The London School of Economics and Political Science

Frank Dobson, Margaret Hodge, Robert Kilroy-Silk, former UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and former UK Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson. Internationally, the current and first female president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Brazilian defence minister Celso Amorim, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias, former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, President of India K. R. Narayanan, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Tsai Ing-wen, Italian prime minister and president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, French Foreign Minister and president of the Constitutional Council Roland Dumas as well as Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam all studied at LSE. A notable number of LSE students have also played a role in the Barack Obama administration, including Pete Rouse, Peter R. Orszag, Mona Sutphen, Paul Volcker and Jason Furman. Physician Vanessa Kerry and American journalist Susan Rasky are also alumnae of the LSE. Notable American Monica Lewinsky pursued her MSc in Social Psychology at the LSE. Current leader of the opposition of the Sri Lankan government Sajith Premadasa, and the CEO and Managing Director of the National Payments Corporation of India, Dilip Asbe, known for pioneering India's widely used UPI system; Former Attorney General of India, Ashok Desai also studied at the LSE.
LSE has produced a distinguished group of alumni from across Asia who have held influential positions in politics, governance, and public service. This includes Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, India’s first Law Minister and architect of the Indian Constitution; Zaini Ahmad, Bruneian politician and rebel during the 1962 Brunei revolt; Piyasvasti Amranand, Thailand's Energy Minister; Sonny Angara, senator of the Philippines; Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Araneta Marcos III, Congressman and member of the prominent Marcos political family; Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, former Philippine Undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology; Khawaja Muhammad Asif, …