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Heads of State

Alumnus/aYear degree grantedTitle
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
John Roberts 1976; 1979 Chief Justice of the United States
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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