richard DanzigUnited StatesUS Secretary of the Navy 1998–2001
Nancy-Ann Min DeParleBalliolUnited Statesdirector Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997–2000
Liddy DoleUniversityUnited StatesSecretary of Transportation 1983–87 of Labor 89–90, President US Red Cross 91–99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003–
William Henry DraytonBalliolUnited Statesmember of Continental Congress
Russ FeingoldMagdalenUnited StatesUS Senator (Wisconsin) 1993–2011
David B. FrohnmayerWadhamUnited StatesAttorney General of Oregon 1981–91, President University of Oregon 1994–2009
William FulbrightPembrokeUnited StatesUS Senator (Arkansas) 1945–74
Robert J. HarrisUnited StatesMayor of Ann Arbor 1969–73
Gary HartSt Antony'sUnited StatesUS Senator (Colorado) 1975–87
Bradley C. HosmerUnited StatesSuperintendent US Air Force Academy 1991–94
Bobby JindalNew CollegeUnited StatesAsst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001–04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005–2008, Governor of Louisiana 2008-2016
Philip Mayer KaiserBalliolUnited StatesAssistant Secretary of Labor 1949–53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961–64, Hungary 1977–80, Austria 1980–81
Nicholas KatzenbachBalliolUnited StatesAttorney General 1965–66, Under–Secretary of State 1966–69
John Neely KennedyMagdalenUnited StatesUS Senator (Louisiana) 2017–
Philip LaderPembrokeUnited StatesAmbassador to the United Kingdom 1997–2001
Robb LaKritzWorcesterUnited StatesAdvisor to the United States Deputy Secretary of Treasury 2001–2003
Arthur LarsonPembrokeUnited StatesUS Under Sec of Labor 1954–6, Dir US Information Agency 1956–7, Exec Asst to the President 1957–8
Richard LugarPembrokeUnited StatesUS Senator (Indiana) 1977–2013
Ira MagazinerUnited StatesPresident Clinton's chief internet policy advisor
Robert McCallum, Jr.Christ ChurchUnited StatesAsst AG 01–03, Assoc AG 03–05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05–
Charles Thomas McMillenUniversityUnited StatesOlympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987–93
Thomas MerrillUnited StatesDeputy Solicitor General 1987–90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993–2003, Columbia Law School 2003–
William Green MillerUnited StatesUnited States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998
Wes MooreWolfsonUnited StatesGovernor of Maryland 2023-present[43]
James OglethorpeCorpus ChristiUnited Statesfounder of Georgia
William PennChrist ChurchUnited Statesfounder of Pennsylvania
Larry PresslerSt Edmund HallUnited StatesUS Senator (South Dakota) 1979–97
Franklin RainesMagdalenUnited StatesDirector US Office of Management and Budget 1996–98
Robert ReichUniversityUnited StatesSecretary of Labor 1993–97
Mel ReynoldsLincolnUnited StatesUS Representative (Illinois) 1993–95
Susan E. RiceNew CollegeUnited StatesAssistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997–2001, United States Ambassador to the United Nations 2009–2013
Winthrop Paul RockefellerPembrokeUnited StatesLieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1996–2006
Bernard W. RogersUniversityUnited StatesNato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander–in–Chief US European Command 1979–87
Dean RuskSt John'sUnited StatesSecretary of State from 1961 to 1969
Edward RutledgeUnited Statesmember of Continental Congress
Paul SarbanesBalliolUnited StatesUS Senator (Maryland) 1977–2007
Kurt SchmokeBalliolUnited StatesState's Attorney Baltimore City 1982–87, Mayor of Baltimore 1987–99
Terri SewellSt. Hilda'sUnited StatesUS Representative (Alabama) 2011–
John M. Spratt, Jr.United StatesUS Representative (South Carolina) 1983–2011
Cecil StatonRegent's ParkUnited StatesGeorgia State Senator
George StephanopoulosBalliolUnited StatesWhite House Communications Director under President Clinton
William StevensonUnited StatesOlympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946–61, Ambassador Philippines 1961–65
William StoughtonNew CollegeUnited Statesacting Governor of Massachusetts 1694–99
Strobe TalbottMagdalenUnited StatesDeputy Secretary of State 1994–2001
Stansfield TurnerExeterUnited StatesDirector of Central Intelligence 1977–81
David VitterMagdalenUnited StatesUS Senator (Louisiana) 2005–
William WeldUniversityUnited StatesGovernor of Massachusetts 1991–97
Heather WilsonJesusUnited StatesSecretary of the Air Force 2017–2019 and US Representative (New Mexico) 1998–2009
R. James WoolseySt John'sUnited Statesdirector of Central Intelligence 1993–95
Arthur MutambaraMertonZimbabwepresident Movement for Democratic Change faction 2006–
Edward YauBalliolHong KongSecretary for the Environment
Andriy ZagorodnyukUkraineMinister of Defence of Ukraine
Sigrid KaagSt Antony's1987–1988NetherlandsDeputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2022–[44]
  • Urszula Gacek (born 1963), British-born Polish member of the European Parliament

Non-government people in public life

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NameCollegeYears at OxfordNotesRef
Chelsea ClintonUniversity2001–2003DPhil International Relations. Daughter of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton (former First Daughter of the United States of America)[45]
J. Paul GettyMagdalen−1914Philanthropist[46]
Guy SpierUniversity1984–1988Investor and Author. 1983: Matriculation in Law. 1988: BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics.[47]


Malala YousafzaiLady Margaret Hall, Oxford2017–2020Nobel Peace Prize laureate[48]
Marc Kielburgerco–founder of the Kiel Network[49]
Prince Felix YusupovUniversity College1909–12Founder of Oxford University Russian Society[50]
Ronny Tong SCSt Edmund HallFounder of Civic Party, former Queen's Counsel, former chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association, former legislator of Hong Kong[51]
Dr The Hon Kenneth Chan Ka-lokNuffield CollegeLegislator, former Civic Party chairman, associate professor[52]

Colonial administrators

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Governor-Generals/Viceroys of India

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NameCollegeYears at OxfordYears as Viceroy/Governor GeneralNotesRef
Lord CurzonBalliol and All Souls1899–1905Tenure known particularly for the Indian famine of 1899–1900

See also

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