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Thomas Bach
German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013
Xavier Bettel
Luxembourgish politician (born 1973)
Oleksandr Turchynov
Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, and Doctor of Economic Sciences
Anthony Giddens
British sociologist (born 1938)
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
President of the Central African Republic since 2016
Felipe González
Prime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996
Kgalema Motlanthe
President of South Africa, Deputy President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and Secretary-General of the African National Congress
Jeanine Áñez
Bolivian politician and Former President of Bolivia (2019–2020)
Lawrence Lessig
American academic, political activist
Peter Mutharika
President of Malawi
Moshe Katsav
8th President of Israel (2000–2007)
Xanana Gusmão
Prime Minister and former President of East Timor
Enda Kenny
Irish poliitician (* 1951)
Prayut Chan-o-cha
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023
Göran Persson
Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006
Ksenia Sobchak
Russian television personality and politician
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian billionaire and politician (born 1956)
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)
Julie Payette
29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963)
Álvaro Uribe
39.º President of Colombia from 2002 to 2010
Chen Shui-bian
10th and 11th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (2000–2008)
Fernando Collor de Mello
President of Brazil from 1990 to 1992
José Sarney
President of Brazil from 1985 to 1990
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Iranian architect and politician