# List of heads of state and government educated in the United States

This is a list of non-American heads of state and heads of government who have received their undergraduate or postgraduate education from American colleges and universities.
| Head of State or Government | Country | Term(s) of Office | University | Graduation |
| Hafizullah Amin | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | September–December 1979 | Columbia University | 1962 (PhD in Education) |
| Ashraf Ghani | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan | 2014-2021 | Columbia University | 1983 (PhD in Education) |
| Lester Bird | Antigua and Barbuda | 1994-2004 | University of Michigan |
| Mauricio Macri | Argentina | 2015-2019 | Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Hubert Minnis | Bahamas | 2017-2021 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | |
| Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 2020-present | American University | |
| Iajuddin Ahmed | Bangladesh | 2002-2009 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
| Fakhruddin Ahmed | Bangladesh | 2007-2009 | Williams College, Princeton University | |
| Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | 2024-present | Vanderbilt University | |
| Mark Eyskens | Belgium | 1981 | Columbia University | |
| Philippe of Belgium | Belgium | 2013–present | Stanford University | 1985 – MA, Political Science |
| Alexander De Croo | Belgium | 2020–present | Northwestern University | 2002 - MBA |
| Manuel Esquivel | Belize | 1984-1989, 1993-1998 | Loyola University New Orleans | |
| Dean Barrow | Belize | 2008-2020 | University of Miami | |
| Johnny Briceño | Belize | 2020-present | University of Texas | |
| Yeshey Zimba | Bhutan | 2000-2001, 2004-2005 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |
| Jigme Thinley | Bhutan | 1998-1999, 2003-2004, 2008-2013 | Pennsylvania State University | |
| Tshering Tobgay | Bhutan | 2013-2018, 2024-present | University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University | |
| Tshering Wangchuk | Bhutan | 2018 | George Washington University | |
| Lotay Tshering | Bhutan | 2018-2023 | Medical College of Wisconsin | |
| Wálter Guevara | Bolivia | 1979 | University of Chicago | |
| Hugo Banzer | Bolivia | 1997-2001 | School of the Americas | |
| Jorge Quiroga | Bolivia | 2001-2002 | Texas A&M University, St. Edward's University | |
| Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé | Bolivia | 2005-2006 | Harvard University |
| Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada | Bolivia | 1993–1997, 2002–2003 | University of Chicago | 1952 |
| Mokgweetsi Masisi | Botswana | 2018–2024 | Florida State University | 1991 – MA, Social Science Education |
| Duma Boko | Botswana | 2024-presesnt | Harvard University | (Harvard Law School) |
| Kiril Petkov | Bulgaria | 2021–2022 | Harvard University | Master of Business Administration |
| Hun Manet | Cambodia | 2023–present | New York University | 2002 – MA, Economics |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | Canada | 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 | University of Chicago, Harvard University | 1898 (MA in political economy from Harvard), 1909 (PhD from Harvard) |
| Pierre Trudeau | Canada | 1968–1979, 1980–1984 | Harvard University | MA in Political Economy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Ricardo Lagos | Chile | 2000–2006 | Duke University | 1962 (PhD) |
| Sebastián Piñera | Chile | 2010-2014, 2018-2022 | Harvard University | |
| Lee Teng-Hui | Republic of China | 1988–2000 | Iowa State University Cornell University | 1953 (Master's degree in agricultural economics); 1968 (PhD in agricultural economics) |
| Ma Ying-jeou | Republic of China | 2008–2016 | Harvard University | PhD |
| Tsai Ing-wen | Republic of China | 2016–2024 | Cornell University | Master of Laws at Cornell University Law School in 1980 |
| Lai Ching-te | Republic of China | 2024–present | Harvard University | MPH |
| Virgilio Barco Vargas | Colombia | 1986-1990 (president) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston University | 1943 - BSc, civil engineering 1952 - MA, economics 1954 - PhD, economics |
| Ernesto Samper | Colombia | 1994-1998 | Columbia University | |
| Virgilio Barco Vargas | Colombia | 1998-2002 | Harvard University | |
| Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia | 2010–2018 | University of Kansas Harvard University | Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration Masters in Political Science from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Iván Duque | Colombia | 2018-2022 | American University, Georgetown University | |
| José Figueres Ferrer | Costa Rica | 1948-1949, 1953-1958, 1970-1974 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Óscar Arias | Costa Rica | 1986-1990, 2006-2010 | Boston University | |
| José María Figueres | Costa Rica | 1994-1998 | Harvard University, United States Military Academy | |
| Miguel Ángel Rodríguez | Costa Rica | 1998-2002 | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Abel Pacheco | Costa Rica | 2002-2006 | Louisiana State University | |
| Laura Chinchilla | Costa Rica | 2010–2014 | Georgetown University | Masters in public policy |
| Luis Guillermo Solís | Costa Rica | 2014-2018 | University of Michigan | |
| Rodrigo Chaves Robles | Costa Rica | 2022–present | Ohio State University | BA, MA, Economics, 1994 – PhD, Agricultural Economics |
| Alassane Ouattara | Côte d'Ivoire | 2010-present | Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania | |
| Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović | Croatia | 2015–2020 | George Washington University | Fulbright scholar on pre-doctoral research in international relations and security policy at George Washington University in 2003 |
| Mario García Menocal | Cuba | 1913–1921 | Cornell University | 1888 in the College of Engineering |
| Makarios III | Cyprus | 1960-1974, 1974-1977 | Boston University | |
| Nikos Christodoulides | Cyprus | 2023-present | Queens College, CUNY, New York University | |
| Václav Klaus | Czech Republic | 2003–2013 | Cornell University | Attended Cornell in 1969 |
| Oliver Seraphin | Dominica | 1979-1980 | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Roosevelt Skerrit | Dominica | 2004-present | New Mexico State University, University of Mississippi | |
| Hipólito Mejía | Dominican Republic | 2000-2004 | North Carolina State University | |
| Luis Abinader | Dominican Republic | 2020-present | Hult International Business School | In Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| José Ramos-Horta | East Timor | 2006–2012, 2022–present | Antioch University Columbia University | 1984 – MA, Peace Studies, Post-graduate courses in American Foreign Policy |
| Sixto Durán Ballén | Ecuador | 1992-1996 | Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Columbia University | |
| Jamil Mahuad | Ecuador | 1998–2000 | Harvard University | 1989 (MPA Masters of Public Administration) |
| Alfredo Palacio | Ecuador | 2005-2007 | Case Western Reserve University | |
| Rafael Correa | Ecuador | 2007–2017 | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | 1999 (Master of Science in Economics), 2001 (PhD in Economics) |
| Daniel Noboa | Ecuador | 2023—present | New York University, Northwestern University, George Washington University | |
| Mohamed Morsi | Egypt | 2012-2013 | University of Southern California | |
| Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Egypt | 2014-present | United States Army War College | |
| Alvaro Magaña | El Salvador | 1982–1984 | University of Chicago | A.M 1955 |
| José Napoleón Duarte | El Salvador | 1984–1989 | University of Notre Dame | B.S. in Engineering 1948 |
| Alfredo Cristiani | El Salvador | 1989-1994 | Georgetown University | |
| Francisco Flores Pérez | El Salvador | 1999-2004 | University of Hartford, Amherst College, Harvard University | |
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Estonia | 2006–2016 | Columbia University University of Pennsylvania | Masters in psychology |
| Tesfaye Dinka | Ethiopia | 1991 | Syracuse University | |
| Hailemariam Desalegn | Ethiopia | 2012-2018 | Tampere University of Technology, Azusa Pacific University | |
| Mulatu Teshome | Ethiopia | 2013-2018 | The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy | |
| Lado Gurgenidze | Georgia | 2007-2008 | Middlebury College, Emory University | |
| Mikheil Saakashvili | Georgia | 2008-2013 | Columbia University, George Washington University | |
| Nika Gilauri | Georgia | 2009-2012 | Temple University | |
| Giorgi Kvirikashvili | Georgia | 2015-2018 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | |
| Salome Zourabichvili | Georgia | 2018–present | Columbia University | Master's Degree |
| Karl Carstens | West Germany | 1979–1984 | Yale University | 1949 (Master of Laws) |
| Kwame Nkrumah | Ghana | 1957–1966 | Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) University of Pennsylvania | 1939 (BA from Lincoln), 1942 (MS in Education from Penn), 1943 (MA in Philosophy from Penn) |
| Andreas Papandreou | Greece | 1981–1989, 1993–1996 | Harvard University | 1943 (PhD in economics) |
| Kostas Karamanlis | Greece | 2004–2009 | Tufts University | master's degree and doctorate in political sciences, international relations and diplomatic history |
| George Papandreou | Greece | 2009-2011 | Amherst College | |
| Lucas Papademos | Greece | 2011-2012 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Antonis Samaras | Greece | 2012-2015 | Harvard University, Amherst College | |
| Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Greece | 2019-2023, 2023-present | Harvard University, Stanford University | |
| Keith Mitchell | Grenada | 1995-2008, 2013-2022 | Howard University, American University | |
| Cheddi Jagan | Guyana | 1992–1997 | Howard University Dental School, and Northwestern University | |
| François Duvalier | Haiti | 1957–1971 | University of Michigan | studied public health |
| Claude Joseph | Haiti | 2021 | Long Island University, New School | |
| Ariel Henry | Haiti | 2021-2024 | Loma Linda University | |
| Leslie Voltaire | Haiti | 2024-present | Cornell University | |
| Sanford B. Dole | Republic of Hawaii | 1894–1900 | Williams College | attended classes |
| Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero | Honduras | 1990–1994 | Mississippi State University | B.S. and M.S. in agricultural economics |
| Carlos Roberto Flores | Honduras | 1998-2002 | Louisiana State University | |
| Ricardo Maduro | Honduras | 2002-2006 | Stanford University | |
| Porfirio Lobo Sosa | Honduras | 2010-2014 | University of Miami | |
| Juan Orlando Hernandez | Honduras | 2014-2022 | State University of New York, Albany | |
| Sir Donald Tsang | Hong Kong | 2005-2012 | Harvard University | 1981 - MPA |
| Geir Hallgrímsson | Iceland | 1974-1978 | Harvard University | |
| Benedikt Gröndal | Iceland | 1979-1980 | Harvard University | |
| Geir Haarde | Iceland | 1983-1987, 1988-1991 | Illinois Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology | |
| Geir Haarde | Iceland | 2006-2009 | Brandeis University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | |
| Bjarni Benediktsson | Iceland | 2017, 2024 | University of Miami | |
| Halla Tómasdóttir | Iceland | 2024-present | Auburn University at Montgomery, Thunderbird School of Global Management | |
| Kristrún Frostadóttir | Iceland | 2024-present | Yale University, Boston University | |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Indonesia | 2004-2014 | United States Army Command and General Staff College, Webster University | |
| Jamshid Amuzegar | Iran | 1977–1978 | Cornell University | PhD |
| Ahmed Chalabi | Iraq | September 2003 (President, Governing Council) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Chicago | 1965 - BSc, Mathematics 1969 - PhD, Mathematics |
| Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer | Iraq | 2004–2005 | American University George Washington University | Masters from George Washington University |
| Mary Robinson | Ireland | 1990–1997 | Harvard University | LLM from Harvard Law School |
| Golda Meir | Israel | 1969–1974 | Milwaukee State Normal School | Graduate |
| Shimon Peres | Israel | 1977, 1984-1986, 1995-1996, 2007-2014 | The New School, New York University, Harvard University | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Israel | 1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University | B.Sc in Architecture from MIT MBA from MIT |
| Ehud Barak | Israel | 1999–2001 | Stanford University | 1978 (Masters in engineering-economic systems) |
| Isaac Herzog | Israel | 2021-present | Cornell University, New York University | |
| Mario Monti | Italy | 2011–2013 | Yale University | M.Sc. in economics, 1968 |
| Mario Draghi | Italy | 2021-2022 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1977 - PhD, economics |
| Hugh Shearer | Jamaica | 1967-1972 | Howard University | |
| Portia Simpson-Miller | Jamaica | 2006-2007, 2012–2016 | Union Institute and University | |
| Andrew Holness | Jamaica | 2011-2012, 2016–present | Northeastern University | |
| Takeo Miki | Japan | 1974-1976 | University of Southern California | |
| Shinzō Abe | Japan | 2006–2007, 2012–2020 | University of Southern California | Public policy |
| Tarō Asō | Japan | 2008-2009 | Stanford University | |
| Yukio Hatoyama | Japan | 2009-2010 | Stanford University | |
| Zaid Rifai | Jordan | 1973-1974, 1984-1989 | Harvard University | |
| Kassim Rimawi | Jordan | 1980 | Columbia University | |
| Zeid bin Shaker | Jordan | 1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1996 | US Army Command and General Staff College | |
| Taher Masri | Jordan | 1991 | University of North Texas | |
| Abdul Karim Kabariti | Jordan | 1996-1997 | St. Edward's University | |
| Fayez Tarawneh | Jordan | 1998-1999, 2012 | University of Southern California | |
| Ali Abu Al-Ragheb | Jordan | 2000-2003 | University of Tennessee | |
| Faisal Al-Fayez | Jordan | 2003-2005 | Boston University | |
| Adnan Badran | Jordan | 2005 | Oklahoma State University, Michigan State University | |
| Marouf al-Bakhit | Jordan | 2005-2007, 2011 | University of Southern California | |
| Nader Al-Dahabi | Jordan | 2007-2009 | Auburn University | |
| Samir Rifai | Jordan | 2009-2011 | Harvard University | |
| Abdullah Ensour | Jordan | 2012-2016 | University of Michigan | |
| Hani Mulki | Jordan | 2016-2018 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | |
| Omar Razzaz | Jordan | 2018-2020 | Harvard University | |
| Jafar Hassan | Jordan | 2024-present | Harvard University, Boston University | |
| Uhuru Kenyatta | Kenya | 2013–2022 | Amherst College | 1985 (Political science) |
| Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 2024 | Claremont McKenna College, Harvard University | |
| Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah | Kuwait | 2024-present | University of Illinois | |
| Aigars Kalvītis | Latvia | 2004-2007 | University of Wisconsin | |
| Valdis Dombrovskis | Latvia | 2009-2014 | University of Maryland, College Park | |
| Krišjānis Kariņš | Latvia | 2019-2023 | St. John's College (Maryland), University of Pennsylvania | |
| Edgars Rinkēvičs | Latvia | 2023-present | Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy | |
| Salim Al-Huss | Lebanon | 1976-1980, 1987-1990, 1998-2000 | Indiana University Bloomington | |
| Émile Lahoud | Lebanon | 1998-2007 | Naval War College | |
| Saad Hariri | Lebanon | 2009-2011, 2016-2020 | Georgetown University | |
| Pakalitha Mosisili | Lesotho | 1998-2012, 2015-2017 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Moeketsi Majoro | Lesotho | 2020-2022 | Washington State University | |
| Joseph Jenkins Roberts | Liberia | 1848–1856, 1872–1876 | Norfolk Academy, Maury High School | |
| Edward James Roye | Liberia | 1870–1871 | Ohio University | |
| Amos Sawyer | Liberia | 1990-1994 | Northwestern University | |
| Wilton G. S. Sankawulo | Liberia | 1995-1996 | Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, University of Iowa | |
| Charles Taylor | Liberia | 1997-2003 | Bentley University | |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | 2006-2018 | Madison Business College University of Colorado Harvard University | 1964 (BBA in Accounting) 1970 (Economics diploma) 1971 (Master of Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School of Government) |
| George Weah | Liberia | 2018-2024 | DeVry University | |
| Joseph Boakai | Liberia | 2024-present | Kansas State University | |
| Hastings Banda | Malawi | 1961–1994 | Central State University Indiana University University of Chicago Meharry Medical College | 1925 – diploma, 1931 – BA, University of Chicago, 1937 – MD |
| Christopher Loeak | Marshall Islands | 2011–2016 | Portland Community College Hawaii Pacific College Gonzaga University School of Law | 1978 (Bachelor's from Hawaii Pacific), 1982 (JD from Gonzaga) |
| Carlos Salinas | Mexico | 1988–1994 | Harvard University | 1973 (MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government), 1976 (master's in Political Economics), 1976 (PhD in Political Economics and Government) |
| Ernesto Zedillo | Mexico | 1994–2000 | Yale University | PhD |
| Vicente Fox | Mexico | 2000–2006 | Harvard University | attended classes |
| Felipe Calderón | Mexico | 2006–2012 | Harvard University | Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Maia Sandu | Moldova | 2021–present | Harvard University | 2010 – diploma, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University – MD |
| Albert II | Monaco | 2005–present | Amherst College | 1977–1981 BA, Political Science |
| Enrique Bolaños | Nicaragua | 2002–2007 | Saint Louis University | 1962 (B.A. in industrial engineering) |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe | Nigeria | 1963–1966 | Howard University Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) University of Pennsylvania | |
| Gro Harlem Brundtland | Norway | 1990-1996 | Harvard University | 1965 - MPH |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Pakistan | 1971–1973 | University of Southern California, University of California, Berkeley | 1950 (B.A. in political science from Berkeley) |
| Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | 1988–1990, 1993–1996 | Harvard University | 1973 (political science) |
| Arnulfo Arias | Panama | 1940–1941, 1949–1951, 1968 | University of ChicagoHarvard University | MD from Harvard |
| Ricardo Arias Espinosa | Panama | 1955–1956 | Georgetown University | 1935 (Walsh School of Foreign Service) |
| José Ramón Guizado | Panama | 1955 | Vanderbilt University | B.E., 1920 |
| Ricardo de la Espriella | Panama | 1982–1984 | Stanford University | Economics |
| Jorge Illueca | Panama | February–October 1984 | Harvard University University of Chicago | 1955 (Law) |
| Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro | Panama | 1956–1960 | Dartmouth College | Masters in Finance |
| Ernesto Pérez Balladares | Panama | 1994–1999 | University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania | 1969 (Masters in Economics from Notre Dame), 1970 (Masters in Marketing from Pennsylvania) |
| Mireya Moscoso | Panama | 1999–2004 | Miami-Dade College | Interior design diploma |
| Martín Torrijos | Panama | 2004–2009 | Texas A&M University | 1987 (Political Science and Economics) |
| Alberto Fujimori | Peru | 1990–2000 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 1971 (MS in Mathematics) |
| José P. Laurel | Philippines | 1943–1945 | Yale University | 1920 (Law) |
| Corazon Aquino | Philippines | 1986–1992 | College of Mount Saint Vincent | 1953 (degree in French) |
| Salvador Laurel | Philippines | February–March 1986 | Yale University | 1953 (LL.M.), 1960 (Law) |
| Fidel V. Ramos | Philippines | 1992–1998 | United States Military Academy University of Illinois | 1950 (West Point), 1951 (Master's degree in Civil Engineering from Illinois) |
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Philippines | 2001–2010 | Georgetown University | attended 1964–1966 |
| Marek Belka | Poland | 2004–2005 | Columbia University, University of Chicago | attended classes |
| José Manuel Barroso | Portugal | 2002–2004 | Georgetown University | 1998 (research for a PhD) |
| Goh Chok Tong | Singapore | 1990–2004 | Williams College | 1967 (MA in Development Economics) |
| Lee Hsien Loong | Singapore | 2004–2024 | Harvard University | 1980 MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Lawrence Wong | Singapore | 2024-present | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Michigan Harvard University | 1994 - BS, Economics (University of Wisconsin–Madison) 1995 - MA, Applied Economics (University of Michigan) 2004 - MPA (Harvard University) |
| Abdiweli Gaas | Somalia | 2011–2012 | Vanderbilt University Harvard University George Mason University | MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Syngman Rhee | South Korea | 1948–1960 | George Washington University, Harvard University, Princeton University | 1907 (GWU), 1909 (MA from Harvard), 1910 (PhD in politics from Princeton) |
| Felipe VI | Spain | 2014-present | Georgetown University | 1991, MSc from Walsh School of Foreign Service |
| Olof Palme | Sweden | 1969–1976, 1982–1986 | Kenyon College | 1948 (BA) |
| Yingluck Shinawatra | Thailand | 2011–2014 | Kentucky State University | 1990 (MS in Public Administration) |
| Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Tunisia | 1987–2011 | Senior Intelligence School (Maryland) School for Anti-Aircraft Field Artillery (Texas) | training |
| Bulent Ecevit | Turkey | 1974, 1977, 1978-1979, 1999-2002 | Harvard University | attended classes |
| Tansu Ciller | Turkey | 1993-1996 | University of New Hampshire, University of Connecticut, Yale University | |