38 Notable alumni of
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is 1305th in the world, 451st in Europe, and 10th in Switzerland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kofi Annan
- Enrolled in Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Studied in 1961-1962
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomateconomist
- Biography
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Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela.
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Imran Nazar Hosein
- Occupations
- ʿālimwriterphilosopherschool teacher
- Biography
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Imran Nazar Hosein is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian Islamic preacher, author and philosopher who specialises in Islamic eschatology, world politics, economics, and modern socio-economic/political issues. He is the author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an and other books.
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Philipp Hildebrand
- Occupations
- bankeruniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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Philipp Michael Hildebrand is a Swiss banker who has been a vice chairman of BlackRock since 2012.
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Witold Waszczykowski
- Enrolled in Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Studied in 1992-1993
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianhistoriandiplomat
- Biography
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Witold Jan Waszczykowski is a Polish politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2015 and 2018. Waszczykowski was a Member of the Sejm (2011–2019), and has been the Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
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Rafael Grossi
- Occupations
- diplomatUnited Nations official
- Biography
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Rafael Mariano Grossi is an Argentine diplomat. He has been serving as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since December 3, 2019. He was formerly the Argentine Ambassador to Austria, concurrent with Slovenia, Slovakia and International Organisations based in Vienna (2013–2019).
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Alpha Oumar Konaré
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alpha Oumar Konaré is a Malian politician, professor, historian and archaeologist, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
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Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlawyer
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Robert Ferdinand Wagner II was an American diplomat and politician who served three terms as the mayor of New York City from 1954 through 1965. When running for his third term, he broke with the Tammany Hall leadership, ending the clubhouse's reign in city politics. He also served as United States Ambassador to Spain and in a number of other offices.
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Princess Nora, Marchioness of Mariño
- Occupations
- sports executivearistocrat
- Biography
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Princess Norberta of Liechtenstein, Marchioness of Mariño, popularly known as Princess Nora, is a member of Liechtenstein princely family. She is the fourth child and only daughter of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife Georgina von Wilczek, and the younger sister of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.
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Teodor Meleșcanu
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Teodor Viorel Meleșcanu is a Romanian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) between 2012 and 2014. He was a three times senator on behalf of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Minister of Defense between 2007 and 2008, and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1992 and 1996, in November 2014 and since January 2017 to July 2019. On 27 February 2012, upon his appointment as head of the SIE, he suspended himself from PNL and was later expelled from the party. On 10 September 2019, he was elected President of the Senate. He resigned from office on 3 February 2020.
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Jafar Hassan
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Jafar Hassan is a Jordanian official who has served as the prime minister of Jordan since 2024.
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Mauricio Mulder
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Claude Maurice Mulder Bedoya, known as Mauricio Mulder, is a Peruvian politician, lawyer and former journalist. One of the most prominent and influential members of the Peruvian Aprista Party, he was Congressman from 2001 to 2019, representing Lima. From 2004 to 2010, he held the office of party secretary general.
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Robert McFarlane
- Enrolled in Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary officer
- Biography
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Robert Carl "Bud" McFarlane was an American Marine Corps officer who served as National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1985. Within the Reagan administration, McFarlane was a leading architect of the Strategic Defense Initiative, a project intended to defend the US from Soviet ballistic missile attacks. He resigned as National Security Adviser in late 1985 because of disagreements with other administration figures but remained involved in negotiations with Iran and with Hezbollah.
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Vera Michalski
- Occupations
- translatorpublisher
- Biography
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Vera Michalski-Hoffmann is a Swiss billionaire businesswoman, significant shareholder in Roche Holding and publisher. She is the president of several publishing houses in Switzerland, France and Poland, grouped together in a holding company, Libella SA, based in Lausanne. She founded the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher, that awards the annual Jan Michalski Prize in literature.
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Annemarie Huber-Hotz
- Occupations
- ethnologistpoliticiansociologist
- Biography
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Annemarie Huber-Hotz was a Swiss politician who served as the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland between 2000 and 2007. She was nominated by the FDP for the office, and elected to it on 15 December 1999. In 2011, she became President of the Swiss Red Cross and ex officio vice-president of the IFRC.
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André Simonazzi
- Occupations
- government spokespersonjournalistmiddle management
- Biography
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André Simonazzi was a Swiss journalist born in Monthey. He held the office of Vice-Chancellor and spokesman for the Swiss Federal Council, from April 2009 until his death in 2024.
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Pierre Krähenbühl
- Occupations
- manager
- Biography
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Pierre Krähenbühl is director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the organization’s second-highest-ranking position, a role he began in April 2024. He previously served as ICRC’s Director of Operations from 2002 to early 2014.
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Marco Piccinini
- Occupations
- politicianmanagerbusinesspersondiplomat
- Biography
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Marco Piccinini is a Monegasque sport personality, businessman, and politician.
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Riadh Sidaoui
- Enrolled in Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Graduated with DES
- Occupations
- writerjournalistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Riadh Sidaoui is a Swiss–Tunisian writer, journalist and political scientist.
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Saadia Zahidi
- Born in
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Pakistan - Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Saadia Zahidi is a managing director at the World Economic Forum.
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Juan Gasparini
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Juan Gasparini is an Argentinian investigative journalist and author.
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Antonio Hodgers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Antonio Hodgers is a Swiss politician and member of the Green Party of Switzerland. He has been Councillor of State of Geneva since December 2013, and president of the Council of State from 13 September 2018 to 17 October 2020.
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Arthur Dunkel
- Occupations
- diplomateconomist
- Biography
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Arthur Dunkel was a Swiss (Portuguese-born) administrator. He served as director-general of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade between 1980 and 1993. Dunkel was educated at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, in Geneva. He was Professor for International Trade at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).
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Frédéric Bastien
- Years
- 1969-2023 (aged 54)
- Enrolled in Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in study of history and international politics
- Occupations
- writerjournalisthistorian
- Biography
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Frédéric Bastien was a Canadian author, historian, and journalist, best known for the book La Bataille de Londres. Dessous, secrets et coulisses du rapatriement constitutionnel, whose allegations surrounding the 1982 patriation of Canada's constitution caused political controversy in Quebec and led the Supreme Court of Canada to launch an internal probe.
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Omar Touray
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Omar Alieu Touray is a Gambian diplomat who has served as president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission since 2022. He was the Gambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008 and was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from March 2008 to September 2009.
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Youssouf Bakayoko
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Youssouf Bakayoko was an Ivorian civil servant and ambassador who served in the government as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2006 to March 2010.
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Nanjala Nyabola
- Occupations
- women's rights activistwriterpolitical historianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Nanjala Nyabola is a Kenyan writer, political analyst, and activist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Philippe C. Schmitter
- Occupations
- university teacheracademicpolitical scientistsociologist
- Biography
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Philippe C. Schmitter is an American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. He is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute.
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Joseph Tsang Mang Kin
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Joseph Tsang Mang Kin, GOSK was a Mauritian poet, political scientist, philosopher, and biographer.
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Ton That Thien
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tôn Thất Thiện was a South Vietnamese nationalist of the post-World War II generation who had the rare distinction of serving and watching at close quarters the two historic leaders of post-World War II Vietnam: presidents Ho Chi Minh in the Viet Minh coalition in 1945–46, and Ngô Đình Diệm 1954–55/1956–59/1963. He played a significant though understated role in the nationalist attempt to preserve a non-Communist Vietnam.
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Mahdi Ahouie
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Mahdi Ahouie is an Iranian political scientist and assistant professor of international politics and head of the Department of Iranian Studies at the University of Tehran. He has also been Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue in Geneva. Ahouie is known for his research on Israel's foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and Iranian foreign relations.
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Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee is a Ghanaian diplomat who has been serving as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Africa at the United Nations Secretariat since 2021. In this capacity, she is part of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.
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Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwankolo
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marie-Ange Lukiana Mufwankolo, born Mufwankolo, is an elected member of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo who has also been a member of the Senate for Kinshasa. Previously, she was Minister of Gender, Women and Children in the governments of Adolphe Muzito and Minister of Labor and Social Welfare under Laurent-Desire Kabila and Gizenga Government.
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Max Sørensen
- Occupations
- judgeuniversity teacherdiplomat
- Biography
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Max Sørensen was a Danish diplomat, judge, and professor of international law. He holds the distinction of being the first person to have sat as a judge on both the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
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Jasmin Singer
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 46)
- Occupations
- animal rights advocatewriter
- Biography
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Jasmin Singer is an American animal rights activist. Since 2022, she has been the host of Weekend Edition for WXXI, Rochester, NY's NPR member station. She is the co-founder of the non-profit organization and podcast Our Hen House, serves as editor-at-large of VegNews, and is the former Vice President of Editorial at Kinder Beauty. She also supports LGBTQ+ and overlapping social justice issues.
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George W. Grace
- Occupations
- anthropologistuniversity teacherlinguist
- Biography
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George William Grace was an American linguist who specialized in historical and comparative linguistics, ethnolinguistics, and Austronesian languages, especially the Oceanic languages of Melanesia. He joined the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1964, serving three years as chair (1966–1969) and three decades as editor of Oceanic Linguistics (1962–1991), a journal he founded while teaching anthropology at Southern Illinois University (1960–1964).
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Nicolas Rossier
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorcinematographer
- Biography
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Nicolas Rossier is an American filmmaker and reporter best known for his biographical documentaries of the former president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and South African Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient F.W. de Klerk.
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Márcia Donner Abreu
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Márcia Donner Abreu is a Brazilian diplomat. She is currently ambassador of Brazil to the Republic of Korea. She was ambassador of Brazil to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to Turkmenistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
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Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Arnauld Antoine Akodjènou, a native of Benin, is a long-life humanitarian and diplomat, currently serving as Senior Adviser for Africa at the Kofi Annan Foundation specifically working on the Democracy and Electoral Integrity Initiative. Prior to this he served as the Regional Refugee Coordinator and Special Adviser to the High Commissioner for refugees for the South Sudan Situation at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He has held numerous positions in the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) and Mali (MINUSMA), and as a Deputy Special Representative of UN Secretary General. His career with the UNHCR spans over twenty-five years.
