Politicians, Civil Servants, Diplomats, and Military Personnel
| Name | College | Years at Oxford | Country | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Abbott | Australia | Member of the House of Representatives 1994–, Parliamentary Secretary 1996–98, Minister 1998– | |||
| Kim Beazley | Australia | Leader HM Opposition 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– | ||
| 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 | ||
| Geoffrey Gallop | St John's | Australia | Premier of Western Australia 2001–06 | ||
| James Gobbo | Magdalen | Australia | Judge Supreme Court of Victoria 1978–94, Lt–Gov 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 1994–5, Minister 1999–04, Flemish Minister 2004–9, 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 until death in 1991 | |
| Eugene Forsey | Balliol | Canada | Senate 1970–79, Privy Council 1985–91 | ||
| Onésime Gagnon | Canada | House of Commons 1930–40, National Assembly of Quebec 1936–60, Lieutenant–Governor of Quebec 1958-61 | |||
| Paul Gérin-Lajoie | Canada | National Assembly of Quebec 1960–70, Minister 1960–66, Pres Canadian International Development Agency 1970–77 | |||
| Alastair Gillespie | Canada | sometime Government minister | |||
| John Godfrey | Balliol, St Antony's | 1967 MPhil, 1975 DPhil | Canada | Pres & V-C Univ of K Coll 1977-87, Ed Financial Post 1987-91, MP 1993-2008, Parly Sec to the PM 1996-2004, Min of State 2004-06, Hd Master Toronto French Sch 2008- | |
| Allan Gotlieb | Wadham and All Souls | Canada | Ambassador to the USA 1981–89, Chairman Canada Council 1989–94 | ||
| Arnold Heeney | St John's | Canada | Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Secretary 1940–49 Ambassador USA 1953-57 & 1959-62 | ||
| George Ignatieff | Canada | Ambassador to Yugoslavia 1956–8, NATO 1963–6, UN 1966–9, Chancellor University of Toronto 1980–6 | |||
| Michael Ignatieff | Canada | House of Commons 2006– | |||
| Ted Jolliffe | Christ Church | Canada | Leader Ontario CCF 1942-53, Leader Opposition Ontario Legislature 1943-45 & 1948-51 | ||
| Arthur Kroeger | Pembroke | Canada | Deputy Minister 1975–92, Chancellor of Carleton University 1993–2002 | ||
| Marcel Lambert | Hertford | Canada | MP 1957–84, Speaker 1962–63, Minister of Veterans Affairs 1963 | ||
| Otto Lang | Exeter | Canada | MP 1968–79, Minister 1968–79, Attorney General 1972–75 & 1978 | ||
| David Lewis | Canada | leader of New Democratic Party of Canada 1971–75 | |||
| Charles Herbert Little | Brasenose | Canada | Director of Naval Intelligence World War II | ||
| Vincent Massey | Balliol | Canada | Ambassador to USA 1927–30, Governor General 1952–59 | ||
| Roland Michener | Hertford | Canada | Speaker 1957-62, High Commissioner India & Ambassador Nepal 1964–67, Governor General 1967–74 | ||
| Talbot Mercer Papineau | Brasenose | Canada | MC 1915, died Passchendaele 6am 30 October 1917 | ||
| Jack Pickersgill | Canada | Clerk of the Privy Council & Sec to the Cabinet 1952-53, MP 1953-67, Privy Counsellor from 1953, CC from 1970, styled The Rt Hon from 1992 | |||
| Bob Rae | Balliol | Canada | Premier of Ontario 1990–95 | ||
| Escott Reid | Christ Church | Canada | High Commr & Ambassador 1952–62, Dir S Asia & Middle East Dept World Bank 1962–5 | ||
| Edgar Ritchie | Canada | Ambassador to USA 1966–70, Ambassador to Ireland 1976–80 | |||
| Norman Robertson | Canada | High Commr UK 1946–9 & 1952–7, Clerk of the Privy Council & Cabinet Sec 1949–52, Ambassador USA 1957–8 | |||
| Norman McLeod Rogers | University | Canada | MP 1935–40, Minister of Labour 1935–9, Minister of National Defence 1939–40 | ||
| James Sinclair | Canada | MP 1940–58, Minister of Fisheries 1952–57 | |||
| Arnold Smith | Christ Church | Canada | Ambassador to Egypt 1958–61, to USSR 1961–63, Commonwealth Secretary General 1965–75 | ||
| George F.G. Stanley | Keble | 1929-1936 | Canada | Lieutenant–Governor of New Brunswick 1981–87, designer of the Canadian flag | |
| Michel Vennat | Merton | Canada | Special Asst to the PM 1968–70, QC 1983, President Business Development Bank of Canada 2000–04 | ||
| Danny Williams | 1969 elected Rhodes Scholar | Canada | QC 1984, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2003- | ||
| Lalith Athulathmudali | Jesus | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Minister of National Security, Minister of State for Defence, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education. | ||
| Lakshman Kadirgamar | Balliol | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Foreign Minister 1994–2001 and 2004–05 | ||
| William de Silva | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Minister of Industries and Fisheries | |||
| Tyronne Fernando | Keble | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Foreign Minister 2001–04 | ||
| Gamani Corea | Nuffield | Ceylon/Sri Lanka | Secretary-General of the UNCTD & Ambassador to the EEC, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands | ||
| Lala Sukuna | Fiji | Tui Lau 1938-58, Speaker Legislative Council 1954–58, served French Foreign Legion (Croix de Guerre) | |||
| Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf | St Antony's | Germany | Member Bundestag & Sec of State 1969–70, Eur Commr 1970, Dir LSE 1974–84 | ||
| Hans Bernd von Haeften | Germany | conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 15 August 1944 | |||
| Adam von Trott zu Solz | Balliol | Germany | conspired in 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler, hanged at Plötzensee 26 August 1944 | ||
| Binay Ranjan Sen | India | director general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization 1956–67 | |||
| John Michuki | Oxford | Kenya | MP 1983–, Min for Transport & Commns 2002–05, for Internal Security 2005– | ||
| Chris Laidlaw | Merton | New Zealand | High Commissioner to Harare 1986–89, MP 1992–93 | ||
| Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt | Magdalen | New Zealand | Olympic bronze medal 1924, NZ Olympic captain 1928, member IOC 1934-67, surgeon to the King 1946-52, to the Queen 1952-67, President BMA and RCS, Governor General NZ 1967-72 | ||
| Paul Reeves | St Peter's | New Zealand | Archbishop 1980-85, Governor General 1985-90 | ||
| Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | Christ Church | 2007-10 | Pakistan | Appointed Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party 30 December 2007 and will become full-time party leader on completing his course at Oxford | |
| Imran Khan | Keble | Pakistan | cricket captain 1982–92, leader of Tehreek–e–Insaf Party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf1997–, MP 2002– | ||
| Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri | Pakistan | Foreign Minister | |||
| Radosław Sikorski | Pembroke | Poland | Minister of National Defence 2005–07, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007– | ||
| Tan Jee Say | Singapore | Principal Private Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong 1985 to 1990, Candidate for the Singapore Presidency 2011 | |||
| Frene Ginwala | South Africa | Speaker of the National Assembly 1994– | |||
| Jan Hofmeyr | South Africa | Cabinet Minister | |||
| Pixley ka Isaka Seme | Jesus | South Africa | founder of South African Native National Congress (later the ANC) | ||
| Korn Chatikavanij | St. John's | Thailand | Finance Minister of Thailand 2009–2011 | ||
| Sukhumbhand Paribatra | Pembroke | Thailand | Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand 1997–2000, Governor of Bangkok 2009–present | ||
| Carl Albert | St Peter's | United States | US Representative (Oklahoma) 1947–77, Speaker of the House 1971–77 | ||
| Thomas H. Allen | Wadham | United States | US Representative (Maine) 1997 | ||
| Rick Baker | United States | Mayor of St Petersburg, Florida 2001–05 & 2005–10 | |||
| Tom Birmingham | Exeter | United States | President of Massachusetts State Senate 1996–2003 | ||
| Dennis C. Blair | United States | Commander–in–Chief of US Pacific Command 1999–2002 | |||
| Charles Bonesteel | United States | Commander US Forces and Commander–in–Chief UN Command Korea 1966–69 | |||
| Cory Booker | United States | Mayor of Newark 2006– | |||
| David Boren | Balliol | United States | Governor of Oklahoma 1975–79, US Senator (Oklahoma) 1979–94, President University of Oklahoma 1994– | ||
| John Brademas | Brasenose | United States | US Representative (Indiana) 1959–81 | ||
| Bill Bradley | Worcester | United States | US Senator (New Jersey) 1979–97 | ||
| Ben Cannon | Corpus Christi | United States | Democratic candidate Oregon State Representative for House District 46 | ||
| Brad Carson | Trinity | United States | US Representative (Oklahoma) 2001–05 | ||
| Dick Celeste | Exeter | United States | Dir Peace Corps 1979–81, Gov Ohio 1983–91, Ambassador to India 1997–2001 Pres Colorado College 2002– | ||
| Wesley Clark | Magdalen | United States | Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe 1997–2000 | ||
| Charles R. Clason | Christ Church | United States | US Representative (Massachusetts) 1937–1949 | ||
| Richard Danzig | United States | US Secretary of the Navy 1998–2001 | |||
| Nancy-Ann Min DeParle | Balliol | United States | director Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 1997–2000 | ||
| Liddy Dole | University | United States | Sec of Transportation 1983–87 of Labor 89-90, President US Red Cross 91-99, US Senator (N Carolina) 2003– | ||
| William Henry Drayton | Balliol | United States | member of Continental Congress | ||
| Russ Feingold | Magdalen | United States | US Senator (Wisconsin) 1993–2011 | ||
| David B. Frohnmayer | Wadham | United States | Attorney General of Oregon 1981–91, President University of Oregon 1994– | ||
| William Fulbright | Pembroke | United States | US Senator (Arkansas) 1945–74 | ||
| Robert J. Harris | United States | Mayor of Ann Arbor 1969-73 | |||
| Gary Hart | St Antony's | United States | US Senator (Colorado) 1975-87 | ||
| Bradley C. Hosmer | United States | Superintendent US Air Force Academy 1991–94 | |||
| Bobby Jindal | New College | United States | Asst Secretary of Health and Human Services 2001–04, US Representative (Louisiana) 2005– | ||
| Philip Mayer Kaiser | Balliol | United States | Assistant Secretary of Labor 1949–53, Ambassador Mauritania 1961–64, Hungary 1977–80, Austria 1980–81 | ||
| Nicholas Katzenbach | Balliol | United States | Attorney General 1965–66, Under–Secretary of State 1966–69 | ||
| Philip Lader | Pembroke | United States | Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1997–2001 | ||
| Arthur Larson | Pembroke | United States | US Under Sec of Labor 1954–6, Dir US Information Agency 1956–7, Exec Asst to the President 1957–8 | ||
| Richard Lugar | Pembroke | United States | US Senator (Indiana) 1977– | ||
| Ira Magaziner | United States | President Clinton's chief internet policy advisor | |||
| Robert McCallum, Jr. | Christ Church | United States | Asst AG 01–03, Assoc AG 03–05, Acting Dep AG 04 & 05, Ambassador to Australia 05– | ||
| Charles Thomas McMillen | University | United States | Olympic silver medallist 1972, US Representative (Maryland) 1987–93 | ||
| Thomas Merrill | United States | Deputy Solicitor General 1987–90, Professor of Law Northwestern University 1993–2003, Columbia Law School 2003– | |||
| William Green Miller | United States | United States Ambassador to Ukraine from 1993 to 1998 | |||
| James Oglethorpe | Corpus Christi | United States | founder of Georgia | ||
| William Penn | Christ Church | United States | founder of Pennsylvania | ||
| Larry Pressler | St Edmund Hall | United States | US Senator (South Dakota) 1979–97 | ||
| Franklin Raines | Magdalen | United States | Director US Office of Management and Budget 1996–98 | ||
| Robert Reich | University | United States | Secretary of Labor 1993–97 | ||
| Mel Reynolds | Lincoln | United States | US Representative (Illinois) 1993–95 | ||
| Susan E. Rice | New College | United States | Assistant Secretary of State (African affairs) 1997–2001 | ||
| Winthrop Paul Rockefeller | Pembroke | United States | Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas 1996-2006 | ||
| Bernard W. Rogers | University | United States | Nato Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander–in–Chief US European Command 1979–87 | ||
| Dean Rusk | St John's | United States | Secretary of State from 1961–69 | ||
| Edward Rutledge | United States | member of Continental Congress | |||
| Paul Sarbanes | Balliol | United States | US Senator (Maryland) 1977–2007 | ||
| Kurt Schmoke | Balliol | United States | State's Attorney Baltimore City 1982–87, Mayor of Baltimore 1987-99 | ||
| John M. Spratt, Jr. | United States | US Representative (South Carolina) 1983– | |||
| Cecil Staton | Regent's Park | United States | Georgia State Senator | ||
| George Stephanopoulos | Balliol | United States | White House Communications Director under President Clinton | ||
| William Stevenson | United States | Olympic gold medallist 1924, President Oberlin College 1946–61, Ambassador Philippines 1961–65 | |||
| William Stoughton | New College | United States | acting Governor of Massachusetts 1694–99 | ||
| Strobe Talbott | Magdalen | United States | Deputy Secretary of State 1994–2001 | ||
| Stansfield Turner | Exeter | United States | director of Central Intelligence 1977–81 | ||
| David Vitter | Magdalen | United States | US Senator (Louisiana) 2005– | ||
| William Weld | University | United States | Governor of Massachusetts 1991-97 | ||
| Heather Wilson | Jesus | United States | US Representative (New Mexico) 1998– | ||
| R. James Woolsey | St John's | United States | director of Central Intelligence 1993–95 | ||
| Arthur Mutambara | Merton | Zimbabwe | president Movement for Democratic Change faction 2006– | ||
| Edward Yau | To be confirmed | Hong Kong | Secretary for the Environment | ||
| Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. | St. Edmund Hall | 1975-1978 | Philippines | Senator (current); Former Congressman and Former Governor (only son of Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos) |
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