List of heads of state and government 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 or Government Country Term(s) of Office University GraduationHafizullah AminSeptember–December 1979Columbia University1962 (PhD in Education)Ashraf Ghani2014–2021Columbia University1983 (PhD in Education)Lester Bird1994–2004University of MichiganMauricio Macri2015–2019Columbia University, University of PennsylvaniaHubert Minnis2017–2021University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesSalman bin Hamad Al Khalifa2020–presentAmerican UniversityIajuddin Ahmed2002–2009University of Wisconsin–MadisonFakhruddin Ahmed2007–2009Williams College, Princeton UniversityMuhammad Yunus2024–2026Vanderbilt UniversityMark Eyskens1981Columbia University Philippe of Belgium2013–presentStanford University1985 – MA, Political Science Alexander De Croo2020–2025Northwestern University 2002 – MBAManuel Esquivel1984–1989, 1993–1998Loyola University New OrleansDean Barrow2008–2020University of MiamiJohnny Briceño2020–presentUniversity of TexasYeshey Zimba2000–2001, 2004–2005University of Wisconsin–MadisonJigme Thinley1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2008–2013Pennsylvania State UniversityTshering Tobgay2013–2018, 2024–presentUniversity of Pittsburgh, Harvard UniversityTshering Wangchuk2018George Washington UniversityLotay Tshering2018–2023Medical College of WisconsinWálter Guevara1979University of ChicagoHugo Banzer1997–2001School of the AmericasJorge Quiroga2001–2002Texas A&M University, St. Edward's UniversityEduardo Rodríguez Veltzé2005–2006Harvard UniversityGonzalo Sánchez de Lozada1993–1997, 2002–2003University of Chicago 1952Mokgweetsi Masisi2018–2024Florida State University1991 – MA, Social Science EducationDuma Boko2024–presesntHarvard University(Harvard Law School)Kiril Petkov2021–2022Harvard UniversityMaster of Business AdministrationHun Manet2023–presentNew York University2002 – MA, Economics William Lyon Mackenzie King1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948University of Chicago, Harvard University1898 (MA in political economy from Harvard), 1909 (PhD from Harvard)Pierre Trudeau1968–1979, 1980–1984Harvard UniversityMA in Political Economy from the Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentRicardo Lagos2000–2006Duke University 1962 (PhD)Sebastián Piñera2010–2014, 2018–2022Harvard University Lee Teng-Hui1988–2000Iowa State University Cornell University 1953 (Master's degree in agricultural economics); 1968 (PhD in agricultural economics)Ma Ying-jeou2008–2016Harvard UniversityPhDTsai Ing-wen2016–2024Cornell UniversityMaster of Laws at Cornell University Law School in 1980Lai Ching-te2024–presentHarvard UniversityMPHVirgilio Barco Vargas1986–1990Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyBoston University1943 - BSc, civil engineering1952 - MA, economics1954 - PhD, economicsErnesto Samper1994–1998Columbia UniversityJuan Manuel Santos2010–2018University of KansasHarvard UniversityBachelor in Economics and Business AdministrationMasters in Political Science from the Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentIván Duque2018–2022American University, Georgetown UniversityJosé Figueres Ferrer1948–1949, 1953–1958, 1970–1974Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyÓscar Arias1986–1990, 2006–2010Boston UniversityJosé María Figueres1994–1998Harvard University, United States Military AcademyMiguel Ángel Rodríguez1998–2002University of California, BerkeleyAbel Pacheco2002–2006Louisiana State UniversityLaura Chinchilla2010–2014Georgetown UniversityMasters in public policyLuis Guillermo Solís2014–2018University of MichiganRodrigo Chaves Robles2022–2026Ohio State UniversityBA, MA, Economics, 1994 – PhD, Agricultural EconomicsAlassane Ouattara2010–presentDrexel University, University of PennsylvaniaKolinda Grabar-Kitarović2015–2020George Washington UniversityFulbright scholar on pre-doctoral research in international relations and security policy at George Washington University in 2003 Mario García Menocal1913–1921Cornell University1888 in the College of EngineeringMakarios III1960–1974, 1974–1977Boston UniversityNikos Christodoulides2023–presentQueens College, CUNY, New York UniversityVáclav Klaus2003–2013Cornell UniversityAttended Cornell in 1969Oliver Seraphin1979–1980Carnegie Mellon UniversityRoosevelt Skerrit2004–presentNew Mexico State University, University of MississippiHipólito Mejía2000–2004North Carolina State University Luis Abinader2020–presentHult International Business School In Cambridge, MassachusettsJosé Ramos-Horta2006–2012, 2022–presentAntioch UniversityColumbia University1984 – MA, Peace Studies, Post-graduate courses in American Foreign PolicySixto Durán Ballén1992–1996Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia UniversityJamil Mahuad1998–2000Harvard University 1989 (MPA Masters of Public Administration)Alfredo Palacio2005–2007Case Western Reserve UniversityRafael Correa2007–2017University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign1999 (Master of Science in Economics), 2001 (PhD in Economics)Daniel Noboa2023—presentNew York University, Northwestern University, George Washington UniversityMohamed Morsi2012–2013University of Southern CaliforniaAbdel Fattah el-Sisi2014–presentUnited States Army War CollegeÁlvaro Magaña1982–1984University of Chicago A.M 1955José Napoleón Duarte1984–1989University of Notre Dame B.S. in Engineering 1948Alfredo Cristiani1989–1994Georgetown University Francisco Flores Pérez1999–2004University of Hartford, Amherst College, Harvard University Toomas Hendrik Ilves2006–2016Columbia University University of Pennsylvania Masters in psychologyTesfaye Dinka1991Syracuse University Hailemariam Desalegn2012–2018Tampere University of Technology, Azusa Pacific University Mulatu Teshome2013–2018The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Alexander Stubb2024–presentFurman UniversityLado Gurgenidze2007–2008Middlebury College, Emory UniversityMikheil Saakashvili2008–2013Columbia University, George Washington UniversityNika Gilauri2009–2012Temple UniversityGiorgi Kvirikashvili2015–2018University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignSalome Zourabichvili2018–presentColumbia UniversityMaster's DegreeKarl Carstens1979–1984Yale University 1949 (Master of Laws)Kwame Nkrumah1957–1966Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)University of Pennsylvania 1939 (BA from Lincoln), 1942 (MS in Education from Penn), 1943 (MA in Philosophy from Penn)Andreas Papandreou1981–1989, 1993–1996Harvard University 1943 (PhD in economics)Kostas Karamanlis2004–2009Tufts University master's degree and doctorate in political sciences, international relations and diplomatic historyGeorge Papandreou2009–2011Amherst College Lucas Papademos2011–2012Massachusetts Institute of Technology Antonis Samaras2012–2015Harvard University, Amherst College Kyriakos Mitsotakis2019–2023, 2023–presentHarvard University, Stanford University Keith Mitchell1995–2008, 2013–2022Howard University, American University Cheddi Jagan1992–1997Howard University Dental School, and Northwestern UniversityFrançois Duvalier1957–1971University of Michigan studied public healthClaude Joseph2021Long Island University, New School Ariel Henry2021–2024Loma Linda University Leslie Voltaire2024–presentCornell University Sanford B. DoleDole served as President of the Republic of Hawaii.1894–1900Williams College attended classesRafael Leonardo Callejas Romero1990–1994Mississippi State University B.S. and M.S. in agricultural economicsCarlos Roberto Flores1998–2002Louisiana State UniversityRicardo Maduro2002–2006Stanford UniversityPorfirio Lobo Sosa2010–2014University of MiamiJuan Orlando Hernandez2014–2022State University of New York, AlbanySir Donald Tsang2005–2012Harvard University1981 - MPAGeir Hallgrímsson1974–1978Harvard UniversityBenedikt Gröndal1979–1980Harvard UniversityGeir Haarde1983–1987, 1988–1991Illinois Institute of Technology, California Institute of TechnologyGeir Haarde2006–2009Brandeis University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesBjarni Benediktsson2017, 2024University of MiamiHalla Tómasdóttir2024–presentAuburn University at Montgomery, Thunderbird School of Global ManagementKristrún Frostadóttir2024–presentYale University, Boston UniversitySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono2004–2014United States Army Command and General Staff College, Webster UniversityJamshid Amuzegar1977–1978Cornell UniversityPhDAhmed ChalabiSeptember 2003 (President, Governing Council)Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Chicago 1965 - BSc, Mathematics1969 - PhD, MathematicsGhazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer2004–2005American University George Washington UniversityMasters from George Washington UniversityMary Robinson1990–1997Harvard UniversityLLM from Harvard Law SchoolGolda Meir1969–1974Milwaukee State Normal School GraduateShimon Peres1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996, 2007–2014The New School, New York University, Harvard University Benjamin Netanyahu1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–presentMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyHarvard University B.Sc in Architecture from MITMBA from MITEhud Barak1999–2001Stanford University1978 (Masters in engineering-economic systems)Isaac Herzog2021–presentCornell University, New York UniversityMario Monti2011–2013Yale University M.Sc. in economics, 1968Mario Draghi2021–2022Massachusetts Institute of Technology1977 - PhD, economicsHugh Shearer1967–1972Howard UniversityEdward Seaga1980–1989Harvard UniversityPortia Simpson-Miller2006–2007, 2012–2016Union Institute and UniversityAndrew Holness2011–2012, 2016–presentNortheastern UniversityTakeo Miki1974–1976University of Southern CaliforniaShinzō Abe2006–2007, 2012–2020University of Southern CaliforniaPublic policyTarō Asō2008–2009Stanford UniversityYukio Hatoyama2009–2010Stanford UniversityZaid Rifai1973–1974, 1984–1989Harvard UniversityKassim Rimawi1980Columbia UniversityZeid bin Shaker1989, 1991–1993, 1995–1996US Army Command and General Staff CollegeTaher Masri1991University of North TexasAbdul Karim Kabariti1996–1997St. Edward's UniversityFayez Tarawneh1998–1999, 2012University of Southern CaliforniaAli Abu Al-Ragheb2000–2003University of TennesseeFaisal Al-Fayez2003–2005Boston UniversityAdnan Badran2005Oklahoma State University, Michigan State UniversityMarouf al-Bakhit2005–2007, 2011University of Southern CaliforniaNader Al-Dahabi2007–2009Auburn UniversitySamir Rifai2009–2011Harvard UniversityAbdullah Ensour2012–2016University of MichiganHani Mulki2016–2018Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteOmar Razzaz2018–2020Harvard UniversityJafar Hassan2024–presentHarvard University, Boston UniversityUhuru Kenyatta2013–2022Amherst College 1985 (Political science)Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah2024Claremont McKenna College, Harvard University Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah2024–presentUniversity of Illinois Aigars Kalvītis2004–2007University of WisconsinValdis Dombrovskis2009–2014University of Maryland, College ParkKrišjānis Kariņš2019–2023St. John's College (Maryland), University of PennsylvaniaEdgars Rinkēvičs2023–presentDwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource StrategySalim Al-Huss1976–1980, 1987–1990, 1998–2000Indiana University BloomingtonÉmile Lahoud1998–2007Naval War CollegeSaad Hariri2009–2011, 2016–2020Georgetown UniversityPakalitha Mosisili1998–2012, 2015–2017University of Wisconsin, MadisonMoeketsi Majoro2020–2022Washington State UniversityJoseph Jenkins Roberts1848–1856, 1872–1876Norfolk Academy, Maury High SchoolEdward James Roye1870–1871Ohio UniversityAmos Sawyer1990–1994Northwestern UniversityWilton G. S. Sankawulo1995–1996Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, University of IowaCharles Taylor1997–2003Bentley UniversityEllen Johnson Sirleaf2006–2018Madison Business College University of Colorado Harvard University 1964 (BBA in Accounting) 1970 (Economics diploma) 1971 (Master of Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School of Government)George Weah2018–2024DeVry UniversityJoseph Boakai2024–presentKansas State UniversityHastings Banda1961–1994Central State University