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 (2017âÂÂpresent)
- Bertrand Badré (b. 1968) Managing Director of World Bank (2013âÂÂPresent)
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1922âÂÂ2016), United Nations Secretary-General (1992âÂÂ1996)
- Michel Camdessus (b. 1933), managing director of the International Monetary Fund (1987âÂÂ2000)
- Jean-Claude Paye (b.1934), secretary general of the OECD
- Francis Blanchard (1916âÂÂ2009), director-general of the International Labour Organisation (1974âÂÂ1989)
- Alpha Condé (b. 1938), Chairperson of African Union (2017âÂÂpresent)
- Nicole Fontaine (1942âÂÂ2018), President of the European Parliament (1999âÂÂ2001)
- Gilbert Guillaume (b. 1930), ex president of the International Court of Justice (2000âÂÂ2003)
- Pascal Lamy (b. 1947), Director-General of the World Trade Organization
- Pierre Lellouche, president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
- Roger Ockrent (1907âÂÂ1983), chairman of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1957âÂÂ1974)
- 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 (1927âÂÂ2017), president of the European Parliament (1979âÂÂ1984)
- Wan Waithayakon (1891âÂÂ1976), president of the United Nations General Assembly (1956âÂÂ1958)
- Roger Auboin (1891âÂÂ1974), general manager of the Bank for international settlements (1938âÂÂ1958)
Heads of state or government
World
- Pridi Banomyong (1900âÂÂ1983), Prime Minister of Thailand (1946), Regent of Thailand (1941âÂÂ45)
- Edvard BeneÃ
¡ (1884âÂÂ1948), President of Czechoslovakia (1935âÂÂ1948)
- Paul Biya (b. 1933), President of Cameroon (1982âÂÂpresent)
- Hissène Habré (b. 1942), President of Chad (1982âÂÂ1990)
- Habib Bourguiba (1903âÂÂ2000), President of Tunisia (1957âÂÂ1987)
- Alpha Condé (b. 1938), President of Guinea (2010âÂÂpresent)
- Esko Aho,(b. 1954), former prime minister to Finland (1991âÂÂ1995)
- Bảo ÃÂại (1913âÂÂ1997), Emperor of Vietnam (1926âÂÂ1955), Emperor of Annam (1926âÂÂ1945)
- Chandrika Kumaratunga (b. 1945), President of Sri Lanka (1994âÂÂ2005)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882âÂÂ1967), Prime Minister of Iran (1951âÂÂ1953), Time magazine Man of the Year (1951)
- Rainier III (1923âÂÂ2005), Prince of Monaco (1949âÂÂ2005)
- Enrico Letta, Prime Minister of Italy (2013âÂÂ2014), Present Dean at Sciences Po
- José Sócrates (b. 1957), Prime Minister of Portugal (2005âÂÂ2011)
- Pierre Trudeau (1919âÂÂ2000), Prime Minister of Canada (1968âÂÂ1979, 1980âÂÂ1984)
- Pierre Werner (1913âÂÂ2002), Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1959âÂÂ1974, 1979âÂÂ1984), so-called "father of the Euro"
- Hasan Saka (1885âÂÂ1960), Prime Minister of Turkey (1947âÂÂ1949)
- Salome Zurabishvili (12âÂÂ2018), President of Georgia
- Angela Merkel (b. 1954), Chancellor of Germany (2005âÂÂ2021)
- Václav Havel (1936âÂÂ2011), President of Czechoslovakia (1989âÂÂ1992), President of the Czech Republic (1993âÂÂ2003)
- Jonas Gahr Støre (b. 1960), Prime minister of Norway (2021âÂÂ)
France
- René Pleven (1901âÂÂ1993), Prime Minister of France (1950âÂÂ1951, 1951âÂÂ1952)
- Georges Pompidou (1911âÂÂ1974), President of the French Republic (1969âÂÂ1974)
- Alain Poher (1909âÂÂ1996), acting President of France (1969, 1974), President of the Senate (1968âÂÂ1992)
- ÃÂdouard Balladur (b. 1929), Prime Minister of France (1993âÂÂ1995)
- Raymond Barre (1924âÂÂ2007), Prime Minister of France (1976âÂÂ1981)
- Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915âÂÂ2000), Prime Minister of France (1969âÂÂ1972)
- Jacques Chirac (1932âÂÂ2019), President of the French Republic (1995âÂÂ2007), Prime Minister of France (1983âÂÂ1986, 1986âÂÂ1988)
- Maurice Couve de Murville (1907âÂÂ1999), Prime Minister of France (1968âÂÂ1969)
- Michel Debré (1912âÂÂ1996), Prime Minister of France (1959âÂÂ1962)
- Laurent Fabius (b. 1946), Prime Minister of France (1983âÂÂ1986), President of the Constitutional Council (2016âÂÂ)
- François Hollande (b. 1954), President of the French Republic (2012âÂÂ2017)
- Lionel Jospin (b. 1937), Prime Minister of France (1997âÂÂ2002)
- Alain Juppé (b. 1945), Prime Minister of France (1995âÂÂ1997)
- Nicolas Sarkozy (b. 1955), President of France (2007âÂÂ2012)
- Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977), President of the French Republic (2017âÂÂ)
- Pierre Mauroy (1928âÂÂ2013) Prime Minister of France (1981âÂÂ1984)
- François Mitterrand (1916âÂÂ1996), President of the French Republic (1981âÂÂ1995)
- Michel Rocard (1930âÂÂ2016), Prime Minister of France (1988âÂÂ1991)
- Dominique de Villepin (b. 1953), Prime Minister of France (2005âÂÂ2007)
- ÃÂdouard Philippe (b. 1970), Prime Minister of France (2017âÂÂ2020)
- Jean Castex (b. 1965), Prime Minister of France (2020âÂÂ2022)
- Gabriel Attal (b. 1989), Prime Minister of France (2024)
- Michel Barnier (b. 1951), Prime Minister of France (2024)
Politics and government
World
- Nebahat Albayrak, TurkishâÂÂDutch politician in the Netherlands;
- Jean Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations (2017âÂÂ)
- Alin MituÃÂa, 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 (2005âÂÂpresent)
- 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
- ÃÂngrid Betancourt, Colombian senator, anti-corruption activist, and candidate for president of Colombia
- Sir John Henry Birchenough, GCMG (1853 âÂÂ1937), English public servant; President of the British South Africa Company (1925âÂÂ1937)
- L. Paul Bremer (b. 1941), U.S. Civil Administrator in Iraq (2003âÂÂ2004)
- Caroline, Princess of Hanover, princess of the Principality of Monaco; daughter of American actress Grace Kelly
- Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (1924âÂÂ1929); 1925 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Yves-Thibault de Silguy, EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs
- BoÃ
¾idar ÃÂeliÃÂ, vice-president of the government of Serbia, 2007âÂÂ
- 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 (1922âÂÂ2024), French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984âÂÂ1993)
- 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 (2003âÂÂ2005), United States Ambassador to Croatia (2009âÂÂ2012)
- Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative (2025âÂÂpresent)
- Ahmad Kamal, Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations
- Bernard Landry, former Premier of Quebec
- ErtuÃÂrul Osman, pretender to the title of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; head of the house of Osmanli (1994âÂÂ2009)
- Sam Rainsy, Cambodian opposition leader; Member of Parliament
- Leon Reich, member of the Sejm of Poland
- Charles Rizk, Lebanese justice minister (2005âÂÂ)
- Nano RuÃ
¾in, 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 (2000âÂÂ2003); prolific author on Middle East politics
- Ieng Sary, deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, 1975âÂÂ1979
- 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 (2005âÂÂ2012)
- Francis Orlando Wilcox (1908âÂÂ1985), Assistant Secretary of State of the USA (1955âÂÂ1961)
- Stanley Woodward, US Ambassador to Canada (1950âÂÂ1953)
- 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 1959âÂÂ1971 and Deputy Prime Minister 1981âÂÂ1983
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkinabé advocate for African independence
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw Grabski, Prime Minister of Poland 1920, 1923âÂÂ1925
- 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 (2002âÂÂpresent)
- Jean Peyrelevade, civil servant, politician and business leader
- Ségolène Royal, a defeated 2007 presidential candidate
- Hubert Védrine, former French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997âÂÂ2002)
- Maurice Papon, French civil servant, Gaullist politician and Nazi collaborator
- Bruno Retailleau, minister of State and of the interior (2024âÂÂ), president of Les Républicains (2025âÂÂ)
- 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 (1967âÂÂ1969)
- Gérard Errera, ambassador of France to the United Kingdom (2002âÂÂpresent)
- André François-Poncet, former ambassador of France to Germany
- Dominique Girard, ambassador of France to India
- Daniel Jouanneau, ambassador of France to Canada (2004âÂÂpresent)
- Jean-David Levitte (b. 1946), ambassador of France to the USA (2002âÂÂpresent); Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations (2000âÂÂ2002)
- Claude Martin, ambassador of France to Germany (2001âÂÂpresent)
- 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 (2016âÂÂ)
- Alain Rousset (born 1951), president of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2016âÂÂ)
- Hervé Morin (born 1961), president of Normandie (2016âÂÂ), former minister of defense (2007âÂÂ2010)
- Valérie Pecresse (born 1967), president of Ile-de-France (2015âÂÂ), former minister of higher education and research (2007âÂÂ2011)
- Franck Leroy (born 1963), president of Grand-Est (2022âÂÂ)
- Jean-Paul Huchon (born 1946), president of Ile-de-France (1998âÂÂ2015), chief of staff to the prime minister (1988âÂÂ1991)
- Laurent Wauquiez (born 1975), president of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (2016âÂÂ2024), minister of higher education and research (2011âÂÂ2012), president of Les Républicains (2017âÂÂ2019)
- Josselin de Rohan (born 1938), president of Bretagne (1998âÂÂ2004), senator (1983âÂÂ2011), 14th Duke of Rohan
- Jean-Pierre Soisson (1934âÂÂ2024), president of Bourgogne (1998âÂÂ2004)
Academia, journalism and literature
- Luis López ÃÂlvarez, 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; 1930âÂÂ2020), 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 (1953âÂÂ1968)
- 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
- ÃÂrik 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
- ÃÂlie 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 (2003âÂÂ2011), former governor of the Bank of France (1993âÂÂ2003)
- 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 (2011âÂÂ2017), 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
- ÃÂlisabeth Boselli
- Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter
- ÃÂric de Moulins-Beaufort, Archbishop of Reims, president of the Bishops' Conference of France (2019âÂÂ2025)
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