This is a list of alumni, former staff, and those otherwise associated with Sciences Po. For further information, refer to the list of Sciences Po alumni in the French Wikipedia. Neither list is complete.
Heads of international organisations Audrey Azoulay (b. 1972), Director general to UNESCO (2017–present) Bertrand Badré (b. 1968) Managing Director of World Bank (2013–Present) Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1996) Michel Camdessus (b. 1933), managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1987–2000) Jean-Claude Paye (b.1934), secretary general of the OECD Francis Blanchard (1916–2009), director-general of the International Labour Organisation (1974–1989) Alpha Condé (b. 1938), Chairperson of African Union (2017–present) Nicole Fontaine (1942–2018), President of the European Parliament (1999–2001) Gilbert Guillaume (b. 1930), ex president of the International Court of Justice (2000–2003) Pascal Lamy (b. 1947), Director-General of the World Trade Organization Pierre Lellouche, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Roger Ockrent (1907–1983), chairman of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1957–1974) Dominique Strauss-Kahn (b. 1949), ex-Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Marisol Touraine (b. 1959), Chair of Unitaid Executive Board Justin Vaïsse (b. 1973), Director General of the Paris Peace Forum Simone Veil (1927–2017), president of the European Parliament (1979–1984) Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976), president of the United Nations General Assembly (1956–1958) Roger Auboin (1891–1974), general manager of the Bank for international settlements (1938–1958)
Guillaume Guindey (1909–1989), general manager of the Bank for international settlements (1958–1963) Elena Zhemkova, co-founder of Memorial Society Jean-Paul Costa (1941–2023), president of the European Court of Human Rights (2007–2011) Mattias Guyomar (b. 1968), president of the European Court of Human Rights (2025–present)
Heads of state or government
World Pridi Banomyong (1900–1983), Prime Minister of Thailand (1946), Regent of Thailand (1941–45) Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935–1948) Paul Biya (b. 1933), President of Cameroon (1982–present) Hissène Habré (b. 1942), President of Chad (1982–1990) Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000), President of Tunisia (1957–1987) Alpha Condé (b. 1938), President of Guinea (2010–present) Esko Aho,(b. 1954), former prime minister to Finland (1991–1995) Bảo Đại (1913–1997), Emperor of Vietnam (1926–1955), Emperor of Annam (1926–1945) Chandrika Kumaratunga (b. 1945), President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005) Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967), Prime Minister of Iran (1951–1953), Time magazine Man of the Year (1951) Rainier III (1923–2005), Prince of Monaco (1949–2005) Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014), Present Dean at Sciences Po José Sócrates (b. 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011) Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984) Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–1974, 1979–1984), so-called "father of the Euro" Hasan Saka (1885–1960), Prime Minister of Turkey (1947–1949) Salome Zurabishvili (12–2018), President of Georgia Angela Merkel (b. 1954), Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021) Václav Havel (1936–2011), President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992), President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003) Jonas Gahr Støre (b. 1960), Prime minister of Norway (2021–)
France René Pleven (1901–1993), Prime Minister of France (1950–1951, 1951–1952) Georges Pompidou (1911–1974), President of the French Republic (1969–1974) Alain Poher (1909–1996), acting President of France (1969, 1974), President of the Senate (1968–1992) Édouard Balladur (b. 1929), Prime Minister of France (1993–1995) Raymond Barre (1924–2007), Prime Minister of France (1976–1981) Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister of France (1969–1972) Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), President of the French Republic (1995–2007), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986, 1986–1988) Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999), Prime Minister of France (1968–1969) Michel Debré (1912–1996), Prime Minister of France (1959–1962) Laurent Fabius (b. 1946), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986), President of the Constitutional Council (2016–) François Hollande (b. 1954), President of the French Republic (2012–2017) Lionel Jospin (b. 1937), Prime Minister of France (1997–2002) Alain Juppé (b. 1945), Prime Minister of France (1995–1997) Nicolas Sarkozy (b. 1955), President of France (2007–2012) Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977), President of the French Republic (2017–) Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013) Prime Minister of France (1981–1984) François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of the French Republic (1981–1995) Michel Rocard (1930–2016), Prime Minister of France (1988–1991) Dominique de Villepin (b. 1953), Prime Minister of France (2005–2007) Édouard Philippe (b. 1970), Prime Minister of France (2017–2020) Jean Castex (b. 1965), Prime Minister of France (2020–2022) Gabriel Attal (b. 1989), Prime Minister of France (2024) Michel Barnier (b. 1951), Prime Minister of France (2024)
Politics and government
World
Nebahat Albayrak, Turkish–Dutch politician in the Netherlands; Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations (2017–) Alin Mituța, Member of the European Parliament, former Secretary of State in the Romanian Government J. Brady Anderson, US ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist Jihad Azour, Minister of Finance of Lebanon (2005–present) Jeremy Kinsman, former Canadian ambassador to European Union Howard Balloch, erstwhile Canadian ambassador to China, director at Zi Corporation Rula Ghani, First lady of Afghanistan Adrian A. Basora, United States ambassador Cina Lawson, Minister in Togo Government Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian senator, anti-corruption activist, and candidate for president of Colombia Sir John Henry Birchenough, GCMG (1853 –1937), English public servant; President of the British South Africa Company (1925–1937) L. Paul Bremer (b. 1941), U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq (2003–2004) Caroline, Princess of Hanover, princess of the Principality of Monaco; daughter of American actress Grace Kelly Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (1924–1929); 1925 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Yves-Thibault de Silguy, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Božidar Đelić, vice-president of the government of Serbia, 2007– Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal senator and author Stéphane Dion, former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Roland Dumas (1922–2024), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1993) William Eagleton, representative of UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara; erstwhile US ambassador to Syria Joaquim do Espirito Santo, ambassador of Angola to the United States James Foley, United States Ambassador to Haiti (2003–2005), United States Ambassador to Croatia (2009–2012) Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative (2025–present) Ahmad Kamal, Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations Bernard Landry, former Premier of Quebec Ertuğrul Osman, pretender to the title of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; head of the house of Osmanli (1994–2009) Sam Rainsy, Cambodian opposition leader; Member of Parliament Leon Reich, member of the Sejm of Poland Charles Rizk, Lebanese justice minister (2005–) Nano Ružin, Macedonian professor of political and social sciences, Ex-Macedonian Ambassador to NATO, and presidential candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2009 Afif Safieh, Palestinian ambassador to the US, regarded as the most articulate living Palestinian diplomat Nawaf Salam, ambassador and permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations Ghassan Salamé, former Minister of Culture of Lebanon (2000–2003); prolific author on Middle East politics Ieng Sary, deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, 1975–1979 Brad Setser, former Deputy Secretary in the US Treasury Department Mike Schmuhl, manager for the Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign Sally Shelton-Colby, assistant administrator of the Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research in the US Department of State, erstwhile US ambassador to Grenada and Barbados Joan E. Spero, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services; former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2012) Francis Orlando Wilcox (1908–1985), Assistant Secretary of State of the USA (1955–1961) Stanley Woodward, US Ambassador to Canada (1950–1953) Salome Zurabishvili, former French diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the current leader of the United Georgian Opposition Thanat Khoman, Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs 1959–1971 and Deputy Prime Minister 1981–1983 Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé advocate for African independence Władysław Grabski, Prime Minister of Poland 1920, 1923–1925 Henri d'Orléans, Orléanist pretender to the French throne
France
Ministers (N.B. This is a small selection given the large number of Fifth Republic ministers who studied at the institute.) Martine Aubry, former French Minister for Social Affairs, mayor of Lille (in French: Martine Aubry) Dominique Baudis, French MP and former mayor of Toulouse (in French: Dominique Baudis) Jean-Louis Bourlanges, member of the European Parliament; vice-président of the UDF Jean-Pierre Chevènement, former French Minister of Interior Bernadette Chirac, former First Lady of France; Representative in Corrèze General Council; chairwoman of Fondation Hôpitaux de Paris; wife of former French president Jacques Chirac Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, vice-president of the Council of State Olivier Duhamel, former member of the European Parliament; former Member of the European Convention (in French: Olivier Duhamel) Hervé Gaymard, former French Minister of Finance Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, former Minister of Industry, French ambassador to Algeria Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture and Education Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs and now President of France Xavier Musca, director of the French Treasury; Director-General of the French Treasury and Economic Development Department (2002–present) Jean Peyrelevade, civil servant, politician and business leader J'ai changé d'avis Ségolène Royal, a defeated 2007 presidential candidate Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002) Maurice Papon, French civil servant, Gaullist politician and Nazi collaborator Bruno Retailleau, minister of State and of the interior (2024–), president of Les Républicains (2025–) Diplomats (N.B. This is a small selection given that almost every diplomat since the inception of the Fifth Republic studied at the institute.) Hervé Alphand, erstwhile French ambassador to the United States, UN, NATO, and the OEEC Roland de Margerie, former ambassador of France to Germany Xavier de La Chevalerie, former ambassador, chief of staff of the president (1967–1969) Gérard Errera, ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (2002–present) André François-Poncet, former ambassador of France to Germany Dominique Girard, ambassador of France to India Daniel Jouanneau, ambassador of France to Canada (2004–present) Jean-David Levitte (b. 1946), ambassador of France to the USA (2002–present); Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (2000–2002) Claude Martin, ambassador of France to Germany (2001–present) Jean-Maurice Ripert, former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Ambassador of France to Russia, and Ambassador of France to China Luis Vassy, former ambassador of France to the Netherlands; Director of Sciences Po Advisors: