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Heinz Fischer
Austrian politician (SPÖ), 8th president of Austria (born 1938)
Mario Monti
Italian economist and politician (1943-)
François Fillon
prime minister of France (2007-2012)
Bidya Devi Bhandari
president of Nepal
Mairead Maguire
peace activist (born 1944)
Traian Băsescu
President of Romania from 2004 to 2014
Yingluck Shinawatra
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2011 to 2014
Borut Pahor
Slovenian Politician, former Prime Minister and President, born 1963
Tansu Çiller
Turkish politician, who has been the first female and 22nd prime minister of the country
Boyko Borisov
Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017; 2017–2021)
Joschka Fischer
German politician
Enrico Letta
Italian politician
Yasuo Fukuda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008
Jeremy Corbyn
British politician, leader of the Labour Party 2015 to 2020
Aleksander Kwaśniewski
President of Poland from 1995 to 2005
Ali Bongo
President of Gabon (2009–2023)
Charles Michel
Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
Óscar Arias
President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010)
Roza Otunbayeva
President of Kyrgyzstan
Denys Shmyhal
Ukrainian politician, former Prime Minister of Ukraine (2020–2025)
Almazbek Atambayev
4th President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Estonian politician and diplomat, fourth president of Estonia (born 1953)
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
10th President of Turkey (born 1941)
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
28th Prime Minister of Iceland