Heads of State/Government
Thirty-seven Fulbright alumni have served as heads of state or government of their home countries. They are listed below in reverse-time order, according to the start of their term in office:
David Granger - Guyana br>
President 2015-Present br>
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow 1995-1996
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic - Croatia br>
President 2015-Present br>
Fulbright Scholar 2002-2003
Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera - Costa Rica br>
President 2014-Present br>
Fulbright Student 1978 br>
Fulbright Scholar in Residence 1983
Ashraf Ghani - Afghanistan br>
President 2014-Present br>
Fulbright-Hays Program 1985
Miro Cerar - Slovenia br>
Prime Minister 2014-Present br>
Fulbright Scholar 2008
Arthur Peter Mutharika - Malawi br>
President 2014-Present br>
Fulbright Student 1965
Garry Conille - Haiti br>
Prime Minister 2011-2012 br>
Fulbright Student 1998
Felipe de Borbon y Grecia—Spain br>
King 2014-Present br>
Fulbright Student 1993-1994
Juan Manuel Santos Rivera - Colombia br>
President 2010-Present br>
Fulbright Student 1980-1981
Iveta Radičová - Slovak Republic br>
Prime Minister 2010-2012 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1999 & 1998
Sebastián Echenique Piñera - Chile br>
President 2010-2014 br>
Fulbright Student 1974 & 1973
John Evans Atta Mills - Ghana br>
President 2009-2012 br>
Fulbright Student 1970
Barnabas Dlamini - Swaziland br>
Prime Minister 1996-2003, 2008-Present br>
Fulbright Student 1967
Sidi Mohamed Boubacar - Mauritania br>
Prime Minister 2005-2007 & 1992-1996 br>
Fulbright Student 1981
Marek Marian Belka - Poland br>
Prime Minister 2004-2005 br>
Fulbright Student 1979 & 1978
Gerard R. Latortue - Haiti br>
Prime Minister 2004-2006 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1963
Beatriz Merino Lucero - Peru br>
Prime Minister 2003 br>
Fulbright Student 1976
Zlatko Lagumdzija - Bosnia and Herzegovina br>
Chairman of the Council of Ministers 2001-2002 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1988
Ivy Leona Dumont - The Bahamas br>
Governor General 2001-2005 br>
Fulbright Teacher Exchange 1962
Alejandro Toledo Manrique - Peru br>
President 2001-2006 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1984
Giuliano Amato - Italy br>
Prime Minister 2000-2001 & 1992-1993 br>
Fulbright Student 1962
Jamil Mahuad Witt - Ecuador br>
President 1998-2000 br>
Fulbright Student 1988
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz - Poland br>
Prime Minister 1996-1997 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1980
Lamberto Dini - Italy br>
Prime Minister 1995-1996 br>
Fulbright Student 1957
Fernando Henrique Cardoso - Brazil br>
President 1995-2003 br>
Fulbright Seminar Programs 1986
Ingvar Gosta Carlsson - Sweden br>
Prime Minister 1994-1996 & 1986-1991 br>
Fulbright Student 1960 & 1997
Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz - Yemen br>
Prime Minister 1994-1997 br>
Fulbright Student 1967
Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi - Mozambique br>
Prime Minister 1994-2004 br>
Fulbright Student 1961
Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi - Pakistan br>
Prime Minister 1993 br>
Fulbright Student 1951
Andreas Papandreou - Greece br>
Prime Minister 1993-1996 & 1981-1989 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1959
Colville Norbert Young - Belize br>
Governor General 1993-Present br>
Fulbright Scholar 1992 & 1991
Hyun Seung-Jong - Republic of Korea br>
Prime Minister 1992-1993 br>
Fulbright Student 1955
Lee Hyun Jae - Republic of Korea br>
Prime Minister 1988 br>
Fulbright Student 1971
Lee Han Key - Republic of Korea br>
Prime Minister 1987 br>
Fulbright Student 1955 & 1954
Zelman Cowen - Australia br>
Governor General 1977-1982 br>
Fulbright Scholar 1953
Wallace E. Rowling - New Zealand br>
Prime Minister 1974-1975 br>
Fulbright Teacher Exchange 1955
Kofi Abrefa Busia - Ghana br>
Prime Minister 1969-1972 br>
Fulbright Student 1954