List of University of Oxford people in public life overseas

King This is a list of people from the University of Oxford in public life overseas. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the University, and others held fellowships at a college.

This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.

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Monarchs
Name College Years Reign Ref
Seretse Khama Balliol 1945 King of the BagammaNgwato people (1925); afterwards first President of Botswana (1966–1980)
Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck Magdalen 2000–? King of Bhutan (2006 onwards) [1]
Abdullah II of Jordan Pembroke King of Jordan (1999 onwards)
Sultan Ahmad Shah Worcester 1948–? King of Malaysia (1979–1984) and Sultan of Pahang (1979 onwards) [2]
Tuanku Abdul Halim Wadham −1954 King of Malaysia (1970–1975; 2011–2016) and Sultan of Kedah (1958 onwards) [3]
Tuanku Jaafar Balliol King of Malaysia (1994–1999) and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (1968 onwards)
Muhammad V of Kelantan St Cross 1990–1991 King of Malaysia (2016–2018) and Sultan of Kelantan (2010 onwards)
Dr Nazrin Shah of Perak Worcester College, Oxford Acting King of Malaysia (2018–2019), Deputy King of Malaysia (2016 onwards) and Sultan of Perak (2014 onwards)
William II of the Netherlands Christ Church King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1840–1849)
Harald V of Norway Balliol 1960–1962 King of Norway (1991 onwards) [4]
Olav V of Norway Balliol 1924–1926 King of Norway (1957–1991) [5][6]
Vajiravhud Christ Church 1900–1901 King of Siam (1910–1925) [7]
Andrew Bertie Christ Church Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1988–2008) [8][9]
George Tupou V King of Tonga (2006–2012)
Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal Pembroke Maharaja and Chogyal of Sikkim (1914)
Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho Corpus Christi King of Lesotho (1966–1990, 1995–1996)
Naruhito Merton 1980s Emperor of Japan (2019 onwards)

Royal persons
Name College Years at Oxford Country Ref
Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Trinity 1978–1981 Belgium
Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk, Prince of Bhutan St Peter's Bhutan
Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of Brunei Magdalen Brunei
Empress Masako Balliol Japan
Prince Akishino of Japan St John's Japan
Prince Chichibu of Japan Magdalen Japan
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa Magdalen Japan
Princess Akiko of Mikasa Merton Japan
El Hassan bin Talal, formerly Crown Prince
to the Hashemite Throne of Jordan		 Christ Church Jordan
Princess Aisha of Jordan Pembroke Jordan
Princess Badiya of Jordan Jordan
Princess Haya of Jordan St Hilda's Jordan
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg Luxembourg
Raja Zarith Sofia, Consort of Sultan of Johor Somerville Malaysia
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia St Benet's Hall Russia
Prince Khalid al Faisal of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Natan Gamedze, Prince of Swaziland Swaziland
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj of Thailand Worcester Thailand
Prince Wan Waithayakon of Thailand Thailand
Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana of Thailand Balliol Thailand
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Christ Church −1921 (studies interrupted
by World War I)		 Yugoslavia [10]
Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh Somerville Sikh Empire
Princess Bamba Sutherland Somerville Sikh Empire
Ahmed Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia Russia [11]
Prince Abbas Hilmi Egypt
Princess Badiya bint Hassan Jordania
Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco −2020 Morocco

Heads of State and Heads of Government

Nana Akuffo Addo. Ghana

Name College Years at Oxford Country Position Ref
John Gorton Brasenose 1932–1935 Australia Prime Minister 1968–71 [12]
Malcolm Fraser Magdalen 1949–1952 Australia Prime Minister 1975–83 [13][14]
Bob Hawke University 1953–1955/6 Australia Prime Minister 1983–91 [15][16]
Tony Abbott The Queen's 1981–1983[17] Australia Prime Minister 2013–15
Malcolm Turnbull Brasenose 1978–1980 Australia Prime Minister 2015–2018
Kevin Rudd Jesus College, Oxford 2017– Australia Prime Minister 2007–2010; 2013
Grantley Adams St Catherine's Society 1919– Barbados and the
West Indies		 Premier of Barbados 1954–58
Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation 1958–62		 [18][19]
J.M.G. (Tom) Adams Magdalen Barbados Prime Minister of Barbados 1976–85 [20]
Seretse Khama Balliol Botswana President 1966–80
Festus Mogae University Botswana President 1998–2008
John Turner Magdalen Canada Prime Minister 1984
Lester Bowles Pearson St John's Canada Prime Minister 1963–68 [21]
Solomon Bandaranaike Christ Church Ceylon Prime Minister 1956–59
Alvaro Uribe St. Anthony's Colombia President of Colombia, 2002–2010
José Ramos-Horta St Antony's East Timor Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1996
Prime Minister 2006–2007
President 2007–
Penaia Ganilau Wadham Fiji President 1987–93
Kamisese Mara Wadham Fiji Prime Minister 1967–87 and 1987–92
President 1993–2000
Richard von Weizsäcker Balliol Germany President 1984–94
John Kufuor Exeter Ghana President 2001–09
Edward Afuko Addo St Peter's Ghana President 1970–72
Kofi Abrefa Busia University and St Antony's Ghana Prime Minister 1969–72
Sir John Francis Davis Bt KCB Hong Kong Governor 1844–1848
Sir George Bowen Esq GCMG Trinity −1844 Hong Kong Governor 1883–1885
Sir William Des Vœux GCMG Balliol −1856 Hong Kong Governor 1887–1891
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs GCMG Corpus Christi −1899 Hong Kong Governor 1919–1925
Sir Cecil Clementi GCMG KStJ FRGS MRAS Magdalen −1898 Hong Kong Governor 1925–1930
Sir Andrew Caldecott GCMG CBE KStJ FRAS FRSA Exeter −1907 Hong Kong Governor 1935–1937
Sir Geoffry Northcote KCMG Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1937–41
Lord Murray MacLehose PC KT CBE KCMG KCVO DL Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1971–82
Lord David Wilson PC KT GCMG PRSE Keble 1955–1958 Hong Kong Governor 1987–92
Chancellor Lord Chris Patten CH PC Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1992–1997
Viktor Orbán Pembroke 1989–1990 Hungary Prime Minister 1998–2002; 2010–now [22]
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson St Antony's 1999–2000 Iceland President 2016–
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Manchester and All Souls 1923–27 (Lecturer, Manchester);
1936–52 (Professor, All Souls)		 India First Indian to hold an Oxford professorship.[23]
President 1962–67		 [24][25]
Manmohan Singh Nuffield India Prime Minister 2004–2014
Indira Gandhi Somerville 1937–1941 India Prime Minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 [26]
Norman Manley Jesus Jamaica Chief Minister 1955–59, Premier 1959–62
Dominic Mintoff Hertford Malta Prime Minister 1955–58, 1971–84
Aung San Suu Kyi St Hugh's 1964–1967 Myanmar State Counsellor of Myanmar (De facto Prime Minister) 2015-now
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Christ Church Pakistan President 1971–73, Prime Minister 1973–77
Benazir Bhutto Lady Margaret Hall Pakistan Prime Minister 1988–90, 1993–96
Wasim Sajjad Wadham Pakistan President 1993, 1997–98
Liaquat Ali Khan Exeter 1918–1921 Pakistan Prime Minister 1947–51 [27]
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Pakistan Prime Minister 1956–57 [28]
Farooq Leghari Pakistan President 1993–97
Imran Khan Keble College, Oxford 1972–1975 Pakistan Prime Minister 2018 onwards
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Exeter 1956– Peru Prime Minister of Peru 2005–06
President of Peru 2016–2018		 [29]
Seni Pramoj Worcester Thailand Prime Minister 1945–46, 1975, 1976
Kukrit Pramoj The Queen's −1933 Thailand Prime Minister 1975–76
Abhisit Vejjajiva St John's Thailand Prime Minister 2008–2011
Enele Sopoaga 1956– Tuvalu Prime Minister 2013 onwards
Eric Williams St Catherine's Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 1956–81
A. N. R. Robinson St John's Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister 1986–91, President 1997–2003 [30]
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu St Cross Romania Prime Minister 2012 [31]
Bill Clinton University 1968–1970 United States President 1993–2001 [32]
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Lincoln Biafra President 1967–1970
Risto Ryti 1914 Finland President 1940–1944 & Prime Minister 1939–1940

Haitham bin Said

2011 Sultanat of Oman

Politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and military personnel
Name College Years at Oxford Country Notes Ref
Kim Beazley Australia Leader HM Opposition 1996–2001, 2005–2006
Rubén Berríos Puerto Rico Honorary President, Socialist International 1999–
President, Puerto Rican Independence Party 1968–
George Brandis Magdalen Australia Senator for Qld 2000–
Senior Counsel 2006–
Minister for Arts & Sport 2007–
Ashton Carter 1976–79 (Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics) United States Physicist, Harvard University professor,
United States Secretary of Defense
Jim Cooper Oriel College, Oxford United States Congressman of the United States Congress
Zelman Cowen New College and Oriel Australia Governor General 1977–82, Provost of Oriel 1982–90
Gareth Evans Magdalen Australia Foreign Minister 1988–96
Deputy Leader Australian Labor Party 1996–98
Geoff Gallop St John's Australia Premier of Western Australia 2001–06
James Gobbo Magdalen Australia Judge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978–94
Lt–Governor Victoria 1995–97
Governor 1997–2000
Geoffrey Keighley Trinity Australia First–class cricketer, barrister
Member of NSW Legislative Council
Wilfrid Kent Hughes Christ Church Australia Member of the House of Representatives 1949–70
Minister 1951–56
Peter King Australia Member of the House of Representatives 2001–04
Andrew Murray Australia Member of the Australian Senate 1996–2007
Fred Paterson Australia Member of the House of Representatives 1944–50
Malcolm Turnbull Australia Opposition Leader of Australia 2008–
Daryl Williams Australia Attorney General of Australia 1996–2003
Ian Wilson Australia Member of the House of Representatives 1966–69 and 1972–93
Minister 1981–83
Frank Vandenbroucke 1996–1999
DPhil		 Belgium Federal MP 1985–96
President Socialist Party 1989–94
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 1994–95
Minister 1999–04
Flemish Minister 2004–09
Flemish MP 2009–10
Minister of State 2009–
Senator 2010–
James Coyne Canada Governor of the Bank of Canada 1955–61
Jack Davis St John's Elected Rhodes Scholar in 1939,
studies interrupted by war		 Canada MP 1962–74, MLA British Columbia 1975–78 and 1979–1991 [33]
Eugene Forsey Balliol Canada Senate 1970–79, Privy Council 1985–91
Onésime Gagnon Canada House of Commons 1930–40
National Assembly of Quebec 1936–60
Lieutenant–Governor of Quebec 1958–61
Paul Gérin-Lajoie Canada National Assembly of Quebec 1960–70
Minister 1960–66
Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970–77
Alastair Gillespie Canada Sometime Government minister
John Godfrey Balliol, St Antony's 1967 MPhil, 1975 DPhil Canada Pres & V-C Univ of K Coll 1977–87
Editor Financial Post 1987–91, MP 1993–2008
Parliamentary Sec to the PM 1996–2004
Min of State 2004–06
Head Master Toronto French School 2008–
Allan Gotlieb Wadham and All Souls Canada Ambassador to the USA 1981–89, Chairman Canada Council 1989–94
Arnold Heeney St John's Canada Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940–49 Ambassador USA 1953–57 & 1959–62
George Ignatieff Canada Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1956–8, NATO 1963–6, UN 1966–9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980–6
Khairy Jamaluddin St Hugh's Malaysia Minister of Youth and Sports 2013–2018, Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation 2020– [34]
Michael Ignatieff Canada House of Commons 2006–
Ted Jolliffe Christ Church Canada Leader Ontario CCF 1942–53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943–45 & 1948–51
Arthur Kroeger Pembroke Canada Deputy Minister 1975–92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993–2002
Marcel Lambert Hertford Canada MP 1957–84, Speaker 1962–63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963
Otto Lang Exeter Canada MP 1968–79, Minister 1968–79, Attorney General 1972–75 & 1978
David Lewis Canada leader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971–75
Charles Herbert Little Brasenose Canada Director of Naval Intelligence World War II
Vincent Massey Balliol Canada Ambassador to USA 1927–30, Governor General 1952–59
Roland Michener Hertford Canada Speaker 1957–62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964–67, Governor General 1967–74
Talbot Mercer Papineau Brasenose Canada MC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917
Jack Pickersgill Canada Clerk of the Privy Council & Sec to the Cabinet 1952–53, MP 1953–67, Privy Counsellor from 1953, CC from 1970, styled The Rt Hon from 1992 [35]
Bob Rae Balliol Canada Premier of Ontario 1990–95
Escott Reid Christ Church Canada High Commr & Ambassador 1952–62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962–5
Murtaza Bhutto Christ Church 1977–1979 (Master of Letters) Pakistan Former chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
Edgar Ritchie Canada Ambassador to USA 1966–70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976–80
Norman Robertson Canada High Commr UK 1946–9 & 1952–7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949–52, Ambassador USA 1957–8
Norman McLeod Rogers University Canada MP 1935–40, Minister of Labour 1935–9, Minister of National Defence 1939–40
James Sinclair Canada MP 1940–58, Minister of Fisheries 1952–57
Arnold Smith Christ Church Canada Ambassador to Egypt 1958–61, to USSR 1961–63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965–75
George F.G. Stanley Keble 1929–1936 Canada Lieutenant–Governor of New Brunswick 1981–87, designer of the Canadian flag
Michel Vennat Merton Canada Special Asst to the PM 1968–70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000–04
Danny Williams 1969 elected Rhodes Scholar Canada QC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003–
Lalith Athulathmudali Jesus Ceylon/Sri Lanka Minister of National Security, Minister of State for Defence, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education.
Lakshman Kadirgamar Balliol Ceylon/Sri Lanka Foreign Minister 1994–2001 and 2004–05
William de Silva Ceylon/Sri Lanka Minister of Industries and Fisheries
Tyronne Fernando Keble Ceylon/Sri Lanka Foreign Minister 2001–04
Gamani Corea Nuffield Ceylon/Sri Lanka Secretary-General of the UNCTD & Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Lala Sukuna Fiji Tui Lau 1938–58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre)
Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf St Antony's Germany Member Bundestag & Sec of State 1969–70, Eur Commr 1970, Dir LSE 1974–84
Hans Bernd von Haeften Germany conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 15 August 1944
Adam von Trott zu Solz Balliol Germany conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 26 August 1944
Stephen Lam 2012–2013 Hong Kong Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Ronny Tong St Edmund Hall, Oxford Hong Kong Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, founder of Civic Party, founder and convenor of Path of Democracy, Queen's Counsel, Senior counsel
Binay Ranjan Sen India director general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956–67
John Michuki Oxford Kenya MP 1983–, Min for Transport & Commns 2002–05, for Internal Security 2005–
Aurelio Nuño Mayer St Antony's College, Oxford Mexico Secretary of Public Education

(2015–17)

Chief of Staff of the President (2012–15)
Krizia Delgado Blackfriars, Oxford Mexico Head of Science, Innovation & Newton Fund at British Embassy Mexico City (2017–)
Andres Gonzalez Watty Mexico Secretary of State and Accountant of the Supreme Court of Mexico (2017–), Director of Area of the Federal Institute of Telecommunication (2014–2017), professor
Cesar Augusto Rendon Mexico Chairman of the Oversight Committee for the Regulating Bodies of the Energy Sector; Member of Congress (2015–) [36]
Rosendo Vallejo Mexico Director of Operations and Projects, Secretariat of Energy (1981–1986)
Héctor Vasconcelos Mexico Senator (2018–), Ambassador to Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, initial Foreign Secretary nominee
Chris Laidlaw Merton New Zealand High Commissioner to Harare 1986–89, MP 1992–93
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt Magdalen New Zealand Olympic bronze medal 1924, NZ Olympic captain 1928, member IOC 1934–67, surgeon to the King 1946–52, to the Queen 1952–67, President BMA and RCS, Governor General NZ 1967–72
Paul Reeves St Peter's New Zealand Archbishop 1980–85, Governor General 1985–90
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Christ Church 2007–10 Pakistan Appointed Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party 30 December 2007 and will become full-time party leader on completing his course at Oxford
Imran Khan Keble Pakistan cricket captain 1982–92, leader of Tehreek–e–Insaf Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf1997–, MP 2002–
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri Pakistan Foreign Minister
Radosław Sikorski Pembroke Poland Minister of National Defence 2005–07, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007–
Desmond Lee Singapore Minister for Social and Family Development & Second Minister for National Development
Raymond Lim Singapore Minister for Transport 2006–2011
Sim Ann Exeter Singapore Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth
Frene Ginwala South Africa Speaker of the National Assembly 1994–2004
Jan Hofmeyr South Africa Cabinet Minister
Pixley ka Isaka Seme Jesus South Africa founder of South African Native National Congress (later the ANC)
Korn Chatikavanij St. John's Thailand Finance Minister of Thailand 2009–2011
Sukhumbhand Paribatra Pembroke Thailand Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand 1997–2000, Governor of Bangkok 2009–2016
Carl Albert St Peter's United States US Representative (Oklahoma) 1947–77, Speaker of the House 1971–77
Thomas H. Allen Wadham United States US Representative (Maine) 1997
Rick Baker United States Mayor of St Petersburg, Florida 2001–05 & 2005–10
Tom Birmingham Exeter United States President of Massachusetts State Senate 1996–2003
Dennis C. Blair United States Commander–in–Chief of US Pacific Command 1999–2002
Charles Bonesteel United States Commander US Forces and Commander–in–Chief UN Command Korea 1966–69
Cory Booker United States Mayor of Newark 2006–13, US Senator (New Jersey) 2013–
David Boren Balliol United States Governor of Oklahoma 1975–79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979–94, President University of Oklahoma 1994–
John Brademas Brasenose United States US Representative (Indiana) 1959–81
Bill Bradley Worcester United States US Senator (New Jersey) 1979–97
Ben Cannon Corpus Christi United States Democratic candidate Oregon State Representative for House District 46
Brad Carson Trinity United States US Representative (Oklahoma) 2001–05
Dick Celeste Exeter United States Dir Peace Corps 1979–81, Gov Ohio 1983–91, Ambassador to India 1997–2001 Pres Colorado College 2002–
Wesley Clark Magdalen United States Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997–2000
Charles R. Clason Christ Church United States US Representative (Massachusetts) 1937–1949
Richard Danzig United States US Secretary of the Navy 1998–2001
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle Balliol United States director Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997–2000
Liddy Dole University United States Sec of Transportation 1983–87 of Labor 89–90, President US Red Cross 91–99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003–
William Henry Drayton Balliol United States member of Continental Congress
Russ Feingold Magdalen United States US Senator (Wisconsin) 1993–2011
David B. Frohnmayer Wadham United States Attorney General of Oregon 1981–91, President University of Oregon 1994–
William Fulbright Pembroke United States US Senator (Arkansas) 1945–74
Robert J. Harris United States Mayor of Ann Arbor 1969–73
Gary Hart St Antony's United States US Senator (Colorado) 1975–87
Bradley C. Hosmer United States Superintendent US Air Force Academy 1991–94
Bobby Jindal New College United States Asst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001–04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005–
Philip Mayer Kaiser Balliol United States Assistant Secretary of Labor 1949–53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961–64, Hungary 1977–80, Austria 1980–81
Nicholas Katzenbach Balliol United States Attorney General 1965–66, Under–Secretary of State 1966–69
John Neely Kennedy Magdalen United States US Senator (Louisiana) 2017–
Philip Lader Pembroke United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1997–2001
Robb LaKritz Worcester United States Advisor to the United States Deputy Secretary of Treasury 2001–2003
Arthur Larson Pembroke United States US Under Sec of Labor 1954–6, Dir US Information Agency 1956–7, Exec Asst to the President 1957–8
Richard Lugar Pembroke United States US Senator (Indiana) 1977–2013
Ira Magaziner United States President Clinton's chief internet policy advisor
Robert McCallum, Jr. Christ Church United States Asst AG 01–03, Assoc AG 03–05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05–
Charles Thomas McMillen University United States Olympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987–93
Thomas Merrill United States Deputy Solicitor General 1987–90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993–2003, Columbia Law School 2003–
William Green Miller United States United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998
James Oglethorpe Corpus Christi United States founder of Georgia
William Penn Christ Church United States founder of Pennsylvania
Larry Pressler St Edmund Hall United States US Senator (South Dakota) 1979–97
Franklin Raines Magdalen United States Director US Office of Management and Budget 1996–98
Robert Reich University United States Secretary of Labor 1993–97
Mel Reynolds Lincoln United States US Representative (Illinois) 1993–95
Susan E. Rice New College United States Assistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997–2001, United States Ambassador to the United Nations 2009–2013
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Pembroke United States Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1996–2006
Bernard W. Rogers University United States Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander–in–Chief US European Command 1979–87
Dean Rusk St John's United States Secretary of State from 1961–69
Edward Rutledge United States member of Continental Congress
Paul Sarbanes Balliol United States US Senator (Maryland) 1977–2007
Kurt Schmoke Balliol United States State's Attorney Baltimore City 1982–87, Mayor of Baltimore 1987–99
John M. Spratt, Jr. United States US Representative (South Carolina) 1983–2011
Cecil Staton Regent's Park United States Georgia State Senator
George Stephanopoulos Balliol United States White House Communications Director under President Clinton
William Stevenson United States Olympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946–61, Ambassador Philippines 1961–65
William Stoughton New College United States acting Governor of Massachusetts 1694–99
Strobe Talbott Magdalen United States Deputy Secretary of State 1994–2001
Stansfield Turner Exeter United States director of Central Intelligence 1977–81
David Vitter Magdalen United States US Senator (Louisiana) 2005–
William Weld University United States Governor of Massachusetts 1991–97
Heather Wilson Jesus United States Secretary of the Air Force 2017–2019 and US Representative (New Mexico) 1998–2009
R. James Woolsey St John's United States director of Central Intelligence 1993–95
Arthur Mutambara Merton Zimbabwe president Movement for Democratic Change faction 2006–
Edward Yau Balliol Hong Kong Secretary for the Environment

Non-government people in public life
Name College Years at Oxford Notes Ref
Chelsea Clinton University 2001–2003 DPhil International Relations. Daughter of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton (former First Daughter of the United States of America) [37]
J. Paul Getty Magdalen −1914 Philanthropist
Guy Spier University 1984–1988 Investor and Author. 1983: Matriculation in Law. 1988: BA, Politics, Philosophy and Economics. [38]
Malala Yousafzai Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 2017–2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Marc Kielburger co–founder of the Kiel Network
Prince Felix Yusupov University College 1909–12 Founder of Oxford University Russian Society
Ronny Tong SC St Edmund Hall Founder of Civic Party, former Queen´s Counsel, former chairman of Hong Kong Bar Association, former legislator of Hong Kong
Dr The Hon Kenneth Chan Ka-lok Nuffield College Legislator, former Civic Party chairman, associate professor

Colonial administrators

Governor-Generals/Viceroys of India
Name College Years at Oxford Years as Viceroy/Governor General Notes Ref
Lord Curzon Balliol and All Souls 1899–1905 Tenure known particularly for the Indian famine of 1899–1900

See also
  • List of former Rhodes Scholars
  • List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
  • List of Current Heads of Oxford University Colleges, Societies, and Halls

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