LSE world leaders
Over 40 past or present world leaders have taught or studied at LSE. Browse this list to find out more about LSE world leaders and which countries they were from.
Barbados
The Rt Hon Errol Walton Barrow (1920-1987)
BSc (Econ) 1950
Prime Minister 1962-1966; 1966-1976; 1986-1987.
Mia Mottley (1965-)
LLB 1986
First female Prime Minister 2018-present.
Canada
Rt Hon Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)
Research Fee Student 1947-1948
Prime Minister 1968-1979; 1980-1984.
The Rt Hon Kim Campbell (1947-)
PhD student 1973
Prime Minister June-November 1993.
Jacques Parizeau (1930-2015)
PhD student 1955
Premier of Quebec 1994-1995.
China
Yang Jiechi (1950-)
General Course 1975
Foreign Minister 2007-2013.
Colombia
Dr Pumarejo Alfonso Lopez (1886-1959)
Occasional Registration 1932-1933
President 1934-1938, 1942-1945.
Juan Manuel Santos (1951-)
MSc Economics 1975
President 2010-2018.
Denmark
HM Queen Margrethe II (1940-)
Occasional student 1965
Queen 1972-2024.
Dominica
The Hon Dame Eugenia Charles (1919-2005)
LLM 1949
First female Prime Minister 1980-1995.
Fiji
The Rt Hon Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920-2004)
Diploma Econ and Social Admin 1962
Prime Minister 1970-1992; President 1994-2000.
Finland
Dr Alexander Stubb (1986-)
PhD International Relations 1999
Prime Minister 2014-2015; President 2024-present.
Ghana
Dr Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
PhD (did not complete) 1946
First President 1960-1966.
Hon Dr Hilla Limann (1934-1998)
BSc (Econ) 1960
President 1979-1981.
John Atta Mills (1944-2012)
LLM 1967-68
President 2009-2012.
Greece
George Papandreou (1952-)
MSc Sociology 1977
Prime Minister 2009-2011.
Professor Konstantinos Simitis (1936-2025)
Research Fee Student 1961-1963
Prime Minister 1996-2004.
India
Shri KR Narayanan (1921-2005)
BSc (Econ) 1945-1948
President 1997-2002.
Israel
Moshe Sharett (1894 -1965)
BSc (Econ) 1924
Prime Minister 1954-1955.
Italy
Professor Romano Prodi (1939-)
Research Fee Student 1962-1963
Prime Minister 1996-1998; President of the European Commission 1999-2004;
Prime Minister 2006-2008.
Jamaica
The Rt Hon Michael Manley (1924-1997)
BSc (Econ) 1949
Prime Minister 1972-1980; 1989-1992.
The Rt Hon P J Patterson (1935-)
LLB 1963
Premier 1992-2006.
Japan
Tarō Asō (1940-)
Occasional Student 1966
Prime Minister 2008-2009, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
2012-2021.
Jordan
Dr Bisher Khasawneh (1969-)
LLM 1996, PhD Law 2007
Prime Minister 2020-2024.
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta (c1894-1978)
ADA 1936
First President 1964-1978.
Mwai Kibaki (1931-2022)
BSc Economics 1959
President 2002-2013.
Kiribati
Anote Tong (1952-)
MSc Sea-Use Group 1988
President 2003-2016.
Mauritius
The Hon Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo (1920-2000)
LLB 1948
First President of Mauritius March-June 1992.
The Hon Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam (1947-)
LLB 1990
Prime Minister 1995-2000; 2005-2014; 2024-present.
Nepal
Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946-)
Research Student International Relations 1988-1989
Prime Minister 1995-1997; 2001-2003; 2004-2005; 2017-18; 2021-2022.
Panama
Harmodio Arias (1886-1962)
Occasional Student, 1909-1911
President 1932-1936.
Peru
Pedro Gerardo Beltran Espanto (1897-1979)
BSc (Econ) 1918
Prime Minister 1959-1961.
Beatriz Merino (1947-)
LLM 1972
First female Prime Minister 2003.
Poland
Marek Belka (1952-)
Summer School 1990
Prime Minister 2004-2005.
Singapore
Goh Keng Swee (1918-2010)
BSc Economics 1951; PhD Economics 1956
Deputy Prime Minister 1973-1985.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957-)
BSc Economics 1981
Deputy Prime Minister 2011-2019; President 2023-present.
St Lucia
The Rt Hon John Compton (1925-2007)
LLB 1952
Premier 1967-1979; First Prime Minister 1979; 1982-1996; 2006-2007.
Taiwan
Yu Kuo-Hwa (1914-2000)
Composition fee student 1947-1949
Premier 1984-1989.
Tsai Ing-wen (1956-)
PhD Law 1984
First female President 2016- 2024.
Thailand
Thanin Kraivichien (1927-2025)
LLB 1953
Prime Minister 1976-1977.
Togo
Sylvanus Olympio (1902-1963)
B Commerce 1925
Prime Minister 1958-1961; First President 1961-1963.
UK
Clement Attlee (1883-1967)
Lecturer in social science and administration, 1912-1923
Prime Minister, 1945-1951.