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This is a list of people associated with Balliol College, Oxford who were or are politicians.

Politicians currently active

Members of Parliament

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Yuan Yang 2008 PPE, LSE
Foreign correspondent, Financial Times		 Born in China, moved to England aged 4
Labour MP for the new seat of Earley & Woodley since July 2024
Kanishka Narayan 2008 PPE Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan since July 2024
Matthew Pennycook 2005 History and IntRel, LSE;
MPhil Int Rel		 Labour MP for Greenwich & Woolwich since 2015, Minister of State for Housing and Planning since July 2024
Helen Hayes 1997 PPE
town planner		 Labour MP for Dulwich & West Norwood 2015-. Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee from September 2024
Kirsty McNeill 1997 PPE

Executive Director, Save the Children

 Scottish Labour and Co-operative MP for Midlothian
Yvette Cooper 1987 PPE
Harvard
LSE		 Married to Ed Balls, also a senior Labour politician. MP from 1997.

Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Appointed Home Secretary July 2024
Sir Julian Lewis 1970 PPE
DPhil IntRel, St Antony's College		 Conservative MP for New Forest East since 1997. A Privy Councillor since 2015 and knighted in 2023. An expert in foreign and military affairs and has twice won the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies essay prize

Members of the House of Lords

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Jo Johnson 1991 Modern History Conservative MP for Orpington 2010-19. Director No.10 Policy Unit 2013, Universities Minister 2015-18 and 2019. Life peer 2020. Brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Simon Stevens 1984 PPE Senior government policy adviser 1997-2004 to Secs of State for Health, then No.10 Policy Unit in the era of Tony Blair. Labour councillor in Lambeth 1998-2002. Chief Executive of NHS England (a non-party role) 2014-21. Knighted 2020, life peer 2021
Matilda Simon, 3rd Baroness Simon of Wythenshawe 1973 Engineering Succeeded father 2002, and retained title although assigned male at birth. Green party.
Ralph Palmer 1969 Physics Succeeded as Lord Lucas and Dingwall 1991. Conservative Whip in Lords 1994-97. Owner and publisher of Good Schools Guide from 2000. Hereditary peer among those elected from their own number to continue to serve actively
Chris Patten 1962 Modern History Conservative MP for Bath 1979-92. Secretary of State for the Environment 1989-90. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party 1990-92. The final Governor of Hong Kong 1992-97. European Commissioner 1999-2004. Chancellor of Oxford University 2003-2024
Alan Beith 1961 PPE Liberal (Democrat) MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1973-2015
Deputy Leader of LDs 1992-2003
Life peer 2015
Roger Freeman 1961 PPE Conservative MP for Kettering 1983-97, Privy Council 1993, in Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1995. Oversaw privatisation of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Life peer 1997
Dick Taverne 1947 Literae humaniores Labour MP for Lincoln then re-elected as Democratic Labour, a precursor of the SDP (1973) 1962-74. Life Peer (1996), Liberal Democrat

MPs who completed service in 2024

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David Johnston 2000 Modern History and Politics CEO Social Mobility Foundation 2009-2020

Conservative MP for Wantage 2019-2024. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing 2023-4
Robin Walker 1997 Ancient and Modern History Son of Peter Walker, minister under Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher.
Conservative MP for Worcester 2010-24. Minister of State for School Standards 2021-22. Chair, House of Commons Education Select Committee 2022-24
Boris Johnson 1983 Literae Humaniores

Journalist

 Mayor of London 2008-16. Conservative MP for Henley 2001-8 and for Uxbridge & South Ruislip 2015-2023. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-18. Prime Minister and Leader of Conservative party 2019-2022.

"Got Brexit Done"
Damian Green 1974 PPE
BBC		 Conservative MP for Ashford 1997-2004. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2016-17, First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, in effect Deputy Prime Minister to Theresa May, 2017

UK politicians active in era 1979-2020

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Charlotte Leslie 1997 Literae Humaniores Conservative MP for Bristol NW 2010-17, Spectator backbencher of the year 2013. Director of the Conservative Middle East Council from 2017
Rory Stewart 1992 History/PPE
diplomat, author

The Rest is Politics podcast

 Conservative MP for Penrith & The Border 2010-19

Minister for Environment (2015–16), International Development (2015–16), Africa (2016–18), Prisons (2018–19). Secretary of State for International Development (2019). In 2019, stood for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister following the resignation of Theresa May

Kitty Ussher 1990 PPE

Chief Economist, Institute of Directors

 Labour MP for Burnley 2005-10. Economic Secretary to the Treasury, 2007-08. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2008-09. Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury 2009
James Purnell 1988 PPE

Vice Chancellor, University of the Arts

 Labour MP for Stalybridge & Hyde 2001-10. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2007-08 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2008-09
Stephen Twigg 1985 PPE
First openly gay President, National Union of Students 1990		 Labour MP for Enfield Southgate 1997-2005, defeating Michael Portillo in 1997, then for Liverpool West Derby 2010-19. Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 2002-2, Minister for School Standards 2004-5, Shadow Sec of State for Education 2011-13
David Faber 1980 Modern Languages

Headmaster, Summer Fields School

 Conservative MP for Westbury 1992-2001. Grandson of former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1994-96, and to the Secretary of State for Health, 1996-97
Ian Pearson 1977 PPE

@2024 Chairman of EQTEC PLC

 Labour MP for Dudley (West then South) 1994-2010. Economic Secretary of the Treasury 2008-10
Dr Charles Tannock MEP 1976 Medicine

psychiatrist

 MEP (Conservative) 1999-2019. UK Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman 2002–2019. Vice-President of the Human Rights Subcommittee of the Parliament 2004–07. Vice-President of the EP Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2009–14
Tony Wright 1971 LSE, Harvard
DPhil 1977		 Labour MP for Cannock & Burntwood then Cannock Chase 1992-2010. Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee 1999-2010
Neil MacCormick MEP 1963 Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008 MEP for Scottish National Party 1999-2004. Died 2009
Stuart Holland 1960 History Labour MP for Vauxhall 1979-89. Shadow minister for development co-operation from 1983 to 1987

Members of the House of Lords who have died since 2000

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James Douglas-Hamilton 1961
Died 2023		 Modern History
Law, Edinburgh		 Conservative MP for Edinburgh West 1974-79 Minister of State for Health and Home Affairs 1995-97. Life peer 1998
Robert Maclennan 1955
died 2020		 Modern History
barrister		 Labour, SDP (party leader), Alliance and Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness & Sutherland 1966-2001. Life peer 2001
Peter Brooke 1953
died 2023		 Literae Humaniores Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster 1979-2001. Chairman of the C party 1987-89. Sec of State for N Ireland 1989-92. Life peer 2001
Patrick Mayhew 1949
died 2016		 Jurisprudence Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells 1974-97. Solicitor General 1983-87, Attorney General 1987-92, Northern Ireland Sec 1992-97. Life peer 1997

UK politicians active between World War II and the Millennium

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Mike Woodin 1990 Manchester, Wolfson College
Balliol Lecturer in Psychology 1990-2004.		 Oxford City councillor for Central ward (Green party) 1994-2004. Principal Speaker (in effect joint leader) of the Green Party of England and Wales 1997-2000 and 2003-4
Bryan Gould 1962 Rhodes Scholar
New Zealand

Law

 Labour MP 1974-79 and 1983-94, Shadow Cabinet and contended leadership of party 1992, finishing second to John Smith
Lord Gowrie 1959 English Minister of State in Thatcher government 1979-84, Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster 1984-5. Died 2021
Sir George Gardiner 1955 PPE MP for Reigate (Conservative 1974-97, Referendum party 1997 – the only MP that party ever had.) Died 2002
Toby Jessel 1954 PPE Conservative MP for Twickenham 1970-97. Died 2018
Leif Mills 1954 PPE Trade union leader. National Union of Bank Employees (later renamed the Banking Insurance and Finance Union - BIFU): Assistant General Secretary in 1962, then Deputy General Secretary in 1968, and finally General Secretary in 1972-96. Died 2020
Mark Hughes 1953 Modern History Labour MP for City of Durham 1970-83. MEP 1975-79.Died 1993
John Mackintosh 1950 Edinburgh
PPE		 Labour MP for Berwick & East Lothian. Advocated dual nationality- Scottish and British. Died 1978
Ian Gilmour 1947 Modern History Conservative MP 1962-92. Defence Sec 1974. Lord Privy Seal 1979-81. Life peer 1992. Died 2007
Sir Nicholas Ridley 1946 Mathematics, English Conservative MP for Cirencester & Tewkesbury 1959-1992. Life peer 1992. Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1981-83. Secretary of State for Transport 1983-86. Secretary of State for the Environment 1986-89. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 1989-90. Died 1993
David Ginsburg 1939 PPE Labour MP for Dewsbury 1959-81, SDP 1981-83. Chairman Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Died 1994
David James 1938 Modern History

Wartime honorary degree

 Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown 1959-64 and North Dorset 1970-70. Died 1986
Maurice Macmillan 1938 Classical History Only son of Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister). Conservative MP for Halifax 1955-64 and for Farnham and South West Surrey 1966-84 (his death). Economic Secretary to the Treasury 1963–64. Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1970–72, Secretary of State for Employment 1972–73 and Paymaster General 1973–74
Roy Jenkins 1938 PPE Labour MP for Birmingham Stechford 1950-77, Home Secretary 1965-67 overseeing liberalisation of law relating to divorce, homosexuality and capital punishment abolition, and 1974-76, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967-70, President of the European Commission 1977-81. SDP MP for Glasgow Hllhead 1982-87. Prospective Prime Minister for the Liberal-SDP Alliance in the 1983 election. Life peer (Liberal Democrat) 1987. Chancellor of Oxford University 1987-2003 (his death)
Julian Amery 1937 Modern History Conservative MP for Preston North 1950-66, for Brighton Pavilion 1969-92. Secretary of State for Air 1960-62, Minister of Aviation 1962-64 (involved in the planning stage of the Concorde airliner), Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1972-74
Madron Seligman
MEP		 1937 PPE Conservative MEP for Sussex West 1979-94
Hugh Fraser 1936 Modern History Conservative MP for Stone then Stafford & Stone then Stafford 1945-84 (his death). Secretary of State for Air 1962-64
Denis Healey 1936 Literae Humaniores Labour MP for Leeds SE then East 1952-92 Secretary of State for Defence 1964-70, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-79, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1980-83. Life peer 1992. Died 2015
Sir Edward Heath

Prime Minister

 1935 PPE
organ scholar		 Conservative MP for Bexley then Old Bexley & Sidcup 1950-2001.C Chief Whip 1955-60, :Lord Privy Seal in charge of negotiations to enter the European Economic Community 1961, President of the Board of Trade 1963. Leader of the C party 1965-75. Prime Minister 1970-74. Died 2005
Nigel Nicolson 1935 Modern History Conservative MP for Bournemouth East and Christchurch 1952-59. Wrote history of the Grenadier Guards with whom he served in WW2. Established Weidenfeld and Nicolson publishers. Wrote about his bisexual parents Portrait of a Marriage 1973. Historian. Autobiography "Long Life" 1997. Died 2004.
Sir Anthony Kershaw 1934 Modern History Conservative MP for Stroud 1955-87. Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee 1979-87. Died 2008
Jo Grimond 1932 PPE Liberal MP for Orkney & Shetland 1950-83, Leader of the Liberal party 1956-67. Life peer 1983. Died 1993
Anthony Greenwood 1930 PPE Labour MP for Heywood & Radcliffe 1946-50, Rossendale 1950-70. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1964-65, Minister of Overseas Development 1965-66, Minister of Housing and Local Government 1966-70. Died 1982
John Boyd-Carpenter 1927 Modern History Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames 1945-72. Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1962-64. Life peer 1972. Died 1998
James MacColl 1927 PPE
Chicago		 Labour MP for Widnes 1950-71 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Local Government 1964-69. High Anglican. Benefactor of the College. Died 1971
Sir Dingle Foot 1924 Modern History Liberal MP for Dundee 1931-45 and Labour MP for Ipswich 1957-70. Solicitor General for England and Wales 1964-67. Died 1978
George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk 1924 PPE Succeeded as earl 1940. A Scottish representative peer 1945-63. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1955-1957, and First Lord of the Admiralty 1957-1959. Died 1994
Sir Hamilton Kerr 1922 Modern History Conservative MP for Oldham 1935-50, Cambridge 1950-66. PPS to Harold Macmillan 1954. Died 1974
Henry Brooke 1922 Literae Humaniores MP for Lewisham West 1938-45 and Hampstead 1950-66. Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1961-62, Home Secretary 1962-64. Life peer 1966. Died 1984
Christopher Hollis 1920 Literae Humaniores Conservative MP for Devizes 1945-55. Died 1977
Harold Macmillan (Prime Minister) 1912 Literae Humaniores Conservative MP for Stockton 1924-29 and 1931-45, Bromley 1945-64. Secretary of State for Air 1945. Minister of Housing and Local Government 1951-54. Minister of Defence 1954-55. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1955-57. Leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister 1957-63. Earl of Stockton 1984. Chancellor of Oxford University 1960-86 (his death)
Sir Frank Soskice 1920 PPE Labour MP for Birkenhead West 1945-50, for Sheffield Neepsend 1951-55 and for Newport 1956-66. Life peer 1966. Solicitor-General for England 1945-51. Attorney-General for England 1951. Home Secretary 1964-65. Lord Privy Seal 1965-66
Walter Monckton 1910 Modern History Conservative MP for Bristol West 1951-57, Minister of Labour and National Service, 1951-55. Minister of Defence 1955 -56. Paymaster General 1956-57. Created Viscount 1957. Died 1965

UK politicians active between World War I and World War II

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Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton 1921 Chemistry Unionist MP for East Renfrewshire, styled Marquess of Clydesdale, 1930-40, when he succeeded to the title of Duke of Hamilton. When the Nazi Deputy Fuhrer of Germany, Rudolf Hess, parachuted into Scotland in 1941, his aim was ostensibly to meet the Duke. Hamilton immediately contacted Prime Minister Churchill and Hess was imprisoned by the British authorities. Died 1973
Tom Wintringham 1918 Modern History Marxist, Joint founder of Common Wealth party 1942. Contested Midlothian & Peebles Northern by-election February 1943, and received 48% of the vote but was not elected. Contested Aldershot unsuccessfully 1945. Died 1951
R. Palme Dutt 1914 Literae Humaniores Founder member of Communist Party of Great Britain 1920. General Secretary of Communist party 1939-41, during period of Nazi-Soviet pact. Died 1974
Harold Nicolson 1904 Literae Humaniores

Diplomat, author, and politician

 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Information in Churchill’s war-time government. Knighted in 1953 as a reward for writing the official biography of George V. Unsuccessfully contested Combined English Universities for Mosley’s New Party in 1931. National Labour MP for Leicester West 1935-45. Open marriage with writer Vita Sackville-West each conducting a number of extra-marital same-sex affairs. Their son, Nigel Nicolson (Balliol 1935), wrote candidly about his parents’ relationship in Portrait of a Marriage (1973). Died 1968
Aubrey Herbert 1898 Modern History Conservative MP for South Somerset 1911-18, Yeovil 1918-23 (his death). Known despite near-blindness for climbing Oxford college roofs and for service in World War One. Twice declined the throne of Albania.
Arthur Steel-Maitland 1895 Literae Humaniores and Jurisprudence Unionist/Conservative MP for Birmingham East 1910-18, for Birmingham Erdington 1918-28 and for Tamworth 1929-35. Chairman of the C party 1911-16. Secretary for Overseas Trade 1917-19. Minister of Labour 1924-29. Died 1935
Leo Amery 1892 Literae Humaniores MP (Liberal Unionist) for Birmingham South 1911-18, and MP (Unionist, then Conservative) for Birmingham Sparkbrook 1918-45. First Lord of the Admiralty 1922-23. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924-29. Famously spoke in Norway debate in May 1940 demanding that the Chamberlain government “in the name of God, go!”. Secretary of State for India and Burma 1940-45. Died 1955
Herbert Samuel 1889 Modern History Liberal MP for Cleveland 1902-18 and for Darwen 1929-35. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1915-16. Home Secretary 1916 and 1931-32. Leader of the Liberal party 1931-35. The first practising Jew to be appointed a Cabinet Minister. Zionist. Created Viscount Samuel 1937. Leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords 1945-55. Died 1963

George Nathaniel Curzon 1878 Literae Humaniores Lord Curzon 1898-1911, Earl Curzon 1911-21, Marquess Curzon 1921-25 (his death). Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1899-1905. Lord Privy Seal 1915-16 in Asquith’s government (Coalition Conservative). Lord President of the Council 1916-19 in Lloyd George’s government (Coalition Conservative) and 1924-25 In Bladwin's government (Conservative). Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1919-24 under Lloyd George, Bonar Law and Baldwin. Leader of the House of Lords 1916-January 24 and November 1924-25
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner 1872 Literae Humaniores Governor of the Cape Colony and High Commissioner for Southern Africa 1897-1901. Member of Lloyd George’s inner war cabinet 1916-18. Secretary of State for War 1918-19. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1919-21. Chancellor Oxford University. Died 1925
H. H. Asquith
(Prime Minister)		 1870 Liberal MP for East Fife 1886-1918, for Paisley 1920-24. Home Secretary 1892-95. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1905-08. Prime Minister 1908-16. During this period of office as PM he presided over the introduction of labour exchanges, old age pensions, Lloyd George’s 1909 People’s Budget and National Insurance, and called general elections in 1910 to establish the primacy of the House of Commons over the Lords, followed by the Parliament Act of 1911. Led the UK into the first World War in 1914, formed a coalition in 1915, but was ousted in favour of Lloyd George in 1916. 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925-28 (his death)

UK politicians pre-World War I

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Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon 1880 Jurisprudence Liberal MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1885-1916. Viscount Grey from 1916. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1905-16, including at the outbreak of World War One (“the lamps are going out all over Europe”). British Ambassador to the United States 1919-20. Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1928-33, his death.
Victor Bruce
Succeeded as 9th Earl of Elgin 1863		 1870 Literae Humaniores Viceroy of India 1894-99. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1905-08 in Campbell-Bannerman’s Liberal government. Died 1917
Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn 1864 Literae humaniores Liberal MP for Hereford (1880-85) Dumfries Burghs (1886-1905). Solicitor General, Attorney General. Lord Chancellor 1905 becoming Lord Loreburn. Died 1923
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1863 6th Earl of Kerry

Literae humanities

 Member of Gladstone's first two liberal administrations. He was successively a lord of the treasury (1868–72), under-secretary for war (1872–4), and under-secretary for India (April–July 1880).

Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
William Wickham 1853 MA
solicitor		 MP for Petersfield 1892-1897. County Councillor. Died 1923
Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel 1848 Jurisprudence

5th son of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister

 Liberal MP for Warwick 1865-1885. Speaker of the House of Commons 1884. Died 1912
Stafford Northcote 1835 Jurisprudence Conservative MP for Dudley 1855-57, for Stamford 1858-66 and for North Devon 1866-85. Earl of Iddesleigh 1885-87 (his death). President of the Board of Trade 1866-67. Secretary of State for India 1867-68. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1874-80. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1886-87. Leader of the Conservative party in the Commons 1876-85 on Disraeli’s elevation as Earl of Beaconsfield
Edward Cardwell 1835 Jurisprudence Liberal MP for Clitheroe 1842-47, for Liverpool 1847-52, for Oxford 1853-74, elevated to Lords as Viscount Cardwell 1874. President of the Board of Trade 1852-55. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1861-64. Secretary of State for the Colonies 1864-66. Secretary of State for War 1868-74; he is best known for the Cardwell Reforms to the British Army. Died 1886.

Monarchs, statesmen, politicians and public servants in non-UK countries

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Luke Bronin 2001 USA Rhodes Scholar Mayor of Hartford CT 2016-24
Masako Owada 1988 Japan International Relations Empress of Japan

College Visit July 2024
Ngaire Woods 1987 New Zealand Rhodes Scholar

International Relations

 Founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and professor of Global Economic Governance at the University of Oxford
Nada al-Nashif 1984 Jordan PPE

Harvard

 Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 2020-
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall 1981 USA Amer Uni of Paris
Rhodes Scholar

International Politics

 Homeland Security Advisor
Nancy-Ann DeParle née Min 1979 USA Rhodes Scholar

PPE

JD Harvard		 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the administration of President Obama from January 2011 to January 2013
Christopher Dell 1978 USA International Relations Former Ambassador to Angola, Zimbabwe and Kosovo

Carson Wen 1975 Hong Kong SAR Jurisprudence 1997 three-term deputy to the National People's Congress
Kim Beazley 1974 Australia Rhodes Scholar
International Relations		 Former leader of the Labor Party Opposition, Ambassador to the US, Governor Western Australia
Bob Rae 1969 Canada Rhodes Scholar
Politics		 Ambassador to the United Nations since 2020. Previously premier of Ontario from 1990-1995, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1982 to 1996. Interim leader of the Liberal Party 2011-13
Harald V 1960 Norway History, Economics, Politics King of Norway 1991-
Matthew Nimetz 1960 USA PPE
LLB Harvard		 United Nations Special Representative for the naming dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia)
Lakshman Kadirgamar 1956 Sri Lanka Law

Barrister

Benefactor		 Foreign Minister 1994-2001 and 2004-5 when assassinated by a Tamil Tiger.
Paul Sarbanes 1954 USA Princeton
Rhodes Scholar

PPE

HLS		 Maryland Representative 1971-77; Senator 1977-2007. Co-author of Sarbanes–Oxley Act 2002 to regulate corporate financial behaviour
Tuanku Jaafar 1951 Malaysia Nottingham Uni

law

LSE		 Ruler of Negeri Sembilan 1967-2008

King of Malaysia 1994-99
Seretse Khama 1945 Botswana First President on independence 1966
Died 1980
Eliud Mathu 1939 Kenya History First African member of the Legislative Council 1944-57
Chairman, Kenya Airways 1977-79
Vincent Massey 1936 Canada History governor general of Canada from 1952-59, the first to be born in Canada
Philip Mayer Kaiser 1936 USA Rhodes Scholar

PPE

 Ambassador to Senegal, Mauritania, Hungary and Austria
Richard von Weizsäcker 1936 Germany Philosophy and History President of Germany 1984-94
Mayor of West Berlin 1981-84
Adam von Trott zu Solz 1931 Germany Rhodes Scholar
Politics		 Diplomat, executed 1945 for his part in the Stauffenberg plot to assassinate Hitler
James Burnham 1927 USA English Political theorist. Professor of Philosophy NYU

Rejected Marxism to become leader of the American Conservative movement. Wrote the Managerial Revolution 1941
Olav V 1924 Norway jurisprudence and economics King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991
Jan Hofmeyr 1913 South Africa Rhodes Scholar
Literae Humaniores		 Deputy Prime Minister 1943-48 (pre-Apartheid), Finance Minister, Education Minister, Governor of Transvaal
Hardit Malik 1912 India History

Saw active service with RAF in WW1

 Ambassador to France
Leader of UN delegation

References

  1. ^ Balliol College News July 2024
  2. ^ Balliol College Register (Seventh Edition) by Tom Bewley and John Jones. 2005.
  3. Brief encounters with power Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute 2013
  4. ^ Balliol College Register (Sixth Edition) by John Jones and Catherine Willbury. 1993
  5. ^ Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Salley Viney. 1983
  6. ^ Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott and Elsie Lemon. 1953
  7. "Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel, 1st Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 665.
  8. ^ Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934
  9. Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1886
  10. Balliol College News July 2024
  11. Graduate Scholarship in International Relations
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