List of Sciences Po people

This is a list of alumni, former staff, and those otherwise associated with Sciences Po. For further information, refer to the . Neither list is complete.

Heads of international organisations

• Audrey Azoulay (b. 1972), Director general to UNESCO (2017–present)
• Bertrand Badré (b. 1968) Managing Director of World Bank (2013–Present)
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922–2016), United Nations Secretary-General (1992–1996)
• Michel Camdessus (b. 1933), managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1987–2000)
• Jean-Claude Paye (b.1934), secretary general of the OECD
• Francis Blanchard (1916–2009), director-general of the International Labour Organisation (1974–1989)
• Alpha Condé (b. 1938), Chairperson of African Union (2017–present)
• Nicole Fontaine (1942–2018), President of the European Parliament (1999–2001)
• Gilbert Guillaume (b. 1930), ex president of the International Court of Justice (2000–2003)
• Pascal Lamy (b. 1947), Director-General of the World Trade Organization
• Pierre Lellouche, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• Roger Ockrent (1907–1983), chairman of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1957–1974)
• Dominique Strauss-Kahn (b. 1949), ex-Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
• Marisol Touraine (b. 1959), Chair of Unitaid Executive Board
• Justin Vaïsse (b. 1973), Director General of the Paris Peace Forum
• Simone Veil (1927–2017), president of the European Parliament (1979–1984)
• Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976), president of the United Nations General Assembly (1956–1958)
• Roger Auboin (1891–1974), general manager of the Bank for international settlements (1938–1958)

• Guillaume Guindey (1909–1989), general manager of the Bank for international settlements (1958–1963)
• Elena Zhemkova, co-founder of Memorial Society
• Jean-Paul Costa (1941–2023), president of the European Court of Human Rights (2007–2011)
• Mattias Guyomar (b. 1968), president of the European Court of Human Rights (2025–present)

Heads of state or government

World

• Pridi Banomyong (1900–1983), Prime Minister of Thailand (1946), Regent of Thailand (1941–45)
• Edvard BeneÅ¡ (1884–1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935–1948)
• Paul Biya (b. 1933), President of Cameroon (1982–present)
• Hissène Habré (b. 1942), President of Chad (1982–1990)
• Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000), President of Tunisia (1957–1987)
• Alpha Condé (b. 1938), President of Guinea (2010–present)
• Esko Aho,(b. 1954), former prime minister to Finland (1991–1995)
• Bảo Đại (1913–1997), Emperor of Vietnam (1926–1955), Emperor of Annam (1926–1945)
• Chandrika Kumaratunga (b. 1945), President of Sri Lanka (1994–2005)
• Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967), Prime Minister of Iran (1951–1953), Time magazine Man of the Year (1951)
• Rainier III (1923–2005), Prince of Monaco (1949–2005)
• Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014), Present Dean at Sciences Po
• José Sócrates (b. 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005–2011)
• Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Canada (1968–1979, 1980–1984)
• Pierre Werner (1913–2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959–1974, 1979–1984), so-called "father of the Euro"
• Hasan Saka (1885–1960), Prime Minister of Turkey (1947–1949)
• Salome Zurabishvili (12–2018), President of Georgia
• Angela Merkel (b. 1954), Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021)
• Václav Havel (1936–2011), President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992), President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003)
• Jonas Gahr Støre (b. 1960), Prime minister of Norway (2021–)

France

• René Pleven (1901–1993), Prime Minister of France (1950–1951, 1951–1952)
• Georges Pompidou (1911–1974), President of the French Republic (1969–1974)
• Alain Poher (1909–1996), acting President of France (1969, 1974), President of the Senate (1968–1992)
• Édouard Balladur (b. 1929), Prime Minister of France (1993–1995)
• Raymond Barre (1924–2007), Prime Minister of France (1976–1981)
• Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister of France (1969–1972)
• Jacques Chirac (1932–2019), President of the French Republic (1995–2007), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986, 1986–1988)
• Maurice Couve de Murville (1907–1999), Prime Minister of France (1968–1969)
• Michel Debré (1912–1996), Prime Minister of France (1959–1962)
• Laurent Fabius (b. 1946), Prime Minister of France (1983–1986), President of the Constitutional Council (2016–)
• François Hollande (b. 1954), President of the French Republic (2012–2017)
• Lionel Jospin (b. 1937), Prime Minister of France (1997–2002)
• Alain Juppé (b. 1945), Prime Minister of France (1995–1997)
• Nicolas Sarkozy (b. 1955), President of France (2007–2012)
• Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977), President of the French Republic (2017–)
• Pierre Mauroy (1928–2013) Prime Minister of France (1981–1984)
• François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of the French Republic (1981–1995)
• Michel Rocard (1930–2016), Prime Minister of France (1988–1991)
• Dominique de Villepin (b. 1953), Prime Minister of France (2005–2007)
• Édouard Philippe (b. 1970), Prime Minister of France (2017–2020)
• Jean Castex (b. 1965), Prime Minister of France (2020–2022)
• Gabriel Attal (b. 1989), Prime Minister of France (2024)
• Michel Barnier (b. 1951), Prime Minister of France (2024)

Politics and government

World

• Nebahat Albayrak, Turkish–Dutch politician in the Netherlands;
• Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations (2017–)
• Alin Mituța, Member of the European Parliament, former Secretary of State in the Romanian Government
• J. Brady Anderson, US ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania
• François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist
• Jihad Azour, Minister of Finance of Lebanon (2005–present)
• Jeremy Kinsman, former Canadian ambassador to European Union
• Howard Balloch, erstwhile Canadian ambassador to China, director at Zi Corporation
• Rula Ghani, First lady of Afghanistan
• Adrian A. Basora, United States ambassador
• Cina Lawson, Minister in Togo Government
• Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian senator, anti-corruption activist, and candidate for president of Colombia
• Sir John Henry Birchenough, GCMG (1853 –1937), English public servant; President of the British South Africa Company (1925–1937)
• L. Paul Bremer (b. 1941), U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq (2003–2004)
• Caroline, Princess of Hanover, princess of the Principality of Monaco; daughter of American actress Grace Kelly
• Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (1924–1929); 1925 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Yves-Thibault de Silguy, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs
• Božidar Đelić, vice-president of the government of Serbia, 2007–
• Alain Destexhe, Belgian liberal senator and author
• Stéphane Dion, former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Roland Dumas (1922–2024), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984–1993)
• William Eagleton, representative of UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara; erstwhile US ambassador to Syria
• Joaquim do Espirito Santo, ambassador of Angola to the United States
• James Foley, United States Ambassador to Haiti (2003–2005), United States Ambassador to Croatia (2009–2012)
• Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative (2025–present)
• Ahmad Kamal, Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations
• Bernard Landry, former Premier of Quebec
• Ertuğrul Osman, pretender to the title of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; head of the house of Osmanli (1994–2009)
• Sam Rainsy, Cambodian opposition leader; Member of Parliament
• Leon Reich, member of the Sejm of Poland
• Charles Rizk, Lebanese justice minister (2005–)
• Nano Ružin, Macedonian professor of political and social sciences, Ex-Macedonian Ambassador to NATO, and presidential candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party in 2009
• Afif Safieh, Palestinian ambassador to the US, regarded as the most articulate living Palestinian diplomat
• Nawaf Salam, ambassador and permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations
• Ghassan Salamé, former Minister of Culture of Lebanon (2000–2003); prolific author on Middle East politics
• Ieng Sary, deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, 1975–1979
• Brad Setser, former Deputy Secretary in the US Treasury Department
• Mike Schmuhl, manager for the Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
• Sally Shelton-Colby, assistant administrator of the Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research in the US Department of State, erstwhile US ambassador to Grenada and Barbados
• Joan E. Spero, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
• Jonas Gahr Støre, Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services; former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2012)
• Francis Orlando Wilcox (1908–1985), Assistant Secretary of State of the USA (1955–1961)
• Stanley Woodward, US Ambassador to Canada (1950–1953)
• Salome Zurabishvili, former French diplomat, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the current leader of the United Georgian Opposition
• Thanat Khoman, Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs 1959–1971 and Deputy Prime Minister 1981–1983
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé advocate for African independence
• Władysław Grabski, Prime Minister of Poland 1920, 1923–1925
• Henri d'Orléans, Orléanist pretender to the French throne

France

• Ministers (N.B. This is a small selection given the large number of Fifth Republic ministers who studied at the institute.)
• Martine Aubry, former French Minister for Social Affairs, mayor of Lille (in French: )
• Dominique Baudis, French MP and former mayor of Toulouse (in French: )
• Jean-Louis Bourlanges, member of the European Parliament; vice-président of the UDF
• Jean-Pierre Chevènement, former French Minister of Interior
• Bernadette Chirac, former First Lady of France; Representative in Corrèze General Council; chairwoman of ; wife of former French president Jacques Chirac
• Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, vice-president of the Council of State
• Olivier Duhamel, former member of the European Parliament; former Member of the European Convention (in French: )
• Hervé Gaymard, former French Minister of Finance
• Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, former Minister of Industry, French ambassador to Algeria
• Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture and Education
• Emmanuel Macron, Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs and now President of France
• Xavier Musca, director of the French Treasury; Director-General of the French Treasury and Economic Development Department (2002–present)
• Jean Peyrelevade, civil servant, politician and business leader
• Ségolène Royal, a defeated 2007 presidential candidate
• Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2002)
• Maurice Papon, French civil servant, Gaullist politician and Nazi collaborator
• Bruno Retailleau, minister of State and of the interior (2024–), president of Les Républicains (2025–)
• Diplomats (N.B. This is a small selection given that almost every diplomat since the inception of the Fifth Republic studied at the institute.)
• Hervé Alphand, erstwhile French ambassador to the United States, UN, NATO, and the OEEC
• Roland de Margerie, former ambassador of France to Germany
• Xavier de La Chevalerie, former ambassador, chief of staff of the president (1967–1969)
• Gérard Errera, ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (2002–present)
• André François-Poncet, former ambassador of France to Germany
• Dominique Girard, ambassador of France to India
• Daniel Jouanneau, ambassador of France to Canada (2004–present)
• Jean-David Levitte (b. 1946), ambassador of France to the USA (2002–present); Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (2000–2002)
• Claude Martin, ambassador of France to Germany (2001–present)
• Jean-Maurice Ripert, former Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Ambassador of France to Russia, and Ambassador of France to China
• Luis Vassy, former ambassador of France to the Netherlands; Director of Sciences Po
• Advisors:
• Charline Avenel, Rector of Versailles Academy from 2018 to 2023.
• Anastasia Colosimo (born c. 1990), International Press Advisor since 2023.
• Ismaël Emelien (born c. 1987), Advisor to Emmanuel Macron
• Jean Messiha (born 1970), Advisor to the National Front
• Alain Minc, (born 1949), Advisor to Nicolas Sarkozy
• Members of the European Parliament:
• Raphaël Glucksmann - chair, Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union
• Manon Aubry - chair of The Left in the European Parliament
• President of regional council:
• Marie-Guite Dufay (born 1949), president of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (2016–)
• Alain Rousset (born 1951), president of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2016–)
• Hervé Morin (born 1961), president of Normandie (2016–), former minister of defense (2007–2010)
• Valérie Pecresse (born 1967), president of Ile-de-France (2015–), former minister of higher education and research (2007–2011)
• Franck Leroy (born 1963), president of Grand-Est (2022–)
• Jean-Paul Huchon (born 1946), president of Ile-de-France (1998–2015), chief of staff to the prime minister (1988–1991)
• Laurent Wauquiez (born 1975), president of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (2016–2024), minister of higher education and research (2011–2012), president of Les Républicains (2017–2019)
• Josselin de Rohan (born 1938), president of Bretagne (1998–2004), senator (1983–2011), 14th Duke of Rohan
• Jean-Pierre Soisson (1934–2024), president of Bourgogne (1998–2004)

Academia, journalism and literature

• Luis López Álvarez, Spanish poet, writer, and professor
• Raymond Aron
• Olivier Auroy, novelist
• Jean-Pierre Azéma
• Frédéric Beigbeder, novelist
• Derek Bok, president of Harvard University
• Fernand Braudel
• Emmanuel Carrère
• Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, specialist of Russia, member of the Académie Française
• Louis Chauvel
• Vincent Chauvet
• Houchang E. Chehabi, professor
• Paul Claudel, writer
• Jean-Marie Colombani, head of Le Monde
• Michèle Cotta
• Michel Crozier
• Guillaume Dustan
• Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
• Alain Duhamel, senior journalist at Le Monde and Libération
• Jean-Paul Fitoussi, French economist
• Matthew Fraser, editor-in-chief of National Post (Canada)
• Jacques Frémontier (born surname Friedman; 1930–2020), French journalist and television producer
• Erhard Friedberg
• Jacques Généreux
• Pierre Georges
• Hala Gorani, CNN journalist and anchorwoman
• Julien Gracq, novelist
• Nicolas Grenier, poet
• Stanley Hoffmann, professor at Harvard University
• Adrienne Jablanczy
• Christophe Jaffrelot
• Rebecca Jarvis, finalist on The Apprentice, Season Four; reporter on CNBC
• Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author on Southeast Asia; Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
• Gilles Kepel
• Grayson Kirk, political scientist; president of Columbia University (1953–1968)
• Marc Lambron, novelist
• Bruno Latour
• Marc Lazar
• Yvette Lebas-Guyot, journalist and World War II commander
• Bernard-Henri Lévy, bestselling French writer; philosopher; political campaigner
• Paul Morand
• Anne Muxel
• Christine Ockrent, broadcast journalist
• Érik Orsenna, member of the Académie Française; former chief economic advisor to François Mitterrand
• Roger Peyrefitte, novelist
• Christian Prade-Thomas, President Private University Président d'université privée
• Marcel Proust, novelist
• Edmond Marc du Rogoff, (a.k.a. Edmundo Marcos Rogoff) ancien professeur agregé, Université d'Ottawa
• David Pujadas
• René Rémond, historian, member of the Académie Française
• Jean-Christophe Rufin, novelist
• Russ Rymer, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones magazine
• Robert B. Silvers, co-editor of The New York Review of Books
• Anne Sinclair
• Jared Taylor
• Milana Terloeva, Chechen journalist and bestselling author
• Maurice Vaïsse
• Edwy Plenel, founder and director of Mediapart
• Georges Vedel
• Florian Zeller, novelist, Prix Interallié 2004
• Hayeon Lim, South Korean socialite and author
• Élie Halévy, French philosopher and historian
• Pierre Hassner, Romanian-French geopolitologist and philosopher, director emeritus of Research at the Sciences Po Center for International Studies and Research
• Ma Jianzhong, author of the first Chinese grammar textbook written by a Chinese
• Pierre Milza, French historian, specialist in history of Italy and fascism
• Jean-Luc Parodi, French political scientist
• Pierre Renouvin, French historian of international relations
• Ian Goldin, British economist, former Distinguished Visiting professor at Sciences Po, Founding Director of the Oxford Martin School
• Elise Buckle, French environmentalist and professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies for the Executive Programme Graduate Institute of Geneva.
• Sibyle Veil, President of Radio France
• Jean Fourastié, french economist
• Bernat Manciet, Occitan author
• Marcel Boiteux, economist, architect of the French nuclear program
• Jean-Fraçois Deniau, member of the Académie Française, European Commissioner
• Juliette de La Genière, archeologist
• Jean Blondel, political scientist

Business and finance

• Wilfried Baumgartner, governor of the Bank of France
• Jean-Hugues Bittner, CFO of Morgan Stanley Europe
• Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom and current CEO of Carrefour
• Daniel Bouton, former CEO of Société Générale
• Gerardo Braggiotti, CEO of Lazard LLC, Italy
• Nicolas Calemard, Director of Human Resources, LVMH
• Philippe Camus, CEO of European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company
• Richard Descoings, former CEO and director of Sciences Po
• Romain Durand, CEO of Scor VIE
• Henri Giscard d'Estaing, CEO of Club Med
• Jean-Marc Espalioux, CEO of Accor, European leader and one of the world's largest hotel groups
• Elizabeth Fleuriot, CEO of Kellogg's France
• Michel Gardel, CEO of Toyota France
• Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, CEO of X-Leisure
• Frédéric Jolly, chairman of Russell for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
• Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Director-General of the French Treasury and Economic Development Department
• Jacques de Larosière, former president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Frédéric Lemoine, former CEO of Capgemini
• Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of Suez
• Léone-Noëlle Meyer, chairman of Galeries Lafayette from 1998 to 2005
• Thierry Moulonguet, CFO and Executive VP of Renault
• , former CEO of , Vice President of Monte Vero Audit and Advisory, a Polish audit firm
• Frédéric Oudéa, CEO of Société Générale
• Laurence Parisot, "boss of the bosses", former president of the MEDEF (ex-CNPF), director of the IFOP, CEO of Optimum
• Guillaume Pepy, President of SNCF, the French national railway company
• David René de Rothschild, chairman of N M Rothschild & Sons
• François Roussely, CEO of Credit Suisse France; vice-chairman of Credit Suisse Europe
• Javier Santiso, economist at the OECD, former Chief Economist for Latin America at BBVA
• Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon, marketing executive and CEO of the aufeminin.com group
• Louis Schweitzer, former CEO of Renault
• Ernest-Antoine Seillière, "boss of the bosses", president of the MEDEF (ex-CNPF)
• Jean-Cyril Spinetta, CEO of Air France
• Anne-Claire Tattinger, CEO of Société du Louvre, major luxury hotel and luxury goods company
• Agnès Touraine, CEO of Act III Consultants; former CEO of Havas and Vivendi Universal Publishing
• Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank (2003–2011), former governor of the Bank of France (1993–2003)
• Alex Vieux, CEO and founder of technology conference sponsor DASAR; publisher of Red Herring magazine
• Marc Vincent, director of Credit Suisse, former managing director at Citigroup France
• Serge Weinberg, CEO of Pinault Printemps Redoute, one of the world's largest luxury goods groups
• Alexandre Bompard, CEO of FNAC (2011–2017), CEO of Carrefour

Culture and sports

• Fanny Ardant, internationally acclaimed French movie star
• Camille, born Camille Dalmais, singer and songwriter
• Pierre Christin, French comics creator and writer (Valérian and Laureline)
• Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games
• Christian Dior, haute couture and fashion designer
• Marc Drillech, sociologist and President of universities
• Jingjing Fan, fashion designer and founder of Elleme
• Léo Ferré, singer and songwriter
• Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator
• Anna Hopkins, actress
• Kimon Evan Marengo, British cartoonist
• Marc du Pontavice, cinematographic and animation producer and CEO of Xilam
• Rafaela Reyes-Chaboussou, Academy Award-winning actress
• Teddy Riner, World Championships winner judoka,
• Anne Roumanoff, comedian
• Manvi Khosla, singer
• Jake Arnstein, diplomat and rugby star
• Élisabeth Boselli
• Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter
• Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims, president of the Bishops' Conference of France (2019–2025)

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