This is a list of notable graduates as well as non-graduate former students, academic staff, and university officials of the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 1 ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions that later merged with the University of Edinburgh. The university is associated with 19

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

laureates, three

Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in compu ...

winners, an

Abel Prize The Abel Prize ( ; no, Abelprisen ) is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Pri ...

laureate and

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The name of the award h ...

list, four

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made ...

winners, three Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and several

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

gold medallists.

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

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Cabinet and Party Leaders

Official portrait of The Lord Steel of Aikwood

Scottish Cabinet and Party Leaders

Current Members of the House of Commons

Wendy Chamberlain Wendy Anne Chamberlain (born 20 December 1976) is a Scottish politician serving as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2021. She was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife at the 2019 General Election. As of ...

, MP for North East Fife *

Joanna Cherry Joanna Catherine Cherry (born 18 March 1966) is a Scottish politician and lawyer serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh South West since 2015. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was the party's Shadow Home Secr ...

, MP for

Edinburgh South West Edinburgh South West is a Scottish constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used at the 2005 UK general election. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of electio ...

* Colin Clark, MP for

Gordon Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...

Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Jane Dodds (born 16 March 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and public policy analyst serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party since 2021. She was Shadow Chancell ...

, MP for

Oxford East Oxford East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Anneliese Dodds of the Labour Party, who also serves as party chair. Created in 1983, the constituency covers the eastern and southern parts of Oxfor ...

Kate Green Katherine Anne Green OBE (born 2 May 1960) is a British politician, serving as Greater Manchester's Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime from January 2023. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston between 2010 and 2022. A me ...

, MP for Stretford and Urmston * John Howell, MP for

Henley Henley may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Henley, Dorset, a location * Henley, Gloucestershire, a location * Henley-on-Thames, a town in South Oxfordshire, England ** Henley (UK Parliament constituency) ** Henley Rural District, a former ru ...

* Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border *

Danny Kruger Daniel Rayne Kruger (born 23 October 1974) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes in Wiltshire since 2019. The son of writer and property developer Rayne Kruger and restaurateur and ...

, MP for

Devizes Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between ...

Dame Eleanor Laing Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, (' Pritchard; born 1 February 1958) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. Laing is a member of the Conservative Party and has served as a D ...

, MP for

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...

Steve McCabe Stephen James "Steve" McCabe (born 4 August 1955) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Selly Oak since 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was previously MP for Birmingham Hall Green from 199 ...

, MP for Birmingham Selly Oak * Stuart McDonald, MP for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East *

Callum McCaig Callum McCaig (born 6 January 1985) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from May 2015 until 2017. During his period in the Westminster parliament, he was the SNP's Energy and Climate Cha ...

, MP for Aberdeen South * Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South *

Pat McFadden Patrick Bosco McFadden (born 26 March 1965) is a British politician serving as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 20 ...

, MP for

Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Members of Parliament B ...

Jerome Mayhew Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew (born 11 April 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broadland in Norfolk since the 2019 general election. Early life and career Mayhew is the son of Patr ...

, MP for

Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. The population of the local authority district taken at the 2011 Census was 124,646. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew. In 2013, Broadland w ...

David Mundell David Gordon Mundell, (born 27 May 1962) is a Scottish politician and solicitor who served as Secretary of State for Scotland from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Du ...

, MP for

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, located in the South of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and S ...

* Pete Wishart, MP for Perth and North Perthshire *

Catherine McKinnell Catherine McKinnell (born 8 June 1976) is a British Labour politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne North since 2010. Early life McKinnell was born and raised in Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she attended ...

, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North *

Kenny MacAskill Kenneth Wright MacAskill (born 28 April 1958) is a Scottish politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian since 2019. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2007 to 2014 and was a Member of the Scottish ...

, MP for

East Lothian East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921. In 1975, the his ...

Current Members of the House of Lords

James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell James Nicholas Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (born 1 October 1967), is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician in the House of Lords. Early life Bethell was educated at the independent, fee-paying Harrow School before going on to stu ...

, Conservative Peer * Anne McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, Conservative Peer * Kathryn Clark, Baroness Clark of Kilwinning, Labour Peer * Lynda Clark, Baroness Clark of Calton, Labour Peer *

William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk William Douglas Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, (born 18 November 1937) is a former senior member of the Scottish judiciary. He formerly served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, and was an additional Lord ...

, Crossbench *

James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, (born 31 July 1942) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the ...

, Conservative Peer * Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop, Conservative Peer * Ruth Davidson, Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, Conservative Peer * Neil Davidson, Baron Davidson of Glen Clova, Labour Peer *

Murray Elder, Baron Elder Thomas Murray Elder, Baron Elder (born 9 May 1950), known as Murray Elder, is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. Education Elder was educated at the Kirkcaldy High School and graduated from the University of Edinb ...

, Labour Peer *

George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock (born 21 January 1942) is a Scottish politician and life peer who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member ...

, Labour Peer * Peter Forster, Lord Spiritual *

David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead James Arthur David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, (born 27 June 1938) is a retired Scottish judge who served as the first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom from 2009 until his retirement in 2013, having previously bee ...

, Crossbench *

Andrew Hardie, Baron Hardie Andrew Rutherford Hardie, Baron Hardie, (born 8 January 1946) is a former Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and a former Lord Advocate, the country's senior Law Officer. He led the prosecution team in ...

, Crossbench *

Richard Keen, Baron Keen of Elie Richard Sanderson Keen, Baron Keen of Elie (born 29 March 1954) is a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician. He was Advocate General for Scotland from May 2015 until his resignation on 16 September 2020. Early life Keen was educate ...

, Conservative peer * Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, Conservative Peer * James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, Conservative Peer *

James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, (born 2 July 1927) is a British advocate. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He is a former active member of the House of L ...

, Conservative Peer *

Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon Donald Sage Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, PC (30 January 1946 – 21 August 2018) was a British judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and a Lord Advocate, the country's senior Law Officer. He was also one of five additional Lords of A ...

, Conservative peer * Mark McInnes, Baron McInnes of Kilwinning, Conservative Peer * Patrick McLoughlin, Baron McLoughlin, Conservative Peer * Malcolm Offord, Baron Offord of Garvel, Conservative peer * Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, Crossbench * Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir, Crossbench *

Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen (born 23 March 1960) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, he ...

, Liberal Democrat Peer *

Keith Stewart, Baron Stewart of Dirleton Keith Douglas Stewart, Baron Stewart of Dirleton (born 31 October 1965) is a British lawyer who specialises in criminal law. He was appointed Advocate General for Scotland on 15 October 2020, succeeding Lord Keen of Elie who resigned over Un ...

, Conservative Peer *

Alexander Trees, Baron Trees Alexander John "Sandy" Trees, Baron Trees (born 12 June 1946) is a Professor of veterinary parasitology and a Crossbench member of the House of Lords. Early life Trees was born on 12 June 1946, in Middlesbrough and spent his childhood in Scu ...

, Crossbench * Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley, Conservative Peer *

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, (born 25 August 1954) is a Scottish politician serving as a Liberal Democrat life peer in the British House of Lords since 2007 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ...

, Liberal Democrat Peer *

John Woodcock, Baron Walney John Zak Woodcock, Baron Walney (born 14 October 1978) is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 2010 to 2019. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2021, pr ...

, Crossbench

Current Members of the Scottish Parliament

* Jeremy Balfour, MSP for

Lothian Lothian (; sco, Lowden, Loudan, -en, -o(u)n; gd, Lodainn ) is a region of the Scottish Lowlands, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills and the Moorfoot Hills. The principal settlement is the Scott ...

Claire Baker Claire Josephine Baker (née Brennan; born 4 March 1971) is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2007. Early life and career Claire Baker was born ...

, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife *

Foysol Choudhury Foysol Hussain Choudhury, MBE ( bn, ফয়ছল হোসেন চৌধূরী; born 5 January 1969) is a Bangladeshi-born British businessman, and a Scottish Labour politician. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for ...

, MSP for

Maggie Chapman Maggie Chapman (born 27 June 1979) is a Zimbabwe Rhodesia-born Scottish politician and lecturer who is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland. She was co-convenor of the Scottish Greens from November ...

, MSP for North East Scotland * Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland *

Kate Forbes Kate Elizabeth Forbes is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy since 2020. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Skye, Loch ...

, MSP for

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) covering part of the Highland council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one ...

Christine Grahame Christine Grahame (formerly Creech; born 9 September 1944) is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been a Member of ...

, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale *

Liam Kerr Liam Kerr (born 23 January 1975) is a British politician of the Scottish Conservative Party, who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2019 to 2020 and as the Scottish Conservatives’ Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Just ...

, MSP for North East Scotland *

Oliver Mundell Oliver Gordon Watson Mundell (born 1 December 1989) is a Scottish politician of the Scottish Conservative Party. He has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dumfriesshire constituency since 2016. He served as Shadow Cabine ...

, MSP for

Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries (''Siorrachd Dhùn Phris'' in Gaelic) is a historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county. I ...

Fulton MacGregor Fulton James MacGregor MSP (born 1980) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Coatbridge and Chryston since 2016. He serves on the Justice and Education & ...

, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston *

Liam McArthur Liam Scott McArthur (born 8 August 1967) is a Scottish politician serving as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, alongside Annabelle Ewing, since May 2021. A member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, he has been the Member of t ...

, MSP for

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

* Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith *

Alex Rowley Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley (born 30 November 1963) is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017 and acting leader of the party from August to November 2017. He has been a Member of the ...

, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife * Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife *

Kaukab Stewart Kaukab Stewart (born 1967/68) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Kelvin since May 2021. At the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, she became one of the first wom ...

, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin *

John Swinney John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland since 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery since 2021. He was the Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from ...

, MSP for Perthshire North * Martin Whitfield, MSP for

South Scotland South Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the ...

Sue Webber Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region since May 2021. Early life and Political career Webber was born and raised in Edinburgh. She attended Currie High S ...

, MSP for

United States

Africa

* Joseph Ukel Abango,

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of th ...

Minister of General Education (2011-2013) * Eustace Akwei,

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...

Minister for Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

(1966-1969) *

Herbert Bankole-Bright Herbert Christian Bankole-Bright (23 August 1883 – 14 December 1958) was a well-known political activist in Sierra Leone. Early life Herbert Bankole-Bright was born in Okrika, in an area the British would the next year designate the Oil Rivers ...

, political activist in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

Yusuf Dadoo Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo (5 September 1909 – 19 September 1983) was a South African Communist and an anti-apartheid activist. During his life, he was chair of both the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party ...

, former chair of the

South African Indian Congress The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) was an organisation founded in 1921 in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. The congress is famous for its strong participation by Mahatma Gandhi and other prominent South African Indian figures du ...

and the

South African Communist Party The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing N ...

* Moses Da Rocha, Nigerian doctor, journalist and politician *

Unity Dow Unity Dow ( Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana lawyer, human rights activist, specially elected member of parliament, and a writer. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various government ministries. Born ...

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2019-2020), member of the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...

Patrick Duncan Patrick Duncan may refer to: *Sir Patrick Duncan (South African politician) (1870–1943), Governor-General of South Africa * Patrick Sheane Duncan (born 1947), American writer, film producer and director *Paddy Duncan (1894–1949), Irish footbal ...

, 6th

Governor-General of the Union of South Africa The governor-general of the Union of South Africa ( af, Goewerneur-generaal van Unie van Suid-Afrika, nl, Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van Zuid-Afrika) was the highest state official in the Union of South Africa between 31 May 1910 and 31 ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

n Minister for the Interior, Education and Public Health (1921-1924) *

Kesaveloo Goonam Kesaveloo Goonam, also known as Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (1906–1998) was a South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist. She was also called "Coolie Doctor", which became the title of her 1991 autobiography. Early life and educatio ...

, South African doctor, Indian nationalist and anti-apartheid activist *

Alex Ibru Alex Ibru (1 March 1945 – 20 November 2011) was a Nigerian businessman, founder and publisher of ''The Guardian'' (Nigeria) newspaper, who was minister of internal affairs from 1993 to 1995 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. Ba ...

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...

Minister of Internal Affairs Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

(1993-1995) *

Omar Ali Juma Omar Ali Juma (26 June 1941 in Chake-Chake, Pemba, Zanzibar – 4 July 2001 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) was Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 25 January 1988 to October 1995. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Vice President of Tanzania. Life and ...

, Former

Vice-President of Tanzania The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the United Republic of Tanzania. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the President of Tanzania, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. Per ...

* Danielle de St. Jorre,

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

(1989-1997) * Vedastus Kyalakishaija Kyaruzi, former Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations *

Nazir Karamagi Nazir Mustafa Karamagi (born December 13, 1953) is a Tanzanian politician and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania, representing Bukoba Vijijini constituency.Minister of Energy and Minerals (2006-2008) * Nelson P. W. Khonje, Speaker of the National Assembly of Malawi (1975-1987) * Peter Msolla,

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

n MP * Shettima Ali Monguno,

Federal Minister for Airforce and Internal Affairs (1965-1966), Minister for Mines, Power, Petroleum and Energy (1972-1975) *

Agnes Nyalonje Agnes Nyalonje is a Malawian politician who has served as the country's Education Minister since July 2020. Education Nyalonje has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Malawi, a postgraduate diploma in pers ...

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northe ...

Minister of Education (2020-) *

Monty Naicker Gangathura Mohambry Naicker (30 September 1910 – 12 January 1978) was a medical doctor and a South African anti-apartheid activist of Indian Tamil descent. Early life His father was a trader, exporting bananas. He studied in Durban at ''M ...

, anti-apartheid activist and leader of the

Frederick Nanka-Bruce Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce (9 October 1878 – 13 July 1953) was a physician, journalist and politician in the Gold Coast. He was the third African to practise orthodox medicine in the colony, after Benjamin Quartey-Papafio and Ernest James ...

, Ghanaian doctor, journalist and former member of the Ghanaian Parliament *

Bandele Omoniyi Bandele Omoniyi (6 November 1884 – 1913) was a Nigerian nationalist who is best known for his book '' A Defence of the Ethiopian Movement'' (1908), which urged for political reforms in the colonies, warning that otherwise a revolution in ...

, Nigerian law student and political activist *

Betty Ogwaro Betty Achan Ogwaro is a South Sudanese politician in the government of South Sudan. Betty Achan Ogwaro was the former and the first minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the Republic of South Sudan Education Ogwaro holds a bachelor's degree ...

, South Sudanese Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (2011-2014; 2014-2015; 2016-2019) *

Sam Ongeri Ambassador Prof. Hon. Samson Kegengo Ongeri, EGH (born 23 February 1938) is a Kenyan politician. He is the former Senator for Kisii County. Early life Ongeri was born on 23 February 1938, in Gesusu, Nyaribari Masaba. Political life Hon Prof ...

, Kenyan Minister for Education (2008-2012),

Minister for Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

(2012-2013) *

Imrana Alhaji Buba Imrana Alhaji Buba (born 6 August 1992) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and activist who founded Youth Coalition Against Terrorism (YOCAT) which is now regarded as Youth Initiative Against Terrorism (YIAT), a volunteer-based organisation in no ...

, Nigerian social entrepreneur and political activist *

Hae Phoofolo Haae Edward Phoofolo (born 1947) served as interim prime minister of Lesotho from 17 August 1994 to 14 September 1994. Son of an Anglican clergyman, Phoofolo was born in Ladybrand, South Africa. He received his secondary education in 1969 and a join ...

, interim

Prime Minister of Lesotho This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho () since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Lesotho in 1965, to the present day. A total of seven people have served as Prime Minister of Lesotho (not counting one Acting Prime Minister a ...

* Benjamin Quartey-Papafio, first Ghanaian doctor and member of the Gold Coast Legislative Council * John K Randle, West African doctor and politician *

Richard Sezibera Richard Sezibera (born June 5, 1964 in Kigali, Rwanda) is a Rwandan medical doctor, diplomat and politician, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 18 October 2018 until November 4, 2019. He replaced Louise Mushikiwabo. He was repla ...

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

(2018-2019), 4th Secretary-General of the East African Community (2011-2016) *

Richard Akinwande Savage Richard Akinwande Savage (1874–1935) was a prominent physician, journalist and politician in Lagos, Nigeria during the colonial era. Early years Richard Akinwande Savage was born in 1874, the son of a successful merchant in Lagos descended fr ...

, Nigerian doctor, pan-African politician and newspaper editor *

Noah Wekesa Noah Mahalang’ang’a Wekesa (born 21 August 1936) is a Kenyan politician. He is affilaited to the Party of National Unity and was elected 1988, 2000, 2002 and in the 2007 Kenyan general election to represent the Kwanza Constituency of the ...

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Minister for Forestry and Wildlife (2008-2012), Minister for Education (2007), and Minister for Science (2005-2007)

Asia

* Kōichirō Asakai, Japanese

ambassador to the United States The following table lists ambassadors to the United States, sorted by the representative country or organization. See also *Ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve ...

and ambassador to the Philippines who oversaw the signing of

U.S.-Japan Security Treaty The , more commonly known as the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in English and as the or just in Japanese, is a treaty that permits the presence of U.S. military bases on Japanese soil, and commits the two nations to defend each other if one or th ...

Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (25 December 1880 – 10 May 1936) was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement. One of the founders of t ...

, Indian nationalist, President of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

(1927-1928) *

Lalith Athulathmudali Lalith William Samarasekera Athulathmudali, PC (; 26 November 1936 – 23 April 1993), known as Lalith Athulathmudali, was a Sri Lankan statesman. He was a prominent member of the United National Party, who served as Minister of Trade and Sh ...

, Sriki Lankan Minister of Trade and Shipping (1977-1984) *

Chu Anping Chu Anping (, 1909–1966?) was a Chinese scholar, liberal journalist and editor of ''Guancha'' (观察, The Observer) in the Civil War era of the late 1940s. He is widely considered to be one of the most famous liberals in China. He was Editor ...

, Chinese journalist and political activist * Fu Ssu-nien, linguist and historian, one of the leaders of the Chinese

May Fourth Movement The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Students gathered in front of Tiananmen (The Gate of Heavenly Peace) to protest the Chin ...

in 1919 *

Hsu Hsin-liang Hsu Hsin-liang (; born 27 May 1941) is a Taiwanese politician, formerly Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He was a supporter of the Pan-Blue Coalition from 2000 to 2008 but then supported the DPP in the 2008 presidential elect ...

, Chairman of Taiwan's

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majorit ...

(1996-1998), Magistrate of Taoyuan (1977-1979) and President Elect in 2000 * Sir Reginald Johnston,

Puyi Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

's tutor and advisor, last Commissioner of British Weihaiwei *

Prakash Karat Prakash Karat (born 7 February 1948) is an Indian Communist politician. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015. Education and early career Prakash Karat was born in Letpadan, Burma on 7 Februar ...

, General Secretary of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(2005-2015) *

Arbab Alamgir Khan Arbab Alamgir Khan () is a Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. Early life Khan was born on 1 July 1961 in Peshawar to a former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Arbab Jehangir Kha ...

, Pakistan Federal Minister for Communications (2012-2013) * M. C. M. Kaleel, Sri Lankan

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

(1960) *

Lim Chong Eu Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu (; 28 May 1919 – 24 November 2010) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Penang from May 1969 to October 1990. He was also the founding president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). ...

, 2nd

Chief Minister of Penang The Chief Minister of Penang is the head of government in the Malaysian state of Penang. According to convention, the chief minister is the leader of the majority party or largest coalition party of the Penang State Legislative Assembly. The chi ...

(1969-1990) and founder of

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electi ...

Wu Zhihui Wu Jingheng (), commonly known by his courtesy name Wu Zhihui (Woo Chih-hui, ; 1865–1953), also known as Wu Shi-Fee, was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification of Pronunciatio ...

, Chinese linguist and major political figure during the

Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China (ROC), between 1912 and 1949, was a sovereign state recognised as the official designation of China when it was based on Mainland China, prior to the relocation of its central government to Taiwan as a result of the C ...

Zhang Shizhao Zhang Shizhao (; March 20, 1881 – July 1, 1973), courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultur ...

, Chinese journalist, educator and

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

(1924-1925) and Minister of Education (1925)

Canada

Christy Clark at the India Economic Summit 2011

* William Johnston Almon, former Canadian Senator for Halifax * Peter Boehm, Canadian Senator for

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

* Edward Borron, former MP for Algoma *

Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC), from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female ...

, 35th

Premier of British Columbia Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of gov ...

* George Ralph Richardson Cockburn, former MP for

Toronto Centre Toronto Centre (french: Toronto-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto (1872–1903 ...

George Alexander Drummond Sir George Alexander Drummond, (11 October 1829 – 2 February 1910) was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator. Life and career Born in 1829 at Edinburgh, he was a younger son of the entrepreneurial stonemason, building contractor ...

, former Canadian Senator for

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...

, 12th President of the

Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal (BMO; french: Banque de Montréal, link=no) is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. The bank was founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank; while its head office remains in ...

Kirsty Duncan Kirsty Ellen Duncan (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian politician and medical geographer from Ontario, Canada. Duncan is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North and Duncan serves as deputy leader of the govern ...

, MP for

Etobicoke North Etobicoke North (french: Etobicoke-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It covers the neighbourhood of Rexdale, ...

, Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (2019-), Minister for Science (2015–2019) *

Adelbert Edward Hanna Adelbert Edward Hanna (May 29, 1863 – February 27, 1918) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Lanark South from 1913 to 1917 as a Conservative and Lanark from 1917 to 1918 as a Unionist Party member. He w ...

, former MP for

Lanark South Lanark South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of L ...

Robert James Manion Robert James Manion (November 19, 1881 – July 2, 1943) was a Canadian politician who led the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 to 1940. Prior to his leadership of the party, he served in Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and R.B. Benn ...

, Canadian cabinet minister,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

from 1938 to 1940 * Joseph Morrin, 7th and 9th Mayor of Quebec * Sir

William MacGregor Sir William MacGregor, (20 October 1846 – 3 July 1919)R. B. Joyce,', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 158–160. Retrieved 29 September 2009 was a Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guine ...

, 60th

Governor of Newfoundland The lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador () is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as ...

Frederick Montizambert Frederick Montizambert (February 3, 1843 – November 2, 1929) was a Canadian physician and civil servant. He was the first Director General of Public Health in Canada. Born in Quebec City, Canada East, the son of Edward Lewis Montizambert and L ...

, first Director General of Public Health in Canada *

Andrew Ross McMaster Andrew Ross McMaster, (November 6, 1876 – April 27, 1937) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Montreal to Captain John Andrew McMaster and his wife Amelia and educated at Montreal High School, Montreal Collegiate Institute and at ...

, former MP for Brome and

Provincial Treasurer In Canadian politics the Provincial Treasurer is a senior portfolio in the Executive Council (or cabinet) of provincial governments. The position is the provincial equivalent of the Minister of Finance and is responsible for setting the provincia ...

* Clarence Primrose, former Canadian Senator for

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

James Palmer Rankin James Palmer Rankin (April 30, 1855 – June 15, 1934) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Perth North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1911 and from 1921 to 1925 as a Liberal. Rankin then s ...

, former Canadian Senator for

Alexander David Stewart Alexander David Stewart (September 19, 1852 – March 13, 1899) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1894 to 1895. Biography Stewart was born in Livorno, Leghorn, Italy. He trained as a doctor at University of Edinburgh, but he never practi ...

, former Mayor of

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...

Alexander Warburton Alexander Bannerman Warburton (April 5, 1852 – January 14, 1929) was a politician, jurist and author, who served as the seventh premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Alexander was born in Summerside, the son of James Warburton, who wa ...

, 7th Premier of Prince Edward Island *

Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams (June 13, 1837 – July 4, 1885) was a Canadian businessman, farmer and political figure. His statue stands in front of the town hall of Port Hope, Ontario. Biography Born at Penryn Pa ...

, former MP and

Chief Government Whip The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. United Kingdom ...

Caribbean

John Alcindor John Alcindor (8 or 9 July 1873 – 25 October 1924) was a physician and activist from Trinidad who settled in London. He is known for his role in the African Progress Union, of which he became president in 1921. Life and career Alcindor was bor ...

, Trinidadian doctor and politician * Edgar F. Gordon, doctor and trade union leader in Bermuda *

David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead (3 October 1913 – 18 December 1994) was a British Labour Party politician, general practitioner and political activist. Born in Grenada, in the Caribbean, he was the second peer of African descent t ...

, Grenadian politician, the first person of African descent to stand as an MP (in Britain), the second person of African descent to sit in the House of Lords

Europe

Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038041-0033, Wiesbaden, CDU-Parteitag, Schröder

* Mina Andreeva, Chief Spokesperson for the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

* Gisela Babel, former member of the German

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Comm ...

Elmar Brok Elmar Peter Brok (born 14 May 1946) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1980 until 2019, who is best known for his role as chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is a mem ...

, former MEP for Germany, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (1999-2007; 2012–2017) and President of the

Union of European Federalists The Union of European Federalists (UEF) is a European non-governmental organisation, campaigning for a Federal Europe. It consists of 20 constituent organisations and it has been active at the European, national and local levels since 1946. H ...

(2013-2018) *

Benjamin Constant Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Franco-Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed republican from 1795, he backed t ...

, French politician and eminent political theorist, Member of the Tribunat (1799–1802), Member of the Council of State (1815), Member of the Chamber of Députés (1819–1830) * Biljana Đorđević, member of the Serbian National Assembly * Aina Calvo, former Mayoress of

Palma Palma or La Palma means palm in a number of languages and may also refer to: Geography Africa * Palma, Mozambique, city ** Palma District * La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, Spain ** La Palma (DO), a ''Denominación de Origen'' for wines from ...

, Spain *

Furio Honsell Furio Honsell (born 20 August 1958) is an Italian professor and mathematician, former Mayor of Udine. Biography Graduated in mathematics at the University of Pisa in 1980, Honsell obtained a diploma in mathematics at the Normale of Pisa in 1983 ...

, former Mayor of

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

, Italy *

Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (born 21 February 1939) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Finance from 1987 to 1988 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 1995. He is known in the Baltics as, at his initiative, Icela ...

, Icelandic

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

(1987-1988),

Foreign Minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...

(1988-1995) *

Ögmundur Jónasson Ögmundur Jónasson (born 17 July 1948) is an Icelandic politician who has served as a member of Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, since 1995. He is currently the Chairman of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee and i ...

, Icelandic

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Coun ...

(2009) and

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

(2011-2013) *

Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (born 12 October 1966) is a former Icelandic minister, mayor and parliamentarian. She is currently the chair of the Executive Board of Women Political Leaders, Global Forum.womenpoliticalleaders.org Before that, ...

, 19th

Mayor of Reykjavík The post of Mayor of Reykjavík ( is, Borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur) was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Páll Einarsson and Knud Zimsen applied for the job and Páll got the position for a period of six years, at the end of which he did not w ...

, Icelandic

(2013-2014) * Árni Mathiesen, Icelandic

(2005-2009) *

Angelika Niebler Angelika Niebler (née Rupertseder; born 18 February 1963) is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the Euro ...

, MEP for Germany, Deputy Chairwomen for

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily ...

(2015-) *

Theodoros Roussopoulos Theodoros Roussopoulos (; born 13 September 1963) is a Greece, Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides. Theodor ...

, Greek

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

(2004-2008) *

Gerhard Schröder (CDU) Gerhard Schröder (11 September 1910 – 31 December 1989) was a West German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1953 to 1961, as Foreign Minister from 1961 to ...

, West German Federal Minister of the Interior (1953–1961), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs (1961–1966), and Federal Minister of Defence (1966–1969), 1969 presidential candidate *

Gustaf Algernon Stierneld Baron Gustaf Nils Algernon Adolf Stierneld (July 12, 1791 – November 14, 1868) was a Swedish politician. He served twice as the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1838 to 1842, and from 1848 to 1856. He was born, and died, in Stockholm. ...

, Swedish Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs (1838-1840; 1848–1856) * Péter Ungár, Member of the

National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proport ...

, Leader of

LMP – Hungary's Green Party LMP – Hungary's Green Party ( hu, LMP – Magyarország Zöld Pártja, Greens, between 2009 and 2020: ''Politics Can Be Different,'' hu, Lehet Más a Politika, LMP) is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one o ...

(2022-) * Jerzy Żyżyński, economist and member of the Polish

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

Middle East

Najah al-Attar Najah Al-Attar ( ar, نجاح العطار; born 10 January 1933) is the Vice President of Syria, since 2006. She is the first Arab woman to have held the post. Previously she was Minister of Culture from 1976 to 2000. Early life and education ...

, current

Vice President of Syria The Vice President of Syria ( ar, نائب رئيس سوريا) is a political position in Syria. The Constitution states that in the case of the president's temporary disablement, the vice president may become acting president. Multiple people ...

Mehmet Aydın Mehmet Aydın is a Turkish politician who was one of Turkey's Ministers of State.Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

(2002-) *

Hovhannes Bujicanian Hovhannes Bujicanian (born, Çüngüs, 1873, - Harpoot, 1915) was an Armenian academic and teacher in the Ottoman Empire. He was a defender of the Second Constitutional Order within the Ottoman Empire and an influential functionary in the Eup ...

, Armenian teacher in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...

* Saad bin Khalid Al Jabri, Saudi Arabian

Abu Bakr al-Qirbi Abu Bakr Abdullah al-Qirbi ( ar, أبو بكر عبد الله القربي) is a Yemeni diplomat who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 2001 to 2014. On 13 December 2009, al-Qirbi urged Iran's government to crack down on Iranian gro ...

, Yemeni

(2001-2014; 2016) * Bassam Talhouni, Jordanian

Minister for Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Justi ...

(2013-2016) *

Hikmat Abu Zayd Hikmat Abu Zayd (; pronounced Hekmat Abu Zeid in Egyptian Arabic; 1922 or 1923 – 30 July 2011) Abu Zayd has had a major impact on Egyptian law and policy in the areas of Social work, social affairs and Social insurance, insurance. Early life a ...

, first female cabinet minister of Egypt

Oceania

* Richard Arthur, New South Wales Minister for Public Health (1927-1930) * Sir

Thomas Brisbane Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer. Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had served, he was appoint ...

, former

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the A ...

whose name gave rise to the Australian city,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

* Sir

John Bowser Sir John Bowser (2 September 1856 – 10 June 1936), Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Mars ...

, 26th

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assemb ...

* Francis Bugotu, Permanent Representative of the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

to the United Nations (1978-1992) *

Cyril Cameron Cyril St Clair Cameron, (5 December 1857 – 22 December 1941) was an Australian soldier and politician. Biography Born in the town of Nile near Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School and then attended the Univers ...

, former Australian Senator for

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

* Sir Michael Cullen, former

Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand The deputy prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia tuarua o Aotearoa) is the second most senior member of the Cabinet of New Zealand. The officeholder usually deputises for the prime minister at official functions. The current deputy p ...

* Sir

John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell (3 November 1817 – 22 June 1912) was a prominent Scottish-born New Zealand public figure. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland". Early life John Logan Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Sco ...

, 17th

Mayor of Auckland The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalg ...

* John Garland, New South Wales

(1909-1910; 1916–1919) * Sir James Graham, 41st

Mayor of Sydney The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Sydney is the head of the Council of the City of Sydney, which is the local government area covering the central business district of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The Lord Mayor has b ...

John Alexander MacPherson John Alexander MacPherson (15 October 1833 – 17 February 1894), Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria. MacPherson was born at his father's property of ''Springbank'' on the Limestone Plains, in New South Wales (t ...

, 7th

* Malcolm Mackay, Australian Minister for the Navy (1971-1972) * Sir

David Monro Sir David Monro (27 March 1813 – 15 February 1877) was a New Zealand politician. He served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1861 to 1870. Early life Monro was born in Edinburgh. His father was Alexander Monro ...

, 2nd

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** ...

* F. Russell Miller, 40th

Mayor of Invercargill The Mayor of Invercargill is the head of the municipal government of Invercargill, New Zealand, and leads the Invercargill City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system every three years. The current m ...

, New Zealand * Sir

, 11th

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...

Andrew McLachlan Andrew Lockhart McLachlan, (born 14 January 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 6 February 2020, representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was previously a member of the South Australian Leg ...

, Australian Senator for

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...

* Sir Hugh Nelson, 11th

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...

* David Seath, New Zealand

(1963-1972) *

Carty Salmon Charles Carty Salmon (27 July 186015 September 1917) was an Australian politician who served as the second Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, in office from 1909 to 1910. A doctor by profession, he began his political career in ...

, 2nd Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives * Sir

Alexander Stuart Alexander Stuart may refer to: * Alexander Stuart (scientist) (1673–1742), scientist, winner of the Copley Medal *Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891), United States Secretary of the Interior between 1850 and 1853 *Alexander Stuart (Austral ...

, 9th

Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatur ...

Henry Thacker Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker (20 March 1870 – 3 May 1939) was a medical doctor, New Zealand Member of Parliament and Mayor of Christchurch. Early life Thacker was born in Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula on 20 March 1870. His parents were Essy Joy ...

, 32nd Mayor of

Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

Royalty

Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Albert, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (''Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel Fürst von Thurn und Taxis'', ; born 24 June 1983), is a German aristocrat, businessman, philosopher, and race car driver.Willis, Daniel. The Descendants of Lou ...

, head of the

House of Thurn and Taxis The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (german: link=no, Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ) is a family of German nobility that is part of the ''Briefadel''. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the en ...

* Countess Alexandra Nikolaevna Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, member of the Tolstoy family *

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and '' bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop o ...

David Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife David Charles Carnegie, 4th Duke of Fife (born 3 March 1961) is a British peer and businessman. He is the only surviving son of the late James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and his former wife Caroline Dewar. He was styled Earl of Macduff until 1 ...

* Charles Carnegie, Earl of Southesk,

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

to the Dukedom of Fife * Samuel Chatto and Arthur Chatto, sons of

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states durin ...

's niece

Lady Sarah Chatto Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is the only daughter of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. She and her brother, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, are the onl ...

Edward VII Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910. The second chil ...

King of the United Kingdom The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

and

Emperor of India Emperor or Empress of India was a title used by British monarchs from 1 May 1876 (with the Royal Titles Act 1876) to 22 June 1948, that was used to signify their rule over British India, as its imperial head of state. Royal Proclamation of 2 ...

Dana Bentley-Cranch, ''Edward VII: Image of an Era, 1841-1910'', Scotland, 1992

* George Percy, Earl Percy,

to the Dukedom of Northumberland *

Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton (born 6 April 1978), known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather, Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, on 7 April 201 ...

, direct male-line descendant of

Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and King of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child o ...

Lady Amelia Windsor Lady Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor (born 24 August 1995) is an English fashion model and a relative of the British royal family. She is currently 42nd in the line of succession to the British throne, as of September 2022. She is ...

, a relative of the British royal family *

Margareta of Romania Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania (; born 26 March 1949) is the eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. She assumed her father's duties in March 2016, upon his retirement, and has claimed the headship of the Hou ...

, Custodian of the Crown of Romania * Princess Mako of Akishino, member of the

Imperial House of Japan The , also referred to as the Imperial Family or the House of Yamato, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the Emperor i ...

* Princess Nora of Oettingen–Spielberg, member of the

House of Oettingen-Spielberg The House of Oettingen was a high-rank noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between the 12th century and the beginning of the 19th century. In 1674 the house was raised to the rank of p ...

Princess Raiyah bint Hussein Princess Raiyah bint Hussein ( ar, راية بنت الحسين; born 9 February 1986) is the younger daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and Queen Noor. She has two brothers, Hamzah and Hashem, as well as an elder sister, Princess Iman. She is ...

, member of the

House of Hashim The Hashemites ( ar, الهاشميون, al-Hāshimīyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq ( ...

Princess Salha bint Asem Princess Salha bint Asem (born 14 June 1987 in Amman) is the daughter of Prince Asem bin Al Nayef and Princess Sana Asem. Siblings Siblings * Prince Nayef ben Asem (born 22 January 1998) * Princess Nejla bint Asem (born 9 May 1988) H ...

, member of the

Princess Tsuguko of Takamado is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest daughter of Norihito, Prince Takamado, and Hisako, Princess Takamado. Biography Princess Tsuguko was born on 8 March 1986 at Aiiku Hospital in Minami-Azabu, Tokyo. She graduated from t ...

, member of the

* Prince Pavel Mikhailovich Dashkov, Russian aristocrat *

Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 14 March 1994), is a British aristocrat and eldest son and heir of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. He is the nephew of Diana, Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III. Early ...

to the Spencer earldom and first cousin of the

Duke of Cambridge Duke of Cambridge, one of several current royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom , is a hereditary title of specific rank of nobility in the British royal family. The title (named after the city of Cambridge in England) is heritable by male de ...

and

Prince Harry Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fifth in the line of succ ...

Bhagvat Singh Bhagvatsinhji (24 October 1865 – 9 March 1944) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 till his death in 1944, upon which he was honoured with 11-gun salute. He was the only Maharaja to take a medical degree and othe ...

, former

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

of the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

of Gondal

Judges and lawyers

Lord Reed 2022 (cropped).jpg, Lord Reed of Allermuir,

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is equivalent to the now-defunct position of Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, also known as the Senior Law Lord, who was the highest ranking among the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary (the ju ...

(2020-) Lord Hodge (cropped).jpg,

Lord Hodge Patrick Stewart Hodge, Lord Hodge, PC (born 19 May 1953) is a British lawyer, currently serving as Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Early life Hodge was educated at Croftinloan School, an independent junior boardi ...

, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2020-) Lord Carloway.jpg, Lord Carloway,

Lord President of the Court of Session The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary. The L ...

and

Lord Justice General Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

(2015-) Lord Advocate James Wolffe (26789821493).jpg,

James Wolffe Walter James Wolffe FSAScot FRIAS (born 20 December 1962) is a Scottish advocate who served as Lord Advocate from 2016 to 2021. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2014 to 2016, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Ad ...

Lord Advocate His Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate ( gd, Morair Tagraidh, sco, Laird Advocat), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved p ...

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Julia Sebutinde Julia Sebutinde is a Ugandan judge serving her second term on the International Court of Justice following her re-election on November 12, 2020. She also is the current chancellor of Muteesa I Royal University a university owned by Buganda k ...

, Judge of the International Court of Justice (2012-)

Military

Officers

Ralph Abercromby Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby (7 October 173428 March 1801) was a British soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was appointed Governor of Trinidad, served as Commander-in-Chief, Ir ...

, MP,

Commander-in-Chief, Ireland Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, was title of the commander of the British forces in Ireland before 1922. Until the Act of Union in 1800, the position involved command of the distinct Irish Army of the Kingdom of Ireland. History Marshal of Ireland ...

during the

Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influence ...

Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet General (United Kingdom), General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (21 January 1826 – 5 February 1907) was a Scottish soldier who achieved high office in the British Army in the 1880s. He was a descendant of the Alison family presented by Fr ...

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

* Sir

Hugh Beach General Sir William Gerald Hugh Beach, (20 May 1923 – 4 September 2019) was a British Army officer who, in retirement, researched and advised on defence policy, arms control and disarmament, with an interest in promoting concerns about ethical ...

, General, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Field Army (1976-1977) * Sir James Baird ,

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Director General Army Medical Services Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

(1973-1977) *

David Coulter David Coulter may refer to: * David Coulter (banker) (born 1949), director of Warburg Pincus *David Coulter (politician), Democratic Party politician and county executive of Oakland County * David Coulter (minister) (born 1957), Church of Scotland ...

Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

, Chaplain General of the British Army (2014-2018) *

Robert Craigie The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and Radical politician. He was a ...

, Naval

flag officer A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which the officer exercises command. The term is used differently in different countries: *In many countr ...

during the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

and later Admiral of the Red, dubbed by

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

as ''le Loup des Mers'', 'the Sea Wolf' * Sir

Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple General Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, 1st Baronet (3 December 1750 – 9 April 1830) was a Scottish general in the British Army and Governor of Gibraltar. Early life Dalrymple was the only son of Captain John Dalrymple, of the 6th Dragoons and ...

Governor of Gibraltar The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the ...

(1806-1808) * John Forbes,

Brigadier-General Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

, commanded the

Forbes Expedition The Forbes Expedition was a British military expedition to capture Fort Duquesne, led by Brigadier-General John Forbes in 1758, during the French and Indian War. While advancing to the fort, the expedition built the now historic trail, the Forbes ...

during the

French-Indian war The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the st ...

* Sir Alexander Hood , Lieutenant-General,

(1941-1948), Governor of Bermuda (1949-1955) * John Hunter,

Vice-admiral of the red Vice-admiral of the Red was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank admiral of the Blue (see order of precedence below). Royal Navy officers currently holding the ranks of commodore, rear admira ...

(1795-1800) *

James Francis Edward Keith James Francis Edward Keith (in later years ''Jakob von Keith''; 11 June 1696 – 14 October 1758) was a Scottish soldier and ''Generalfeldmarschall'' of the Royal Prussian Army. As a Jacobite he took part in a failed attempt to restore th ...

, Scottish Jacobite, served during the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754� ...

under

Frederick the Great Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...

as ''Generalfeldmarschall'' of the Prussian Army * Daniel Knobel ,

, Surgeon general, Surgeon General of the South African Defence Force (1988-1997) * William Thompson Lusk, Assistant Adjutant general, Adjutant-General for the Union (American Civil War), Union, American Civil War * Sir James McGrigor , responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps * Gregor MacGregor, Army

, adventurer, and confidence trickster, known for his "Poyois scheme" * Sir George Malcolm (Indian Army officer), George Malcolm ,

* Sir Harold Martin (RAF officer), Harold Martin , Air marshal, Air Marshal, Commander-in-Chief RAF Germany (1970-1973) * Sir Ian McGeoch , Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, Vice-Admiral * Iain McNicoll , Air marshal, Air Marshal, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations, RAF Air Command (2007-2010) * Sir Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer), Charles Napier ,

, served in War of 1812, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Crimean War * Sharon Nesmith, first woman to command a British Army Brigade, Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-general and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (2021-) * Arthur Edward Potts , Major General, Commander of 6th Canadian Infantry Division (1942-1943) * Philip Raffaelli , Surgeon-General of the United Kingdom Armed Forces (2009-2012) * Andrew Rutherford, 1st Earl of Teviot, Lieutenant-General (France), Lieutenant-General under Louis XIV when England was in ''Interregnum (England), Interregnum'', Governor of Tangier (1663-1664) * George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, Governor of Canada (1820-1828), Commander-in-Chief, India (1830-1832) * Thomas Rimmer (RAF officer), Thomas Rimmer , Air vice-marshal, Air Vice-Marshal, British Forces Cyprus, Commander, British Forces Cyprus (2000-2003) * Alan Reay , Lieutenant General,

(1981-1984) * Sir James Simpson (British Army officer), James Simpson ,

, Crimean War, Commander-in-Chief British troops in the Crimea (1855) * James Stuart (British Army officer, born 1741), James Stuart,

, 1st General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (1796) * Sir Charles Shaw (British Army officer), Charles Shaw, Brigadier general, Brigadier-general during the Portuguese Liberal Wars * Adam Stephen, Scottish-American General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War * Mona Chalmers Watson , head of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Britain), Women's Army Auxiliary Corps * Bennett H. Young, Lieutenant, Confederate States of America, Confederate officer who led the St. Albans Raid during the American Civil War

Soldiers

* Eric Brown (pilot), Eric Brown , Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history * William Brydon , the only person to reach safety in the 1842 retreat from Kabul * James Marr Brydone, Ship's surgeon of HMS Thunderer (1783), HMS Thunderer at Battle of Trafalgar * Charles Gray Catto, World War I flying ace, later Mayor of Waco, Texas * Gordon Duncan (RAF officer), Gordon Duncan , Scottish flying ace * James Oliver Ewart, intelligence officer, translator, and staff member of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery * John Todd (RAF officer), John Todd , Scottish First World War flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories

Victoria Cross and George Cross Recipients

*Victoria Cross **Crimean War *** William Henry Thomas Sylvester , Major (United Kingdom), Major **Indian Mutiny *** James John McLeod Innes ,

*** Valentine McMaster , Army surgeon **Andaman Islands expedition *** Campbell Mellis Douglas , Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel **Second Boer War *** Sir William Babtie , Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General *** Henry Edward Manning Douglas ,

**First World War *** Allan Ker , Major (United Kingdom), Major *** Arthur Moore Lascelles , Captain (military), Captain *** David Lowe MacIntyre , Captain (military), Captain *** Harcus Strachan , Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel *George Cross **Second World War *** Douglas Ford (British Army officer), Douglas Ford , Captain (military), Captain *** John Fraser (British Army officer, born 1896), John Fraser , Major (United Kingdom), Major *** Sandy Hodge (Royal Navy officer), Sandy Hodge , Captain (military), Captain *** Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk , Bomb disposal, Bomb disposal expert

Natural sciences, engineering and medicine

Astronomy

Chemistry

Professor-joseph-black-1728-1799-chemist

Geology

Computer Science and Informatics

Senior Academic Staff

Chris Bishop June 2015 Image 3 - SMALLER

Former Staff and Alumni

Deep Thinkers on Deep Learning (cropped to Geoffrey Hinton)

Engineering

Mathematics and Physics

Medicine and biology

Portrait of Robert liston when a student

Social sciences, arts and business

Pulitzer Prize

* Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, Ross Anderson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1990Elizabeth A. Brennan, Elizabeth C. Clarage, ''Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners'', 630

* Garry Wills, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993 * Jack N. Rakove, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1997 * Andrew Marshall (Asia journalist), Andrew Marshall, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2014

Architecture

Business

Tony Hayward - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2008

Economics

Literature

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930 LCCN2002706307

Robert Louis Stevenson in Cassell's Universal Portrait Gallery

Media and the arts

Music

Max Richter - 2015 - ATP Festival (cropped)

History, philosophy, sociology and theology

Others

Sports

Miscellaneous

University officials

* Sir Edward Victor Appleton, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the university (1949–1965) * Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, former Rector of the university (1935-1936) * Arthur Balfour, former Chancellor of the university (1891–1930) * Stanley Baldwin, former Rector of the university (1923-1926) * David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Earl Beatty, former Rector of the university (1917-1920) * Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Rector of the university (1945-1948) * Sir Winston Churchill, former Rector of the university (1929–1932) * Sir Alexander Fleming, former Rector of the university (1951–1953) * David Lloyd George, former Rector of the university (1920–1923) * William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone, former Rector of the university (1859-1865) * The Earl of Rosebery, former Rector of the university (1880-1883) * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, former Chancellor of the university (1953–2010) * Anne, Princess Royal, Chancellor of the university (2011–present)

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References

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