List of University of Oxford people in public life overseas

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.

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) 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) Tuanku Abdul Halim Wadham -1954 King of Malaysia (1970–1975; 2011–2016) and Sultan of Kedah (1958 onwards) Tuanku Jaafar Balliol King of Malaysia (1994–1999) and Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan (1968 onwards)Muhammad V of KelantanSt Cross1990–1991King of Malaysia (2016–2018) and Sultan of Kelantan (2010 onwards) Dr Nazrin Shah of PerakWorcester 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) Olav V of Norway Balliol 1924–1926 King of Norway (1957–1991) Vajiravhud Christ Church 1900–1901 King of Siam (1910–1925) Andrew Bertie Christ Church Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1988–2008) Obituary in The Telegraph (1 February 2008)'The Prince and Grand Master', Official website of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta 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)NaruhitoMerton1980sEmperor of Japan (2019 onwards)Philippe of BelgiumTrinity1978–1981King of the Belgians (2013 onwards)

Royal persons

Name College Years at Oxford Country Ref Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk, Prince of Bhutan St Peter's Bhutan Al-Muhtadee Billah, Crown Prince of Brunei Magdalen Brunei Empress MasakoBalliol Japan Prince Akishino of JapanSt 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 Princeto the Hashemite Throne of JordanChrist Church Jordan Princess Aisha of JordanPembroke Jordan Princess Badiya of Jordan Jordan Princess Haya of JordanSt Hilda's Jordan Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg Luxembourg Raja Zarith Sofia, Consort of Sultan of Johor Somerville Malaysia Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al Thani Qatar 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 interruptedby World War I) Yugoslavia 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 The Romanov Imperial dynasty in emigration XX century Prince Abbas Hilmi Egypt Princess Badiya bint Hassan Jordan Prince Moulay Hicham of Morocco −2020 MoroccoPrincess Elisabeth, Duchess of BrabantLincoln2021-2024Belgium

Heads of State and Heads of Government

Name College Years at Oxford Country Position Ref John Gorton Brasenose 1932–1935 Australia Prime Minister 1968–71 Malcolm Fraser Magdalen 1949–1952 Australia Prime Minister 1975–83 Bob Hawke University 1953–1955/6 Australia Prime Minister 1983–91 Tony Abbott The Queen's 1981–1983 Australia Prime Minister 2013–15 Malcolm Turnbull Brasenose 1978–1980 Australia Prime Minister 2015–2018Kevin RuddJesus College, Oxford2017–AustraliaPrime Minister 2007–2010; 2013 Grantley Adams St Catherine's Society 1919– Barbados and theWest Indies Premier of Barbados 1954–58Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation 1958–62 J.M.G. (Tom) Adams Magdalen Barbados Prime Minister of Barbados 1976–85 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 Mark Carney St Peter's and Nuffield1991–1995CanadaPrime Minister 2025– 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 1996Prime Minister 2006–2007President 2007–2012; 2022- Penaia Ganilau Wadham Fiji President 1987–93 Kamisese Mara Wadham Fiji Prime Minister 1967–87 and 1987–92President 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 John Francis Davis Hong Kong Governor 1844–1848 George Bowen Trinity −1844 Hong Kong Governor 1883–1885 William Des Vœux Balliol −1856 Hong Kong Governor 1887–1891 Reginald Edward Stubbs Corpus Christi −1899 Hong Kong Governor 1919–1925 Cecil Clementi Magdalen −1898 Hong Kong Governor 1925–1930 Andrew Caldecott Exeter −1907 Hong Kong Governor 1935–1937 Geoffry Northcote Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1937–41 Lord Murray MacLehose Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1971–82 Lord David Wilson Keble 1955–1958 Hong Kong Governor 1987–92 Lord Chris Patten Balliol Hong Kong Governor 1992–1997 Viktor Orbán Pembroke 1989–1990 Hungary Prime Minister 1998–2002; 2010–now 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.President 1962–67 Manmohan Singh Nuffield India Prime Minister 2004–2014 Indira Gandhi Somerville 1937–1941 India Prime Minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 Norman Manley Jesus Jamaica Chief Minister 1955–59, Premier 1959–62 Dominic Mintoff Hertford Malta Prime Minister 1955–58, 1971–84 Sir Maung Gyee Myanmar/Burma Aung San Suu Kyi St Hugh's 1964–1967 MyanmarState Counsellor of Myanmar (De facto Prime Minister) 2015-nowNobel 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 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Pakistan Prime Minister 1956–57 Farooq Leghari Pakistan President 1993–97 Imran KhanKeble College, Oxford1972–1975PakistanPrime Minister 2018–2022 Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Exeter 1956– Peru Prime Minister of Peru 2005–06President of Peru 2016–2018 Seni Pramoj Worcester Thailand Prime Minister 1945–46, 1975, 1976 Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.St Edmund Hall1975-1978Philippines17th President of the Philippines 2022- Senator 2010–2016;

Representative 1992–95, 2007–10;

Governor 1983–86, 1998–2007;

Vice Governor 1981–83;

Lieutenant, Phil. Constabulary . Mark BrantleySt. Catherine's, OxfordSt. Kitts and NevisPremier of Nevis Kukrit Pramoj The Queen's −1933 Thailand Prime Minister 1975–76 Abhisit Vejjajiva St John's Thailand Prime Minister 2008–2011 Enele Sopoaga1956–TuvaluPrime Minister 2013–2019 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 Mihai Razvan Ungureanu St Cross Romania Prime Minister 2012 Bill Clinton University 1968–1970 United States President 1993–2001 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Lincoln Biafra President 1967–1970 Risto Ryti 1914 Finland President 1940–1944 & Prime Minister 1939–1940

Politicians, civil servants, diplomats, and military personnel