International Visitor Leadership Program

The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The mission of IVLP is to offer current and emerging international leaders the opportunity to experience the richness and diversity of American political, economic, social and cultural life through carefully designed exchanges that reflect participants’ professional interests and the public diplomacy objectives of the United States government.

The exchange brings up to 5,000 professional emerging leaders from around the world to the United States each year for programs of up to three weeks. The program is nomination only by staff at U.S. Embassies.[1]

History

In 1940, Nelson Rockefeller was named the Coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Affairs for the American Republics. He initiated the exchange of persons program with Latin America, inviting 130 Latin American journalists to the United States and recognized as the first exchange under what would become the IVLP. In 1948 representative Karl E. Mundt and Senator H. Alexander Smith marshaled the Informational and Educational Exchange Act, also known as the Smith-Mundt Act which was passed by the 80th United States Congress and approved by President Harry S. Truman. During a time when Americans grew increasingly concerned about Soviet propaganda, the purpose of the Smith-Mundt was "to promote a better understanding of the United States in other countries, and to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries" though educational and cultural exchanges. From this legislation birthed the Foreign Leaders Program, which was eventually consolidated into the International Visitor Program (IVP) in 1952. In 2004, the IVP was renamed the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).[2][3]

Goals

The purpose of the IVLP is to:

  1. cultivate lasting relationships between current and emerging professionals around the world and their American counterparts
  2. provides opportunities for foreign opinion makers to gain firsthand knowledge about U.S. society, culture and politics[4]

Notable alumni

The following tables list the 338 current and former chiefs of state and heads of government who have participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program.

East Asia and Pacific

CountryNameHighest PositionYear Participated
 AustraliaJulia GillardPrime Minister2006
Quentin BryceGovernor General1978
Paul KeatingPrime Minister1977
William HaydenGovernor General1970
Malcolm FraserPrime Minister1964
Gough WhitlamPrime Minister1964
 Cook IslandsTerepai MaoatePrime Minister1987
 Federated States of MicronesiaTosiwo NakayamaPresident1961
 FijiKamisese MaraActing President1964
Penaia GanilauPresident1963
George CakobauGovernor General1964
 IndonesiaMegawati SukarnoputriPresident1989
Abdurrahman WahidPresident1979
 JapanNaoto KanPrime Minister1981, 1980
Yukio HatoyamaPrime Minister1988
Morihiro HosokawaPrime Minister1980
Toshiki KaifuPrime Minister2000, 1962
 MalaysiaMahathir bin MohamadPrime Minister1973
Abdul RazakPrime Minister1963, 1953
 MongoliaNambaryn EnkhbayarPresident1994
 New ZealandHelen ClarkPrime Minister1998
Jenny ShipleyPrime Minister1989
David LangePrime Minister1983
Norman KirkPrime Minister1971, 1962
Rob MuldoonPrime Minister1965
Wallace E. RowlingPrime Minister1967
Jack MarshallPrime Minister1958
 PalauLazarus SaliiPresident1968
 Papua New GuineaIgnatius KilageGovernor-General1976
Michael SomarePrime Minister1971
 PhilippinesGloria Macapagal ArroyoPresident1964
Sara DuterteVice President2020
 SamoaVaai KolonePrime Minister1981
 SingaporeWee Kim WeePresident1964
Devan NairPresident1979
 South KoreaKim Dae-jungPresident1965
Kim Yong-samPresident1964
Han Seung-sooPrime Minister1977
Hyun Seung-jongActing Prime Minister1971
Lee Yung-dukPrime Minister1966
Kim Sang-hyupPrime Minister1970, 1960
Nam Duck-wooPrime Minister1975
Chung Il-kwonPrime Minister1971
Lee Han-keyPrime Minister1972
Choi Doo-sunPrime Minister1950
 TaiwanMa Ying-jeouPresident2003, 1971
Chen Shui-bianPresident1990
 ThailandChuan LeekpaiPrime Minister1971
 TongaTaufa'ahau Tupou IVKing1964
Fatafehi Tu'ipelehakePrime Minister1968
 VanuatuWalter LiniPrime Minister1976

Europe

Country/RegionNameHighest PositionYear Participated
 AlbaniaBashkim FinoPrime Minister1996, 1995
 AustriaHeinz FischerPresident1964
Alfred GusenbauerChancellor1987
Wolfgang SchüsselChancellor1984, 1971
Franz VranitzkyChancellor1975
Bruno KreiskyChancellor1958
Fred SinowatzChancellor1965
 BelgiumYves LetermePrime Minister1983
Guy VerhofstadtPrime Minister1983
Wilfried MartensPrime Minister1971
Leo TindemansPrime Minister1967
Mark EyskensPrime Minister1984
 BulgariaSergei StanishevPrime Minister2004
Zhan VidenovPrime Minister1992
Philip DimitrovPrime Minister1990
 CroatiaZoran MilanovicPrime Minister1996
Ivo JosipovićPresident2002
Ivica RacanPrime Minister1998
Zlatko TomčićPresident1998
 CyprusTassos PapadopoulosPresident1968
 Czech RepublicPetr NečasPrime Minister1999, 1994
 DenmarkLars Løkke RasmussenPrime Minister1989
Anders Fogh RasmussenPrime Minister1982
Poul Nyrup RasmussenPrime Minister1985
 EstoniaJuhan PartsPrime Minister2005, 1992
 FinlandSauli NiinistöPresident1992
Tarja HalonenPresident1983
Jyrki KatainenPrime Minister2003
Matti VanhanenPrime Minister1993
Paavo LipponenPrime Minister1974
Esko AhoPrime Minister1979
Harri HolkeriPrime Minister1970
Anneli Tuulikki JaatteenmakiPrime Minister1995
 FranceNicolas SarkozyPresident1985
François FillonPrime Minister1984
Lionel JospinPrime Minister1977
Alain JuppéPrime Minister1978
Raymond BarrePrime Minister1965
Pierre BérégovoyPrime Minister1977
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingPresident1956
Jacques Chaban-DelmasPrime Minister1961
Michel DebréPrime Minister1956
 GeorgiaMikheil SaakashviliPresident1999
Zurab NoghaideliPrime Minister1997
Zurab ZhvaniaPrime Minister1997
 GermanyJoachim GauckPresident1993
Christian WulffPresident2000
Gerhard SchröderChancellor1981
Richard von WeizsäckerPresident1978
Walter ScheelPresident1951
Karl CarstensPresident1950
Kurt Georg KiesingerChancellor1954
Willy BrandtChancellor1954
Helmut SchmidtChancellor1956
 GreeceKonstandinos KaramanlisPrime Minister1995
Constantine MitsotakisPrime Minister1959
Constantine KaramanlisPresident1951
Constantine TsatsosPresident1952
George RallisPrime Minister1958, 1953
 HungaryGyula HornPrime Minister1981
József AntallPrime Minister1989
 IcelandGeir HaardePrime Minister1985
David OddssonPrime Minister1983
Thorsteinn PalssonPrime Minister1984
Kristjan EldjarnPresident1957
 IrelandEnda KennyPrime Minister1989
Mary RobinsonPresident1976
John BrutonPrime Minister1980
 ItalyOscar Luigi ScalfaroPresident1960
Francesco CossigaPresident1966
Giuseppe SaragatPresident1963
Mario MontiPrime Minister1981
Romano ProdiPrime Minister1979
Giovanni GoriaPrime Minister1981
Giovanni SpadoliniPrime Minister1952
Arnaldo ForlaniPrime Minister1960
 KosovoFatmir SejdiuPresident2003
Bajram KosumiPrime Minister2001
Bajram RexhepiPrime Minister2000
 LithuaniaDalia GrybauskaitėPresident1994
Gediminas KirkilasPresident2002, 1993
Arturas PaulauskasPresident1992
 LuxembourgJacques SanterPrime Minister1973
 MacedoniaNikola GruevskiPrime Minister2000
Boris TrajkovskiPresident1996
Ljubco GeorgievskiPrime Minister1996
 MaltaJoseph MuscatPrime Minister1984
Edward Fenech AdamiPresident1974, 1975
Guido De MarcoPresident1973
Lawrence GonziPrime Minister1990
Ugo Mifsud BonniciPresident1971
Dominic MintoffPrime Minister1965
 MoldovaNicolae TimoftiPresident2005
Petru LucinschiPresident1995
 MontenegroIgor LukšićPrime Minister1999
 The NetherlandsJan Peter BalkenendePrime Minister1985
Willem KokPrime Minister1978
Joop den UylPrime Minister1953, 1979
 Norway Erna Solberg Prime Minister 1996
Jens StoltenbergPrime Minister1988
Thorbjorn JaglandPrime Minister1982
Kjell Magne BondevikPrime Minister1971
Jan P. SysePrime Minister1978
Kare WillochPrime Minister1979
 PolandBeata SzydłoPrime Minister2004
Bronislaw KomorowskiPresident2006
Donald TuskPrime Minister1995
Hanna SuchockaPrime Minister1988
Mieczysław RakowskiPrime Minister1978
Kazimierz MarcinkiewiczPrime Minister2000
Aleksander KwasniewskiPresident1994
 PortugalAníbal Cavaco SilvaPresident1978
Jorge SampaioPresident1965
Mario Alberto SoaresPresident1976
António GuterresPrime Minister1978
Francisco Pinto BalsemaoPrime Minister1965
 RomaniaVictor CiorbeaPrime Minister1995
 SloveniaBorut PahorPrime Minister1991
Janez DrnovšekPresident1988
 SpainEduardo MadinaDeputy
 SwedenFredrik ReinfeldtPrime Minister2002
Carl BildtPrime Minister1973
  SwitzerlandMoritz LeuenbergerPresident1993
Andri Silberschmidt National Councilor 2019
 TurkeyAbdullah GulPresident1995
Suleyman DemirelPresident1957
 UkraineLeonid KuchmaPresident1994
Leonid KravchukPresident
 United KingdomGordon BrownPrime Minister1992, 1984
Tony BlairPrime Minister1992, 1986
Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister1967
Edward HeathPrime Minister1953
Humza YousafFirst Minister of Scotland2008

North Africa, Near East, South Asia and Central Asia

CountryNameHighest PositionYear Participated
 AfghanistanHamid KarzaiPresident1987
 BangladeshFakhruddin AhmedChief Advisor1977
Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPrime Minister1952
 BhutanJigme ThinleyPrime Minister1987
Khandu WangchukPrime Minister1993
 EgyptAnwar SadatPresident1968
Ahmed NazifPrime Minister1990
Ahmad Fuad MohieddinPrime Minister1977
 IndiaPratibha PatilPresident1999, 1986
Narendra modiPrime

Minister

1993
Atal Bihari VajpayeePrime Minister1960
Indira GandhiPrime Minister1961
Morarji DesaiPrime Minister1962
Arun Daniel Yellamaty Founder Youngistaan Foundation 2022
 IsraelMoshe KatzavPresident1980
Ehud OlmertPrime Minister1978
 JordanAdnan BadranPrime Minister1977
Faisal al-FayezPrime Minister1988
Abdelsalam al-MajaliPrime Minister1969
 KyrgyzstanKurmanbek BakiyevPresident2004
 LebanonAmin GemayelPresident1979, 1972
Elias SarkisPresident1971
Zaven KouyoumdjianMedia Personality2006
 MoroccoAzzedine LarakiPrime Minister1986
Maati BouabidPrime Minister1965, 1961
   NepalKrishna Prasad BhattaraiPrime Minister1993
Sher Bahadur DeubaPrime Minister
 PakistanGhulam Ishaq KhanPresident1949
 Sri LankaMahinda RajapaksePresident1989
Ranil WickremesinghePrime Minister1988, 1981
Ratnasiri WickremanayakePrime Minister1975
Ranasinghe PremadasaPresident1966
 TunisiaMohamed MzaliPrime Minister1964
 QatarHamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al ThaniPrime Minister1989

Sub-Saharan Africa

CountryNameHighest PositionYear Participated
 BeninNicephore SogloPresident1997
 BotswanaFestus G. MogaePresident1976
Quett MasirePresident1975
 Burkina FasoRoch Marc Christian KaboréPresident1999, 1986
 Central African RepublicAndre-Dieudonne KolingbaPresident1966
 ChadYoussouf Saleh AbbasPrime Minister1999
Nagoum YamassoumPrime Minister1992
 Côte d'IvoireLaurent GbagboPresident1993
Daniel Kablan DuncanPrime Minister1974
 GhanaJohn KufuorPresidentLate 1960s
 GuineaAlpha CondéPresident1962
Lamine SidiméPrime Minister1992
 KenyaMwai KibakiPresident1999
Daniel arap MoiPresident1969
 Lesotho'Mamohato SeeisoQueen1993
 MadagascarDidier RatsirakaPresident1973
Philibert TsirananaPresident1964
 MalawiJoyce BandaPresident1989
Bakili MuluziPresident1980
 MaliAlpha Oumar KonaréPresident1978
 MauritiusAnerood JugnauthPresident1981
Navinchandra RamgoolamPrime Minister1986
Karl OffmannPresident1985
Veerasamy RingadooGovernor General1982
Dayendranath BurrenchobayGovernor General1969
 MozambiqueArmando GuebuzaPresident1987
Pascoal MocumbiPrime Minister1986
 NamibiaNahas AngulaPrime Minister1996
 NigerSeyni OumarouPrime Minister1990
Hama AmadouPrime Minister1986
 NigeriaAlex Ifeanyichukwu EkwuemeVice President
 RwandaSylvestre NsanzimanaPrime Minister1986
 South AfricaFrederik Willem de KlerkPresident1976
 SenegalMame Madior BoyePrime Minister1975
 SeychellesFrance-Albert RenéPresident1967
 SwazilandObed DlaminiPrime Minister1986
 TanzaniaJulius NyererePresident1960
 TogoFaure GnassingbéPresident2001
Yawovi AgboyiboPrime Minister1997
Edem KodjoPrime Minister1972
Joseph Kokou KoffigohPrime Minister1990
 UgandaAmama MbabaziPrime Minister2011
 ZambiaKebby MusokotwanePrime Minister1979
 ZimbabweMorgan TsvangiraiPrime Minister1989

Western Hemisphere

CountryNameHighest PositionYear Participated
 ArgentinaFernando de la RúaPresident1966
Raúl AlfonsínPresident1981
 BarbadosOwen ArthurPrime Minister1988
Lloyd Erskine SandifordPrime Minister1975
Tom AdamsPrime Minister1973
 BelizeSaid MusaPrime Minister1995
 BoliviaCarlos MesaPresident2002, 1979
 BrazilDilma RousseffPresident1992
José SarneyPresident1964
 CanadaEdward SchreyerGovernor General1978
 ChileRicardo LagosPresident1988
Marco Antonio DíazMayor2021
 ColombiaÁlvaro UribePresident1998
Ernesto SamperPresident1985
César GaviriaPresident1982
Belisario BetancurPresident1952
Julio César Turbay AyalaPresident1977
 Costa RicaÓscar AriasPrime Minister1971
 DominicaNicholas LiverpoolPresident1985
Eugenia CharlesPrime Minister1995
Patrick JohnPrime Minister1979
 Dominican RepublicDanilo MedinaPresident1991
Hipólito MejíaPresident1995
Salvador Jorge BlancoPresident1979
 EcuadorGustavo NoboaPresident1960
Jamil MahuadPresident1985
Rosalía ArteagaPresident1993
Rodrigo BorjaPresident1962
 El SalvadorArmando Calderón SolPresident1986
Alfredo CristianiPresident1986
 GrenadaPaul ScoonGovernor General1972
 GuyanaHamilton GreenPrime Minister1967
Ptolemy ReidPresident1966
 GuatemalaVinicio CerezoPresident1976
Alfonso PortilloPresident1992
Álvaro ArzúPresident1982
Ramiro de León CarpioPresident1988
 HaitiJacques-Édouard AlexisPrime Minister1983
Ertha Pascal-TrouillotPresident1980
Leslie ManigatPresident1959
 HondurasRicardo MaduroPresident1986
Carlos Roberto ReinaPresident1993
Rafael Leonardo CallejasPresident1986
José Azcona del HoyoPresident1985
 JamaicaPortia Simpson-MillerPrime Minister1981
Howard CookeGovernor General1981
Donald SangsterPrime Minister1960
 MexicoFelipe CalderónPresident1992
 ParaguayNicanor DuartePresident1989
 PeruJorge Del CastilloPrime Minister1988
Beatriz MerinoPrime Minister1997
Vladimiro Montesinos Intelligence chief 1976[5]
 Saint Kitts and NevisDenzil DouglasPrime Minister1990
Simeon DanielPremier1980
Lee MoorePremier1972
 Saint LuciaStephenson KingPrime Minister1985
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesJames Fitz-Allen MitchellPrime Minister1973
 SurinameRonald VenetiaanPresident1981
Ramsewak ShankarPresident1978
 Trinidad and TobagoGeorge RichardsPresident1986
Kamla Persad-BissessarPrime Minister1998
Patrick ManningPrime Minister1988
Basdeo PandayPrime Minister1978
Michael WilliamsPresident1988
 UruguayTabaré VázquezPresident1993
Washington BeltránPresident1976
Julio María SanguinettiPresident1984
Luis Alberto LacallePresident1968
 VenezuelaRafael CalderaPresident1962
Luis Herrera CampinsPresident1967

Agencies involved

The IVLP functions through a cooperative agreement with several National Program Agencies and Global Ties U.S., comprising organizations in 45 states, that arrange the itineraries for IVLP exchange participants.[6]

References

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