List of heads of government by higher education

Name Title University Location Degree/Program
Edi Rama Prime Minister of Albania University of Arts  Albania
Aymen Benabderrahmane Prime Minister of Algeria National School of Administration  Algeria
Xavier Espot Zamora Prime Minister of Andorra ESADEUniversity Ramon Llull  Spain Master of LawsHumanities
João Lourenço President of Angola Industrial Institute of Luanda

Lenin Military-Political Academy

 Angola Soviet Union
Gaston Browne Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda City Banking College

University of Manchester

 United Kingdom MBA
Alberto Fernández President of Argentina University of Buenos Aires  Argentina Law
Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister of Armenia Yerevan State University  Armenia Journalism(expelled before graduating)
Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia University of Sydney  Australia Degree in Economics
Karl Nehammer Chancellor of Austria University for Continuing Education Krems  Austria Master's degree in Public relations
Ali Asadov Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Plekhanov Russian University of Economics  Soviet Union
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Prime Minister of Bahrain American UniversityQueens' College, Cambridge  United States United Kingdom Bachelor of Arts in Political science

Master of Philosophy

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh Eden Mohila CollegeUniversity of Dhaka  Bangladesh
Mia Mottley Prime Minister of Barbados Queen's CollegeLondon School of EconomicsUniversity of London  Barbados United Kingdom Law
Roman Golovchenko Prime Minister of Belarus Moscow State Institute of International RelationsAcademy of Public Administration  Russia Belarus
Alexander De Croo Prime Minister of Belgium Vrije Universiteit BrusselNorthwestern University  Belgium United States
Johnny Briceño List of prime ministers of Belize St. John's CollegeUniversity of Texas at Austin  Belize United States Bachelor's degree in Business administration
Patrice Talon President of Benin University of Dakar  Senegal Bachelor's degree in Science
Lotay Tshering Prime Minister of Bhutan Mymensingh Medical CollegeBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical UniversityUniversity of Canberra  Bhutan Bangladesh Australia MBBSMBA
Luis Arce President of Bolivia Higher University of San AndrésUniversity of Warwick  Bolivia United Kingdom Bachelor of EconomicsMaster of Economics
Zoran Tegeltija Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mokgweetsi Masisi President of Botswana University of BotswanaFlorida State University  Botswana United States Master's degree in Social science education
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil National Service for Industrial Training  Brazil Lathe operation
Hassanal Bolkiah Sultan of Brunei Royal Military Academy Sandhurst  United Kingdom
Kiril Petkov Prime Minister of Bulgaria University of British ColumbiaHarvard University  Canada United States Bachelor of CommerceMBA
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni Prime Minister of Burundi University of Burundi  Burundi
Joseph Ngute Prime Minister of Cameroon University of YaoundéQueen Mary University of LondonUniversity of Warwick  Cameroon United Kingdom United Kingdom LawMaster of LawsDoctor of Law
Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada McGill UniversityUniversity of British Columbia  Canada Canada Bachelor of Arts in Literature

Bachelor of Education

Ulisses Correia e Silva Prime Minister of Cabo Verde Technical University of Lisbon  Portugal
Albert Pahimi Padacké Prime Minister of Chad University of N'Djamena  Chad Master of Laws
Gabriel Boric President of Chile University of Chile  Chile Law (didn't finish degree)
Xi Jinping General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
President of China
Tsinghua University  China Chemical engineering
Li Keqiang Premier of China Peking University  China Bachelor of LawsPhD in Economics
Iván Duque President of Colombia Sergio Arboleda UniversityAmerican UniversityGeorgetown University  Colombia United States United States LawMaster of LawsMaster's degree in Public policy
Anatole Collinet Makosso Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University  France Doctor of Law
Rodrigo Chaves Robles President of Costa Rica Ohio State University  United States Bachelor of ScienceMaster of ArtsPhD in economics
Andrej Plenković Prime Minister of Croatia University of Zagreb  Croatia
Miguel Díaz-Canel First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
President of Cuba
University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas  Cuba
Nicos Anastasiades President of Cyprus National and Kapodistrian University of AthensUniversity College London  Greece United Kingdom LawShipping law
Petr Fiala Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Masaryk University  Czech Republic Czech language
Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister of Denmark Aalborg UniversityUniversity of Copenhagen  Denmark Denmark Bachelor's degree in Social science

Master's degree in African Studies

Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Prime Minister of Djibouti University of Limoges  France Technical sciences
Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister of Dominica New Mexico State University at Las CrucesUniversity of Mississippi  United States United States
Luis Abinader President of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Institute of TechnologyHult International Business SchoolHarvard UniversityDartmouth College  Dominican Republic United States United States United States EconomicsCorporate financeAdvanced Management
Guillermo Lasso President of Ecuador Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador  Ecuador Economics (didn't finish degree)
Mostafa Madbouly Prime Minister of Egypt Cairo University  Egypt Master's degree in engineeringPhD in engineering
Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador Central American University  El Salvador Law (didn't finish degree)
Isaias Afwerki President of Eritrea Addis Ababa University  Ethiopia
Kaja Kallas Prime Minister of Estonia University of TartuEstonian Business School  Estonia Estonia Bachelor's degree in lawEMBA
Cleopas Dlamini Prime Minister of Eswatini University of Eswatini  Eswatini
Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia Microlink Information Technology College

University of Greenwich Ashland UniversityAddis Ababa University

 Ethiopia United Kingdom United States Ethiopia Bachelor's degree in Computer engineering

Master of Arts in Transformational leadership MBAPhD

Frank Bainimarama Prime Minister of Fiji Asian Institute of TechnologyDalhousie University  Thailand Canada
Sanna Marin Prime Minister of Finland University of Tampere  Finland Bachelor's degree in Administrative ScienceMaster's degree in Administrative Science
Rose Christiane Raponda Prime Minister of Gabon Gabonese Institute of Economy and Finance  Gabon Economics and Public finance
Irakli Garibashvili Prime Minister of Georgia Tbilisi State UniversityPantheon-Sorbonne University  Georgia France Master of International Relations
Olaf Scholz Chancellor of Germany University of Hamburg  Germany
Nana Akufo-Addo President of Ghana New College, OxfordUniversity of Ghana  United Kingdom Ghana Bachelor of Science in Economics
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister of Greece Harvard UniversityStanford UniversityHarvard Business School  United States United States United States Bachelor's degree in Social StudiesFord Dorsey Master's in International PolicyMBA
Dickon Mitchell Prime Minister of Grenada University of the West Indies at Cave HillUniversity of the West Indies, St Augustine  Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Bachelor of Laws
Mohamed Béavogui Prime Minister of Guinea Gamal Abdel Nasser University of ConakryPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityHarvard University  Guinea Soviet Union United States Master's degree in Engineering

Executive management

Nuno Gomes Nabiam Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Higher Institute of Civil Aviation Engineering  Ukraine
Mark Phillips Prime Minister of Guyana University of GuyanaPontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra  Guyana Dominican Republic Bachelor's degree in Social science and Public Management

Master of Science in Public Sector Management

Ariel Henry Prime Minister of Haiti University of MontpellierLoma Linda University  France United States Doctorate of Medicine in Neurophysiology and Neuropathology

Master of public health

Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary Eötvös Loránd UniversityPembroke College, Oxford  Hungary United Kingdom Juris Doctor
Katrín Jakobsdóttir Prime Minister of Iceland University of Iceland  Iceland Bachelor's degree in Icelandic

Master of Arts in Icelandic literature

Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Delhi University

Gujarat University

 India Bachelor of Arts in Political science

Master of Arts in Political science

Joko Widodo President of Indonesia Gadjah Mada University  Indonesia
Masoud Pezeshkian President of Iran Iran University of Medical Sciences  Iran Doctor of Medicine
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Prime Minister of Iraq Al Turath University College  Iraq Bachelor of Laws
Micheál Martin Taoiseach University College Cork  Ireland Bachelor of ArtsMaster of Arts in Political History
Naftali Bennett Prime Minister of Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem  Israel Bachelor of Laws
Patrick Achi Prime Minister of Ivory Coast SupélecStanford University  France United States Engineering and Infrastructure
Andrew Holness Prime Minister of Jamaica University of the West Indies  Jamaica Bachelor of Science in Management Studies

Master of Science in Management Studies

Fumio Kishida Prime Minister of Japan Waseda University  United States Bachelor of Laws
Bisher Al-Khasawneh Prime Minister of Jordan London School of Economics  United Kingdom Doctorate of law
Älihan Smaiylov Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Al-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKIMEP University  Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Applied mathematicsMaster of Public Administration
Uhuru Kenyatta President of Kenya Amherst College  United States
Taneti Maamau President of Kiribati University of the South PacificUniversity of SydneyUniversity of Queensland  Fiji Australia Australia
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah Prime Minister of Kuwait University of Kuwait  Kuwait Bachelor's degree in Political science
Akylbek Japarov Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Technical UniversityBishkek Academy of Finance and Economics  Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Civil engineeringFinancial systems
Thongloun Sisoulith General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
President of Laos
Pedagogical College of Neo Lao Hak Sat

Herzen University Russian Academy of Sciences

 Laos Russia Russia Pedagogy
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Prime Minister of Latvia University of Pennsylvania  United States Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

PhD in Linguistics

Najib Mikati Prime Minister of Lebanon American University of Beirut  Lebanon MBA
Moeketsi Majoro Prime Minister of Lesotho National University of LesothoWashington State University  Lesotho United States Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Master of Science in Agricultural economics PhD in Natural resource economics

George Weah President of Liberia DeVry University  United States Business administration
Daniel Risch Prime Minister of Liechtenstein St Gallen UniversityUniversity of ZurichLudwig Maximilian University of MunichUniversity of Freiburg   Switzerland  Switzerland Germany Germany Business administration
Ingrida Šimonytė Prime Minister of Lithuania University of Vilna  Lithuania Bachelor of Arts in Business administration

Master of Arts in Economics

Xavier Bettel Prime Minister of Luxembourg Nancy 2 UniversityAristotle University of Thessaloniki  France Greece Master's degree in Public and European Law

Master of Advanced Studies in Political science and Public law Maritime lawCanon law

Lazarus Chakwera President of Malawi University of MalawiUniversity of the NorthUniversity of South AfricaTrinity International University  Malawi South Africa South Africa United States Bachelor of ArtsTheologyMaster of TheologyDoctor of Ministry
Ismail Sabri Yaakob Prime Minister of Malaysia University of Malaya  Malaysia Bachelor of Laws
Robert Abela Prime Minister of Malta University of Malta  Malta Law
David Kabua President of the Marshall Islands University of Hawaiʻi  United States
Pravind Jugnauth Prime Minister of Mauritius University of BuckinghamAix-Marseille University  United Kingdom France LawCivil law
Andrés Manuel López Obrador President of Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico  Mexico Bachelor of Arts in Political science
David Panuelo President of the Federated States of Micronesia Eastern Oregon University  United States Bachelor of Arts in Political science
Natalia Gavrilița Prime Minister of Moldova Moldova State UniversityHarvard Law School  Moldova United States Bachelor's degree in International law

Master of Public Administration

Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene Prime Minister of Mongolia National University of MongoliaHarvard University  Mongolia United States Bachelor of LawsMaster's degree in Political science

Master's degree in Public policy

Dritan Abazović Prime Minister of Montenegro University of SarajevoUniversity of Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Political scienceDoctor of PhilosophyMaster's degree in International relations
Aziz Akhannouch Prime Minister of Morocco Université de Sherbrooke  Canada
Adriano Maleiane Prime Minister of Mozambique Eduardo Mondlane UniversityUniversity of London  Mozambique United Kingdom EconomicsMaster's degree in Managerial finance
Min Aung Hlaing Chairman of the State Administration Council
Prime Minister of Myanmar
Rangoon Arts and Science University  Myanmar Bachelor of Laws
Saara Kuugongelwa Prime Minister of Namibia Lincoln University  United States Economics
Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister of Nepal Tribhuvan University    Nepal
Mark Rutte Prime Minister of the Netherlands Leiden University  Netherlands Bachelor of ArtsMaster of Arts
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand University of Waikato  New Zealand Bachelor of Communications
Kim Jong-un General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
President of the State Affairs
Kim Il-sung UniversityKim Il-sung Military University  North Korea North Korea Physics
Dimitar Kovačevski Prime Minister of North Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of SkopjeUniversity of Montenegro  North Macedonia EconomicsMaster of EconomicsDoctorate of Economics
Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister of Norway Sciences Po  France Political science
Shehbaz Sharif Prime Minister of Pakistan Government College University, Lahore  Pakistan Bachelor of Arts
Surangel Whipps Jr. President of Palau Andrews UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles  United States United States Business administration and Economics

MBA

Mohammad Shtayyeh Prime Minister of Palestine Birzeit UniversityUniversity of Sussex  Palestine United Kingdom Bachelor's degree in Business administration

Doctorate in Economic development

Laurentino Cortizo President of Panama Norwich UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin  United States United States Bachelor of Business AdministrationMBA
James Marape Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea University of Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea Bachelor of Arts
Mario Abdo Benítez President of Paraguay Post University  United States Marketing
Aníbal Torres President of the Council of Ministers of Peru National University of San Marcos  Peru Bachelor of LawsMaster of ArtsDoctorate
Rodrigo Duterte President of the Philippines Lyceum of the Philippines UniversitySan Beda College Alabang  Philippines Philippines Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Laws
Mateusz Morawiecki Prime Minister of Poland University of WrocławWroclaw University of TechnologyWrocław University of EconomicsUniversity of HamburgUniversity of Basel  Poland Poland Poland Germany  Switzerland Bachelor of Arts in History

MBA Master of Advanced Studies

António Costa Prime Minister of Portugal University of Lisbon  Portugal Law
Mikhail Mishustin Prime Minister of Russia STANKIN  Russia Systems engineering
Édouard Ngirente Prime Minister of Rwanda National University of RwandaSaint-Louis University, BrusselsUniversité catholique de Louvain  Rwanda Belgium Belgium Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Master of Science in Agricultural economics PhD in Economics

Timothy Harris List of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis University of the West Indies at Cave HillUniversity of the West Indies, St AugustineConcordia University  Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Canada Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Master of Science in Accounting PhD in Accounting

Philip J. Pierre Prime minister of Saint Lucia Saint Mary's College

University of the West Indies

 Saint Lucia Jamaica Bachelor of Arts in Economics

MBA

Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines University of the West IndiesUniversity of Manchester  Jamaica United Kingdom Bachelor's degree in Economics

Master's degree in Government Doctorate in Government

Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa Prime Minister of Samoa Victoria University of Wellington  New Zealand
Luca Beccari San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs University of Urbino  Italy Accounting and Economics
Jorge Bom Jesus Prime Minister of Sao Tome University of ToulouseUniversity of São Tomé and Príncipe  France São Tomé and Príncipe Bachelor of Arts in French and Portuguese literature

Master of Arts in Portuguese PhD in Public administration

Macky Sall President of Senegal University of DakarFrench Institute of Petroleum  Senegal France
Ana Brnabić Prime Minister of Serbia Northwood UniversityUniversity of Hull  United States United Kingdom Bachelor of Business AdministrationMBA
Wavel Ramkalawan President of the Seychelles St Paul's Theological College, MauritiusUniversity of Birmingham  Mauritius United Kingdom Theological studiesTheology
Jacob Jusu Saffa Chief Minister of Sierra Leone Fourah Bay CollegeInstitute for Economic Development and Planning  Sierra Leone Senegal Bachelor of Science in Economics

Master of Arts in Economic development

Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister of Singapore University of CambridgeHarvard University  United Kingdom United States MathematicsMaster's degree in Computer science

Master of Public Administration

Eduard Heger Prime Minister of Slovakia University of Economics in Bratislava  Slovakia Engineering
Janez Janša Prime Minister of Slovenia University of Ljubljana  Slovenia Defense Studies
Mohamed Hussein Roble Prime minister of Somalia Somali National UniversityKTH Royal Institute of Technology  Somalia Sweden Bachelor of Science in Civil engineering

Master of Arts in Environmental engineering and Sustainable engineering

Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa University of LimpopoUniversity of South Africa  South Africa South Africa LawLegal education
Yoon Suk-yeol President of South Korea Seoul National University  South Korea Bachelor of LawsMaster of Laws
Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister of Spain Complutense University of MadridUniversité libre de BruxellesIESE Business SchoolUniversidad Camilo José Cela  Spain Belgium Spain Spain Licentiate in Economics

Politics and Economics Business Leadership PhD

Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka University of Colombo  Sri Lanka Law
Anura Kumara Dissanayake President of Sri Lanka University of Kelaniya  Sri Lanka Bachelor of Science in Physical Science
Harini Amarasuriya Prime Minister of Sri Lanka University of Delhi

Macquarie University University of Edinburgh

 India

 Australia  Scotland

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Masters of Arts in Applied Anthropology and Development

PhD in Social Anthropology

Chan Santokhi President of Suriname Nederlandse Politieacademie  Netherlands
Magdalena Andersson Prime Minister of Sweden Stockholm School of Economics  Sweden Master's degree in Economics
Hussein Arnous Prime Minister of Syria University of Aleppo  Syria Civil engineering
Kokhir Rasulzoda Prime Minister of Tajikistan Agricultural University of TajikistanRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration  Tajikistan Russia Hydraulic engineeringTechnical science
Kassim Majaliwa Prime Minister of Tanzania Mtwara Teacher Training College

University of Dar es Salaam

 Tanzania Tanzania TeachingBachelor of Education
Prayut Chan-o-cha Prime Minister of Thailand National Defence College of ThailandChulachomklao Royal Military Academy  Thailand Thailand
Siaosi Sovaleni Prime Minister of Tonga University of AucklandUniversity of OxfordUniversity of the South Pacific  New Zealand United Kingdom Fiji Bachelor of Arts in Computer science

Master's degree MBA

Keith Rowley Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago University of the West Indies - MonaUniversity of the West Indies at St. Augustine  Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Master of SciencePhD
Najla Bouden Prime Minister of Tunisia Mines ParisTech  France PhD in Earthquake engineering
Serdar Berdimuhamedow President of Turkmenistan Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. NiyazovDiplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationTurkmen Academy of Sciences  Turkmenistan Russia Turkmenistan EngineeringInternational relationsPhD in Technical sciences
Denys Shmyhal Prime Minister of Ukraine Lviv Polytechnic  Ukraine Economic sciences
Boris Johnson Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Eton College  United Kingdom
Joe Biden President of the United States University of DelawareSyracuse University  United States United States Bachelor's degree in History and Political science

Juris Doctor

Luis Lacalle Pou President of Uruguay Catholic University of Uruguay  Uruguay Law
Abdulla Aripov Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Tashkent University of Information Technologies  Uzbekistan
Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnam National University, HanoiNational Academy of Public Administration (Vietnam)Russian Academy of Sciences  Vietnam Vietnam Bachelor's degree in Philology
Nguyễn Xuân Phúc President of Vietnam National Economics UniversityNational Academy of Public Administration  Vietnam Bachelor's degree in economic management
Phạm Minh Chính Prime Minister of Vietnam Hanoi UniversityTechnical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest  Vietnam Romania Romanian and Civil engineering

Doctor of Law

Hakainde Hichilema President of Zambia University of ZambiaUniversity of Birmingham  Zambia United Kingdom Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business administration

MBA

Emmerson Mnangagwa President of Zimbabwe University of LondonUniversity of Zambia  United Kingdom Zambia Bachelor of Laws