This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students of Aix-Marseille University (AMU), based in Provence, southern France. Founded in 1409, the institution underwent reform in 2012 following the reunification of the University of Provence, the University of the Mediterranean, and Paul Cézanne University, leading to the establishment of the largest university in the French-speaking world.
The list also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that previously were part, or later became part of the university. The list has been divided into categories indicating the field of activity in which alumni have become well known. Many of AMU’s alumni have distinguished themselves in more than one field; however, these appear only in the category which they are most often associated. This page does not include individuals whose only connection with AMU consists in the award of an honorary degree.
Nobel laureates
Pierre Agostini – winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics René Cassin – winner of the 1968 Nobel Peace Prize J. M. G. Le Clézio – winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature Frédéric Mistral – winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature
Politicians and civil servants
Heads/deputy heads of state and government
State/Government Leader/Deputy Leader OfficeSmail HamdaniPrime Minister: 1998–1999Fernando José de França Dias Van-DúnemPrime Minister: 1991–1992; 1996–1999Dimitar GrekovPrime Minister: Jan–Oct 1899Vasil KolarovChairman of the Provisional Government: 1946–1947; Prime Minister: 1949–1950Nikola MushanovPrime Minister: 1931–1934Sok Chenda SopheaDeputy Prime Minister: 2023–present Norodom RanariddhPrime Minister: 1993–1997Simon Achidi AchuPrime Minister: 1992–1996Idi NadhoimVice-President: 2006–2011Ahmed Zeiwar PashaPrime Minister: 1924–1926Édouard BalladurMinister of State: 1986–1988; Prime Minister: 1993–1995Jean-Jacques-Régis de CambacérèsSecond Consul: 1799–1804Gaston DefferreMinister of State: 1981–1983; 1984–1986Félix GouinPresident of the Provisional Government/Prime Minister: Jan–Jun 1946; Minister of State: 1946–1947Maurice RouvierPrime Minister: May–Dec 1887; 1905–1906Adolphe ThiersPrime Minister: Feb–Sep 1836; Mar–Oct 1840; President: 1871–1873Émile EddéPrime Minister: 1929–1930; President: 1936–1941; Nov 1943Paulette LenertFirst Deputy Prime Minister: 2022–2023Boubou CissePrime Minister: 2019–2020Modibo SidibéPrime Minister: 2007–2011Ivan CollendavellooDeputy Prime Minister: 2016–2020Antoine Bruni d'EntrecasteauxGovernor: 1787–1789Pravind JugnauthDeputy Prime Minister: 2003–2005; Prime Minister: 2017–2024Aminata TouréPrime Minister: 2013–2014Lívia VašákováDeputy Prime Minister: May–Oct 2023 Chandrika KumaratungaPrime Minister: Aug–Nov 1994; President: 1994–2005Likulia BolongoPrime Minister: Apr–May 1997
Foreign politicians and civil servants
Mohamed Abbou – Minister Delegate for Industry, Trade, Investment and the Digital Economy of Morocco: 2013–2016; Minister Delegate for Public Sector Modernization of Morocco: 2007–2010; Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco: 1997–2011Mohamed Abbou - Biography Ragab Muftah Abudabus – Libyan member of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP): 2004–2009 Carlos Arellano Lennox – President of the National Assembly of Panama: Mar–Aug 1990; Member of the National Assembly of Panama: 1984–1991 Nassirou Bako Arifari – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin: 2011–2015 Lucie Milebou Aubusson – President of the Senate of Gabon: 2015–2023 Nizar Baraka – Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco: 2012–2013; President of the Social, Economic and Environmental Council: 2013–2018; Minister of Equipment and Water of Morocco: 2021–present Simone Beissel – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 1999–2004/2013–present Driss Benzekri – Moroccan left-wing political and human rights activist Nicolae Blaremberg – Minister of Justice of Romania: Nov 1891 Albert Borschette – European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms: 1970–1973; European Commissioner for Competition: 1970–1976 Jacques Bouiti – Minister of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1968–1970 Thomas Brezzo – Member of the National Council of Monaco: 2018–present; President of the National Council of Monaco: 2024–present Brian Campion – American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives Céline Caron-Dagioni – Counsellor for Equipment, Environment, and Urban Planning of Monaco: 2021–present Pascal Chabi Kao – Minister of Labour of Benin: 1966–1967; Minister of Economy and Finance of Benin: 1967–1968/1970–1972 Norodom Chakravuth – Member of the Cambodian Royal Family; President of FUNCINPEC: 2022–present; Member of the National Assembly of Cambodia: 2023–present Adolfo Costa du Rels – President of the Council of the League of Nations: 1940–1946; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia: 1948; Bolivian Ambassador to France: 1948–1952 Francis Covi – President of the National Assembly of Benin: 1959–1960; Member of the National Assembly of Benin: 1959–1963 Piotr Czauderna – Member of the National Development Council of Poland: 2015–present Nigel Davies – Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Epping: 1950–1951 Norodom Rattana Devi – Cambodian Princess; Member of the National Assembly of Cambodia: 2003–2008; Vice-President of FUNCINPEC: 2022–present Henriette Diabaté – Minister of Culture of Ivory Coast: 1990–1993/2000; Minister of Justice of Ivory Coast: 2003–2005 Fatou Diane – Minister of Women, Family, and Child Protection of Senegal: 2022–present Issa Doubragne – Minister of Economy, Development Planning and International Cooperation of the Republic of Chad: 2018–2022 Emile Doumba – Minister of Finance and Economy of Gabon: 1999–2002; Minister of Forestry, Water, Fisheries and National Parks of Gabon: 2002–2009; Minister of Urban and Regional Planning of Gabon: Jun–Jul 2009; Minister of Energy, Hydraulic Resources, and New Energies of Gabon: Jul–Oct 2009 Mohamed Ould El Abed – Minister for Economic Affairs and Development of Mauritania: 2005–2007 Aziz El Houssine – Minister of Civil Service and Administrative Reform of Morocco: 1998–2000 Joëlle Elvinger – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 2013–2019 Nicholas Fattoush – Minister of Tourism of Lebanon: 1992–1998; Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs of Lebanon: 2011–2014 Hao Feng-ming – Acting Minister of Labour of Taiwan: Jul–Aug 2014; Deputy Minister of Labour of Taiwan: 2014–2016 Jean-François Ferrari – Member of the National Assembly of Seychelles: 2016–2020; Designated Minister and Minister of Fisheries of Seychelles: 2020–2025 Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde – Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: 2010–2013 Tiémoko Marc Garango – Minister of Finance of Burkina Faso: 1966–1976 Stanislav Gavronsky – Member of the State Council of the Russian Empire: 1906–1907 Léon Gloden – Minister of the Interior of Luxembourg: 2023–present; Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 2009–2023 Bernard Gousse – Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti: 2004–2005 Hermann Höcherl – Minister of the Interior of Germany: 1961–1965; Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of Germany: 1965–1969 Hu Sishe – Member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: 2023–present Idriss Azami Al Idrissi – Minister Delegate for the Budget of Morocco: 2012–2016; Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco: 2013–2017; Member of the House of Representatives of Morocco: 2016–2021 Yule F. Kilcher – Member of the Alaska State Senate: 1963–1966 Mamadou Koulibaly – President of the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire: 2001–2012 Abdou Labo – Minister of Defense of Nigeria: 1994–1995; Minister of Equipment of Nigeria: 2000–2002; Minister of State for Sports and Culture of Nigeria: 2002–2004; Minister of State for Hydraulics of Nigeria: 2004–2007; Minister of State for the Interior of Nigeria: 2011–2013; Minister of State for Agriculture of Nigeria: 2013–2014 Sven Lehmann – Member of the German Bundestag: 2017–present Luzolo Bambi Lessa – Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2008–2012 Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo – Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Mauritius: 1983–1991/2014–2015; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritius: 2016–2019 Tshiunza Mbiye – Minister for the Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Feb–Aug 1987 Penda Mbow – Minister of Culture of Senegal: 2001 Mattea Meyer – Member of the Swiss National Council: 2015–2019/2019–present Stoyan Mihaylovski – Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria: 1886–1887/1894–1896/1903–1908 Kunio Mikuriya – Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO): 2009–2023Kunio Mikuriya – Biography Federica Mogherini – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy: Feb–Oct 2014; High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission: 2014–2019 Zakaria Ben Mustapha – Minister of Culture of Tunisia: 1986–1987/1987–1988; Mayor of Tunis: 1980–1986 Robert Nkili – Minister of Transport of Cameroon: 2011–2015; Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Cameroon: 2002–2011 Camélia Ntoutoume – Minister of State/Minister of National Education and Vocational Training of Gabon: 2022–2025/2026–present; Member of the National Assembly of Gabon: 2025–2026; Minister Delegate of Higher Education of Gabon: 2020–2022 Benoît Pelletier – Minister of Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs: 2003–2008; Leader of the Government in Parliament: 2007–2008 Josué Pierre-Louis – Minister of Justice and Public Security of Haiti: Oct–Nov 2011 Saraha Georget Rabeharisoa – Malagasy politician and president of the Madagascar Green Party Césaire Rabenoro – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar: 1991–1993 Daniel Rajakoba – Malagasy politician, founder of the Fihavanantsika party Richard Randriamandrato – Minister of Economy and Finance of Madagascar: 2019–2021; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar: Mar–Oct 2022 Roy Reding – Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg: 2013–2023 Martine Reicherts – European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship: Jul–Nov 2014; Director-General of DG Education and Culture (DG EAC): 2015–2018 Valérie Rossi – Member of the National Council of Monaco: 2013–2018 Manuela Rottmann – Member of the German Bundestag: 2017–2024 Amor Rourou – Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines of Tunisia: 1979–1980 Johnson Roussety – Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues, Mauritius: 2006–2011/2022–present Nicolas Schmit – European Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness: 2019–2024; Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration of Luxembourg: 2013–2018 Delly Sesanga – Minister for Planning of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mar–Oct 2006; Member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2006–present Iain Sproat – Minister for Sport and Tourism (UK): 1993–1997; Member of Parliament for Harwich: 1992–1997; Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South: 1970–1983 René Steichen – European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food: 1992–1995; Luxembourgish European Commissioner: 1992–1995 Jeremy Stine – Member of the Louisiana State Senate: 2022–present; Majority Leader of the Louisiana State Senate: 2024–present Jorge Telerman – Argentine politician and journalist, the 4th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City Roland Theis – Member of the German Bundestag: 2025–present Herdis Thorgeirsdottir – Icelandic lawyer and political scientist, candidate for president in the 2012 Icelandic presidential election; First Vice-President of the Venice Commission: 2013–present Erik Ullenhag – Minister of Integration of Sweden: 2010–2014; Leader of the Liberal People's Party in the Swedish Riksdag: 2014–2016Erik Ullenhag - CV