This is a list of notable alumni of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (French: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, abbreviated IHEID or the Graduate Institute Geneva), a bilingual postgraduate university located in Geneva, Switzerland. Prominent alumni include three Nobel laureates, seven heads of state, a Pulitzer Prize winner, one Secretary-General of the United Nations, and various senior figures at the UN and other international organisations, as well as many academics specialising in international economics, international history, international law, international relations, development studies, political science and anthropology. Some of the most prominent alumni's stories are featured in the Institute's "Hall of Inspiring Stories," an audio-visual collection of biographies that has been prepared to celebrate the Institute's centenarian in 2027.
Nobel laureates Kofi Annan (DEA 1962), former secretary-general of the United Nations and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei (DEA 1964), Egyptian jurist and diplomat, former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1997–2009, and 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leonid Hurwicz (1940), Polish-American economist and mathematician, 2007 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
Law, politics and government
Heads of state and government
Nazim al-Qudsi (1927), former president of Syria, 1961–1963 Micheline Calmy-Rey (Licence 1968), former president of Switzerland Kurt Furgler (1948), former president of Switzerland Jafar Hassan (PhD 2000), prime minister of Jordan Kamil Idris (PhD 1984), prime minister of Sudan Michel Kafando (1972), interim president of Burkina Faso, 2014–2015 Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, fourth president of Tanzania Alpha Oumar Konaré, former president of Mali, 1992–2002; chairperson of the African Union Commission, 2003–2008 Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1980) Boy Rozendal (1957), prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles, 1971–1975
Ministers
Delia Albert, secretary of foreign affairs of the Philippines Youssouf Bakayoko (Certificate 1971), foreign affairs minister of Côte d'Ivoire Elvis Mutiri Wa Bashara (fr) (1998), minister of tourism of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and member of the National Assembly (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Achille Bassilekin III, (fr), minister of small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy and crafts of Cameroon Benjamin Bounkoulou, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Congo Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste (DEA 1990), minister of foreign and religious affairs of Haiti Sibusiso Bengu (PhD 1974), minister of education of South Africa; first black vice-chancellor of a South African university (Fort Hare University) István Bibó (PhD 1935), minister of state of Hungary Martin Coiteux (PhD 1991), Quebec's minister of public safety, municipalities and responsible for Montreal Patricia Espinosa (DEA 1987), secretary of foreign affairs of Mexico and executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Abul Fateh (Fellow 1962–1963), first foreign minister of Bangladesh Baba Gana Kingibe (did not graduate), minister of foreign affairs, minister of internal affairs, minister of power and steel of Niger and Secretary to the Government of the Federation He Yafei (DEA 1987), vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Manouchehr Ganji (PhD 1962), education minister of Iran and human rights activist Ana Gervasi, minister of foreign affairs of Peru Bonaya Godana (PhD 1984), foreign minister of Kenya, 1998–2001 Parker T. Hart (Certificate 1936), former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Annemarie Huber-Hotz (1975), federal chancellor of Switzerland, 2000–2007 Sandra Kalniete (1995), minister of foreign affairs of Latvia, 2002–2004, Member of the European Parliament Manuel Tello Macías, secretary of foreign affairs of Mexico Paul Martin Sr., foreign minister of Canada, 1963–1968 Tshiunza Mbiye (DEA 1967), minister of economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Teodor Meleșcanu (PhD 1973), minister of foreign affairs of Romania, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service and former minister of defense Ram Niwas Mirdha, cabinet minister in India Kamel Morjane (DEA 1976), defense minister and foreign minister of Tunisia, 2005–2011 Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwankolo, minister of gender, women and children and minister of labor for the Democratic Republic of Congo Saïd Ben Mustapha (1961), foreign minister of Tunisia, 1997–1999 Kristiina Ojuland (1992), foreign minister of Estonia and member of the European Parliament Andrzej Olechowski, minister of finance and minister of foreign affairs of Poland Marco Piccinini, minister of finance and economy of Monaco Francisco Rivadeneira (1995), minister of foreign commerce of Ecuador Shri Shumsher K. Sheriff, Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha of India Albert Tévoédjrè, minister of information of Benin Ernst Theilen (de), state secretary at the Ministry of the Interior and Sport of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate Tôn Thất Thiện (PhD 1963), cabinet minister and public intellectual in Vietnam Omar Touray (DEA 1992, PhD 1995), former secretary of foreign affairs of the Gambia Joseph Tsang Mang Kin (1968), minister of arts and culture of Mauritius; poet Raph Uwechue (DEA 1964), minister of health of Nigeria Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa (PhD 1928), minister of minority nationalities of Romania Henry Tumukunde (MA 2013), minister of security of Uganda
Public officials
Marco Aguiriano (Licence), secretary of state for the European Union Shara L. Aranoff (Fulbright 1984–1985), chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission T. H. Bagley (PhD 1950), high-level CIA counterintelligence officer Hendrik Cornelis (1933), Governor-General of the Belgian Congo Íñigo Salvador Crespo (DES 1994), state attorney general of Ecuador Patricia Danzi (CAS 2001), director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Jack Fahy, United States government official and suspected spy during World War II Vivek Joshi (MA, PhD), Election Commissioner of India Mary Dublin Keyserling, United States economist who faced loyalty allegations during the Red Scare Thorsten V. Kalijarvi, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Signe Krogstrup (PhD 2003), governor at the Central Bank of Denmark Annemarie Huber-Hotz, former Federal Chancellor of Switzerland Carlos Lopes (MA), High representative of the Commission of the African Union, former United Nations under secretary-general and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Andréa Maechler (DEA 1994), deputy general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, Swiss National Bank's first female board member Robert McFarlane (Licence), United States National Security Advisor, 1983–1985 Isabel Rochat (fr) (licence 1981), member of the Council of State of Geneva Alexandre Roig (es), president of Argentina's Instituto Nacional de Asociativismo y Economía Social Jean-Pierre Roth (PhD 1975), former chairman of the Swiss National Bank André Simonazzi (Licence 1992), vice-chancellor of the Swiss Federal Council Robert-Jan Smits, director-general for research at the European Commission William L. Stearman (MA, PhD 1960), United States government official, aviator and author Jean-Luc Vez, head of Switzerland's Federal Office of Police René-Jean Wilhelm (PhD 1983), co-author of the Geneva Conventions Vinay Mohan Kwatra, foreign secretary of India James M. Wilson Jr. (1939), United States assistant secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs, 1975–1977 Marcelo Zabalaga (DEA 1977), ex-president of the Central Bank of Bolivia
Judges
Georges Abi-Saab (PhD 1967), judge at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Ann Aldrich (1951), United States federal judge Julio A. Barberis (1964), judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Marc Bossuyt (PhD 1975), president of the Constitutional Court (Belgium) María Teresa Infante Caffi (PhD 1979), judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Pablo Sandonato de León (MIS 2008, PhD 2013), judge at the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States Maurice Kamga (DEA 1997, PhD 2003), judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Giorgio Malinverni (PhD 1965), judge at the European Court of Human Rights Erik Møse, former president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2003–2007 Fatsah Ouguergouz (PhD 1991), judge at the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Andreas Paulus (1991), judge at the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Christos Rozakis (visiting scholar 1985–1986), president of the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe Íñigo Salvador Crespo (DES 1994) chief magistrate of the Court of Justice of the Andean Community Max Sørensen (PhD 1946), former judge at the European Court of Justice, 1973–1979, and at the European Court of Human Rights, 1980–1981 Nina Vajić (DEA), judge at the European Court of Human Rights Robert Yorke Hedges (DEA 1927), Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia Abdulqawi Yusuf (PhD 1980), ex-president of the International Court of Justice
Elected officials and politicians
Antony Alcock (PhD 1968), Northern Ireland politician Michael D. Barnes (DEA 1966), United States Congressman, 1979–1987 Eliyahu Ben-Elissar (PhD 1969), member of Israel's Knesset and ambassador Tarcísio Burity (PhD), former governor of Paraíba, Brazil Marie Barbey-Chappuis (licence 2004), mayor of Geneva Damien Cottier, member of the Swiss National Council Jan Christiaanse, member of the Senate of The Netherlands Fernand Corbat, member of the Swiss National Council Jacques-Simon Eggly, member of the Swiss National Council Théodore de Félice (fr), member of the Grand Council of Geneva Enrico Franzoni (licence), member of the Swiss National Council Kurt Furgler, member of the Swiss Federal Council Molly Gray (LLM 2016), Vermont's 82nd lieutenant governor Antonio Hodgers (licence 1999, DEA 2003), Swiss politician Hans Lindqvist (licence 1972), member of the European Parliament François Lumumba, Congolese politician, leader of a faction of the Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba Mauricio Mulder (DEA 1985), member of Peru's Congress Jacques Myard (PhD), member of the National Assembly of France Alexandra Perina-Werz (de), former member of the Grand Council of Bern Hans-Gert Pöttering (PhD), former president of the European Parliament, 2007–2009 Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, former British intelligence officer and member of Britain's House of Lords Emrys Roberts, president of the British Liberal Party, 1963–1964 Wilson dos Santos (1972), representative of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola to Portugal Yukari Sato, member of Japan's National Diet Saki Scheck, member of the first parliament of the second republic of Ghana Henri Schmitt (1949), member of the Swiss National Council and member of the European Parliament Veiko Spolītis (DEA 2003), member of the parliament of Latvia Carlo Sommaruga (1985), member of the Council of States (Switzerland) Alexandra Thein, German politician and member of the European Parliament Egidijus Vareikis (lt), member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania Robert F. Wagner Jr., mayor of New York City Béatrice Wertli (fr) (Licence), secretary-general of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Arlette Zakarian (executive MA), state spokeswoman for Austria expatriates members of the political party NEOS
Diplomacy
Márcia Donner Abreu (DEA), ambassador of Brazil, Secretary for Bilateral Negotiations in Asia, the Pacific and Russia