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	AngolaSoviet 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 StatesUnited 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	BarbadosUnited Kingdom	Law
Roman Golovchenko	Prime Minister of Belarus	Moscow State Institute of International RelationsAcademy of Public Administration	RussiaBelarus
Alexander De Croo	Prime Minister of Belgium	Vrije Universiteit BrusselNorthwestern University	BelgiumUnited States
Johnny Briceño	List of prime ministers of Belize	St. John's CollegeUniversity of Texas at Austin	BelizeUnited 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	BhutanBangladeshAustralia	MBBSMBA
Luis Arce	President of Bolivia	Higher University of San AndrésUniversity of Warwick	BoliviaUnited 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	BotswanaUnited 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	CanadaUnited 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	CameroonUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom	LawMaster of LawsDoctor of Law
Justin Trudeau	Prime Minister of Canada	McGill UniversityUniversity of British Columbia	CanadaCanada	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	ColombiaUnited StatesUnited 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	GreeceUnited 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	DenmarkDenmark	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 StatesUnited States
Luis Abinader	President of the Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo Institute of TechnologyHult International Business SchoolHarvard UniversityDartmouth College	Dominican RepublicUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited 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	EstoniaEstonia	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	EthiopiaUnited KingdomUnited StatesEthiopia	Bachelor's degree in Computer engineering Master of Arts in Transformational leadership MBAPhD
Frank Bainimarama	Prime Minister of Fiji	Asian Institute of TechnologyDalhousie University	ThailandCanada
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	GeorgiaFrance	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 KingdomGhana	Bachelor of Science in Economics
Kyriakos Mitsotakis	Prime Minister of Greece	Harvard UniversityStanford UniversityHarvard Business School	United StatesUnited StatesUnited 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	BarbadosTrinidad and Tobago	Bachelor of Laws
Mohamed Béavogui	Prime Minister of Guinea	Gamal Abdel Nasser University of ConakryPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityHarvard University	GuineaSoviet UnionUnited 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	GuyanaDominican 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	FranceUnited States	Doctorate of Medicine in Neurophysiology and Neuropathology Master of public health
Viktor Orbán	Prime Minister of Hungary	Eötvös Loránd UniversityPembroke College, Oxford	HungaryUnited 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	FranceUnited 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	KazakhstanKazakhstan	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	FijiAustraliaAustralia
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	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	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	LaosRussiaRussia	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	LesothoUnited 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	SwitzerlandSwitzerlandGermanyGermany	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	FranceGreece	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	MalawiSouth AfricaSouth AfricaUnited 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 KingdomFrance	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	MoldovaUnited States	Bachelor's degree in International law Master of Public Administration
Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene	Prime Minister of Mongolia	National University of MongoliaHarvard University	MongoliaUnited 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 HerzegovinaMontenegro	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	MozambiqueUnited 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 KoreaNorth 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 StatesUnited States	Business administration and Economics MBA
Mohammad Shtayyeh	Prime Minister of Palestine	Birzeit UniversityUniversity of Sussex	PalestineUnited Kingdom	Bachelor's degree in Business administration Doctorate in Economic development
Laurentino Cortizo	President of Panama	Norwich UniversityUniversity of Texas at Austin	United StatesUnited 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	PhilippinesPhilippines	Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Laws
Mateusz Morawiecki	Prime Minister of Poland	University of WrocławWroclaw University of TechnologyWrocław University of EconomicsUniversity of HamburgUniversity of Basel	PolandPolandPolandGermanySwitzerland	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	RwandaBelgiumBelgium	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	BarbadosTrinidad and TobagoCanada	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 LuciaJamaica	Bachelor of Arts in Economics MBA
Ralph Gonsalves	Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	University of the West IndiesUniversity of Manchester	JamaicaUnited 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	FranceSão 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	SenegalFrance
Ana Brnabić	Prime Minister of Serbia	Northwood UniversityUniversity of Hull	United StatesUnited Kingdom	Bachelor of Business AdministrationMBA
Wavel Ramkalawan	President of the Seychelles	St Paul's Theological College, MauritiusUniversity of Birmingham	MauritiusUnited Kingdom	Theological studiesTheology
Jacob Jusu Saffa	Chief Minister of Sierra Leone	Fourah Bay CollegeInstitute for Economic Development and Planning	Sierra LeoneSenegal	Bachelor of Science in Economics Master of Arts in Economic development
Lee Hsien Loong	Prime Minister of Singapore	University of CambridgeHarvard University	United KingdomUnited 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	SomaliaSweden	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 AfricaSouth 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	SpainBelgiumSpainSpain	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	TajikistanRussia	Hydraulic engineeringTechnical science
Kassim Majaliwa	Prime Minister of Tanzania	Mtwara Teacher Training College University of Dar es Salaam	TanzaniaTanzania	TeachingBachelor of Education
Prayut Chan-o-cha	Prime Minister of Thailand	National Defence College of ThailandChulachomklao Royal Military Academy	ThailandThailand
Siaosi Sovaleni	Prime Minister of Tonga	University of AucklandUniversity of OxfordUniversity of the South Pacific	New ZealandUnited KingdomFiji	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	JamaicaTrinidad 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	TurkmenistanRussiaTurkmenistan	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 StatesUnited 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	VietnamVietnam	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	VietnamRomania	Romanian and Civil engineering Doctor of Law
Hakainde Hichilema	President of Zambia	University of ZambiaUniversity of Birmingham	ZambiaUnited Kingdom	Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business administration MBA
Emmerson Mnangagwa	President of Zimbabwe	University of LondonUniversity of Zambia	United KingdomZambia	Bachelor of Laws