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Heads of State

Heads of State

Alumnus/a	Year degree granted	Title
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj	2002	President of Mongolia
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa	2000	President of Mexico
Barack Obama	1991	President of the United States
José María Figueres Olsen	1991	President of Costa Rica
Jamil Mahuad	1989	President of Ecuador
Eduardo Rodriguez	1988	President of Bolivia
Masako Owada	1985	Crown Princess of Japan
Ban Ki-Moon	1984	Secretary-General of the United Nations
Sir Donald Tsang	1982	Chief Executive & President, Executive Council, Hong Kong
Ma Ying-jeou	1981	President of Taiwan
Juan Manuel Santos	1981	President of Colombia
Lee Hsien Loong	1980	Prime Minister, Singapore
Annette Lu	1978	Vice President of the Republic of China
Sebastian Pinera	1976	President of Chile
George W. Bush, Jr.	1975	President of the United States
Benazir Bhutto	1973	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	1971	President of Liberia
Al Gore	1969	Vice President of the United States
Miguel de la Madrid	1965	President of Mexico
William Rehnquist	1950	Chief Justice of the United States
Pierre Trudeau	1945	Prime Minister of Canada
John F. Kennedy	1940	President of the United States
Fan S. Noli	1912	Prime Minister of Albania
Franklin Delano Roosevelt	1904	President of the United States
William Lyon Mackenzie King	1898	Prime Minister of Canada
Theodore Roosevelt	1880	President of the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes	1845	President of the United States
John Quincy Adams	1787	President of the United States
John Adams	1755	President of the United States

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