Physicians Famous As Politicians
- Ibrahim Al-Jaafari - Prime minister of Iraq
- Iyad Allawi - interim Prime Minister of Iraq
- Salvador Allende (1908–1973) - Chilean president
- Emilio Alvarez Montalván - Foreign Minister of Nicaragua
- Arnulfo Arias - Panaman President
- Michelle Bachelet (born 1951) - Chilean president
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898–1997) - Prime Minister, President and later dictator of Malawi
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (born 1939) - first Norwegian female prime minister and Director-General of the World Health Organization
- Margaret Chan - Director General of the WHO and former Director of Health of Hong Kong
- Chen Chi-mai - former mayor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- York Chow - Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of Hong Kong
- François Duvalier (1907–1971) - also known as Papa Doc - President and later dictator of Haiti
- Antônio Palocci Filho - Brazilian politician, Finance Minister
- Christian Friedrich, Baron von Stockmar - Anglo-Belgian statesman
- Bill Frist (born 1952) - United States Senate Republican Majority Leader from 2003 until his retirement in 2007
- Che Guevara Latin American revolutionary leader
- George Habash - founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Mohammad Reza Khatami - Iranian politician
- Juscelino Kubitscheck - Brazilian president
- Mahathir bin Mohamad - Malaysian prime minister
- Agostinho Neto (1922–1979) - MPLA leader and president of Angola
- Navin Ramgoolam - Prime minister of Mauritius
- José Rizal (1861–1896) - Filipino revolutionary and national hero
- Bidhan Chandra Roy - Indian politician
- Hélio de Oliveira Santos - Brazilian politician, mayor of Campinas
- Tabaré Vázquez - Former Uruguayan President
- Sun Yat-Sen (1866–1925) - Founder of the Republic of China
- Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945) - Iranian Foreign Minister from 1981 to 1997.
- William Walker (1824–1860) - ruler of Nicaragua
- Yeoh Eng-kiong - former Secretary for Health and Welfare of Hong Kong
- Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009) - Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
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