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3. Columbia in the World Today

WELCOMED TO COLUMBIA

Many international leaders have appeared on campus in recent years:

  • LAURIE ACKERMANN
    Justice of the South African Constitutional Court
  • HEYDAR ALIYEV
    President of the Azerbaijan Republic
  • GIULIANO AMATO '63L
    Former Prime Minister of Italy
  • JACQUES ANDREANI
    Ambassador of France to the U.S.
  • KOFI ANNAN
    U.N. Secretary General
  • JOSE MARIA AZNAR
    President of Spain
  • LE VAN BANG
    Chief of the Vietnam Liaison Office in the U.S.
  • VIOLETA BARRIOS DE CHAMORRO
    President of Nicaragua
  • BORIS BIANCHERI
    Ambassador of Italy to the U.S.
  • BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI
    (Fulbright Fellow at Columbia Law School, 1954-55) U.N. Secretary General
  • JESSIM M. BUALLEY
    Bahrain Permanent Representative to the U.N.
  • RUTH CORRIA LEITE CARDOSO
    First Lady of Brazil
  • ANTONIO CASSESE
    President of the International Tribunal for former Yugoslavia
  • JOACHIM CHISSAMO
    President of Mozambique
  • EMIL CONSTANTINESCU
    President of Romania
  • THE DALAI LAMA OF TIBET
    TENZIN GYATSO '94HON
    Nobel Laureate
  • ABBA EBAN
    Former Foreign Minister of Israel and Ambassador to the U.S. and the U.N.
  • NABIL ELARABY
    Ambassador of Egypt to the U.N.
  • AZOUZ ENIFAR
    Ambassador of Tunisia to the U.S.
  • LEENDERT GEELHOED
    Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands
  • VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING
    Former President of France
  • JEREMY GREENSTOCK
    U.K. Ambassador to the U.S.
  • SEUNG-SOO HAN
    Ambassador of South Korea to the U.S.
  • RYUTARO HASHIMOTO
    Prime Minister of Japan
  • JOHAN JORGEN HOLST '60C '94HON
    Foreign Minister of Norway
  • LEE HONG-KOO
    Ambassador of Korea to the U.S.
  • YOSHIO KARITA
    Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
  • BILAHARI KAUSIKAN '80GSAS
    Permanent Representative of Singapore to the U.N.
  • KAMAL KHARRAZI
    Foreign Minister of Iran
  • TEDDY KOLLEK '95HON
    Mayor of Jerusalem
  • ANDREI KOZYREV '96HON
    Foreign Minister of Russia
  • LEONID KRAVCHUK
    Former President of Ukraine
  • LEONID KUCHMA
    President of Ukraine
  • JOSE AYALA LASSO
    U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • MARTIN MCGUINNESS
    Deputy Leader of Sinn Fein and now Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
  • LENNART MERI
    President of Estonia
  • GENERAL PHILIPPE MORILLON
    Commander of U.N. forces in Bosnia
  • NURSULTAN NAZARBAEV
    President of Kazakhastan
  • SADAKO OGATA '96HON
    U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
  • HISASHI OWADA
    Ambassador of Japan to the U.N.
  • ANTONIO OYARBAZABAL
    Ambassador of Spain to the U.S.
  • THEODOROS PANGALOS
    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
  • YANNOS PAPANTONIOU
    Minister of National Economy and Finance of Greece
  • SOO GIL PARK '72SIPA
    Permanent Representative of Korea to the U.N.
  • CHRISTOPHER PATTEN
    Former Governor of Hong Kong
  • GAVRIL POPOV
    Former Mayor of Moscow
  • WALDEMAR PWLAK
    Prime Minister of Poland
  • SHENGYUN QIU
    Ambassador and Consul General of China
  • NICK RAYNSFORD
    M.P. and Minister for London
  • DARIUZ ROSATI
    Prime Minister of Poland
  • DAVID RUBIN
    Israeli Economic Minister to North America
  • ALBIE SACHS
    Justice of the South African Constitutional Court
  • FERDINANDO SALLEO
    Ambassador of Italy to the U.S.
  • HIROMOTO SEKI
    Ambassador of Japan to the U.S.
  • YURI SHCHERBAK
    Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S.
  • IQBAL SHERVANI
    Foreign Minister of India
  • HARRIS SILAJDZIC
    Bosnia Co-Premier
  • MANMOHAN SINGH
    Indian Minister of Finance
  • ANOTALY SOBCHAK
    Mayor of St. Petersburg (Russia)
  • JAVIER SOLANA
    Secretary General of NATO
  • LEVON TER-PETROSIAN
    President of the Republic of Armenia
  • ALI-AKBAR VELAYATI
    Foreign Minister of Iran
  • VAIRA VIKE-FREIBERGA
    President of Latvia
  • JOAN ANTONIO YANEZ-BARUEVO
    Ambassador of Spain to the U.N.

 

The Dalai Lama (center) is welcomed by President George Rupp Prime Minister of Japan Ryutaro Hashimoto (left) shakes hands with Provost Jonathan Cole. President of Argentina Carlos Menem (right) with Dean Meyer Feldberg.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan enjoys a light moment with President Rupp. President of Spain Jose Maria Anzar (left) with President Rupp. Foreign Minister of Mexico Rosario Green (right) with Dean Lisa Anderson.
President of Mozambique Joachim Chissamo Wei Jingsheng (center), one of China's most prominent dissidents, with President Rupp and Provost Cole. 1999 Cabot Prizes for reporting on Latin America were awarded to (from left) Jorge Zepeda Patterson, editor-in-chief of Público Guadalajara, Mexico; Linda Robinson, Latin America bureau chief of U.S. News & World Report; and Juan Tamayo, Latin America coorespondent, The Miami Herald.
President of Romania Emil Constantinescu (center) with President Rupp and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Richard Holbrooke. Former Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Dean Feldberg. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Theodoros Pangalos (center) with Dean Anderson and President Rupp.

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