List of University of Oxford people in public life overseas
Politicians , civil servants , diplomats , and military personnel
Table:
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

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Kim Christian Beazley , AC ( born 14 December 1948 ) is a former Australian politician serving as the 33rd and current Governor of Western Australia . He was previously Deputy Prime Minister ( 1995-1996 ) , Leader of the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) and Leader of the Opposition ( 1996-2001 , 2005-2006 ) and Ambassador to the United States ( 2010-2016 ) . Beazley was born in Subiaco , Western Australia , the son of politician Kim Beazley senior . He studied at the University of Western Australia and Balliol College , Oxford , attending the latter as a Rhodes Scholar . After a period as a lecturer at Murdoch University , Beazley was elected to parliament at the 1980 federal election , winning the Division of Swan for the Labor Party . He was added to the ministry when the party won the 1983 election , and served continuously through to the party 's defeat in 1996 . His longest-held portfolio during that time was Minister for Defence ( 1984-1990 ) . In 1995 , Beazley was elected deputy leader of the Labor Party in place of Brian Howe , thus becoming deputy prime minister . After Labor lost power in 1996 , Beazley was elected unopposed as party leader in place of Paul Keating . He led Labor to the 1998 election , recording a positive swing but falling well short of victory . After a second defeat in 2001 , he resigned the leadership in favour of his deputy Simon Crean . However , in 2003 Beazley made two attempts to regain his old position .
Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez ( born June 21 , 1939 ) is a Puerto Rican politician , international law attorney , writer , and current president of the Puerto Rican Independence Party ( PIP ) . A former three-time Senator , Berríos is a perennial PIP candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico . He led the Navy-Culebra protests that succeeded in the United States Navy abandoning the use of the Puerto Rican island of Culebra for military exercises and was a leader for the Cause of Vieques .
Puerto Rico [ a ] ( Spanish for Rich Port ; abbreviated PR ) , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( Spanish : Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico , lit . Free Associated State of Puerto Rico ) [ b ] and briefly called Porto Rico , [ c ] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea , approximately 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) southeast of Miami , Florida . An archipelago among the Greater Antilles , located between the Dominican Republic and the US Virgin Islands , Puerto Rico includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands , such as Mona , Culebra , and Vieques . The capital and most populous city is San Juan . The territory 's total population is approximately 3.4 million , more than 21 U.S. states . Spanish and English are the official languages of the executive branch of government , though Spanish predominates . Originally populated by the indigenous Taíno people , Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1493 . It was contested by the French , Dutch , and British , but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries . The island 's cultural and demographic landscapes were shaped by the displacement and assimilation of the native population , the forced migration of African slaves , and settlement from the Canary Islands and Andalusia . In the Spanish Empire , Puerto Rico played a secondary but strategic role compared to wealthier colonies like Peru and New Spain . Spain 's distant administrative control continued up to the end of the 19th century , producing a distinctive creole Hispanic culture and language that combined indigenous , African , and European elements . On September 23 , 1868 , Ramón Emeterio Betances unleashed a revolt against Spanish rule , declaring for the first time the idea of Puerto Ricans as a distinct people , with right to sovereignty .
The Socialist International ( SI ) is a worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism . It consists mostly of democratic socialist , social-democratic and labour political parties and other organisations . Although formed in 1951 as a successor to the Labour and Socialist International , it has antecedents to the late 19th century . The organisation currently includes 147 member parties and organisations from over 100 countries . Its members have governed in many countries including most of Europe . The current secretary general of the SI is Luis Ayala [ Wikidata ] ( Chile ) and the current president of the SI is the former Prime Minister of Greece , George Papandreou , both of whom were re-elected at the last SI Congress held in Cartagena , Colombia in March 2017 .
The Puerto Rican Independence Party ( Spanish : Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño , PIP ) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty . Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called independentistas , pipiolos , or sometimes just pro-independence activists .
George Henry Brandis QC ( born 22 June 1957 ) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since May 2018 . He previously served as a Senator for Queensland between 2000 and 2018 , representing the Liberal Party , and was a minister in the Howard , Abbott , and Turnbull Governments . Brandis studied law at the University of Queensland and Magdalen College , Oxford . Before entering politics he practised as a barrister . Brandis was appointed to the Senate in 2000 to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer . He served as Minister for the Arts and Sport for the last year of the Howard Government in 2007 . When the Coalition returned to power in 2013 , Brandis became Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts , during which time he cut A $ 105 million of funding to the Australia Council for the Arts in the 2015-16 Budget . He relinquished the latter portfolio in 2015 , when Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister , but was instead made Leader of the Government in the Senate . Brandis announced his retirement from politics in December 2017 , with effect from February 2018 . He replaced Alexander Downer as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in May 2018 .
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