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]
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 Sovietpropaganda, 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:
cultivate lasting relationships between current and emerging professionals around the world and their American counterparts
provides opportunities for foreign opinion makers to gain firsthand knowledge about U.S. society, culture and politics[4]
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.
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]
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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 peacock prose 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 Contents 1 History 2 Goals 3 Notable alumni 3 1 East Asia and Pacific 3 2 Europe 3 3 North Africa Near East South Asia and Central Asia 3 4 Sub Saharan Africa 3 5 Western Hemisphere 4 Agencies involved 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditIn 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 EditThe purpose of the IVLP is to cultivate lasting relationships between current and emerging professionals around the world and their American counterparts provides opportunities for foreign opinion makers to gain firsthand knowledge about U S society culture and politics 4 Notable alumni EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Edit Country Name Highest Position Year Participated Australia Julia Gillard Prime Minister 2006Quentin Bryce Governor General 1978Paul Keating Prime Minister 1977William Hayden Governor General 1970Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister 1964Gough Whitlam Prime Minister 1964 Cook Islands Terepai Maoate Prime Minister 1987 Federated States of Micronesia Tosiwo Nakayama President 1961 Fiji Kamisese Mara Acting President 1964Penaia Ganilau President 1963George Cakobau Governor General 1964 Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri President 1989Abdurrahman Wahid President 1979 Japan Naoto Kan Prime Minister 1981 1980Yukio Hatoyama Prime Minister 1988Morihiro Hosokawa Prime Minister 1980Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister 2000 1962 Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad Prime Minister 1973Abdul Razak Prime Minister 1963 1953 Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar President 1994 New Zealand Helen Clark Prime Minister 1998Jenny Shipley Prime Minister 1989David Lange Prime Minister 1983Norman Kirk Prime Minister 1971 1962Rob Muldoon Prime Minister 1965Wallace E Rowling Prime Minister 1967Jack Marshall Prime Minister 1958 Palau Lazarus Salii President 1968 Papua New Guinea Ignatius Kilage Governor General 1976Michael Somare Prime Minister 1971 Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo President 1964Sara Duterte Vice President 2020 Samoa Vaai Kolone Prime Minister 1981 Singapore Wee Kim Wee President 1964Devan Nair President 1979 South Korea Kim Dae jung President 1965Kim Yong sam President 1964Han Seung soo Prime Minister 1977Hyun Seung jong Acting Prime Minister 1971Lee Yung duk Prime Minister 1966Kim Sang hyup Prime Minister 1970 1960Nam Duck woo Prime Minister 1975Chung Il kwon Prime Minister 1971Lee Han key Prime Minister 1972Choi Doo sun Prime Minister 1950 Taiwan Ma Ying jeou President 2003 1971Chen Shui bian President 1990 Thailand Chuan Leekpai Prime Minister 1971 Tonga Taufa ahau Tupou IV King 1964Fatafehi Tu ipelehake Prime Minister 1968 Vanuatu Walter Lini Prime Minister 1976Europe Edit Country Region Name Highest Position Year Participated Albania Bashkim Fino Prime Minister 1996 1995 Austria Heinz Fischer President 1964Alfred Gusenbauer Chancellor 1987Wolfgang Schussel Chancellor 1984 1971Franz Vranitzky Chancellor 1975Bruno Kreisky Chancellor 1958Fred Sinowatz Chancellor 1965 Belgium Yves Leterme Prime Minister 1983Guy Verhofstadt Prime Minister 1983Wilfried Martens Prime Minister 1971Leo Tindemans Prime Minister 1967Mark Eyskens Prime Minister 1984 Bulgaria Sergei Stanishev Prime Minister 2004Zhan Videnov Prime Minister 1992Philip Dimitrov Prime Minister 1990 Croatia Zoran Milanovic Prime Minister 1996Ivo Josipovic President 2002Ivica Racan Prime Minister 1998Zlatko Tomcic President 1998 Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos President 1968 Czech Republic Petr Necas Prime Minister 1999 1994 Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen Prime Minister 1989Anders Fogh Rasmussen Prime Minister 1982Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Prime Minister 1985 Estonia Juhan Parts Prime Minister 2005 1992 Finland Sauli Niinisto President 1992Tarja Halonen President 1983Jyrki Katainen Prime Minister 2003Matti Vanhanen Prime Minister 1993Paavo Lipponen Prime Minister 1974Esko Aho Prime Minister 1979Harri Holkeri Prime Minister 1970Anneli Tuulikki Jaatteenmaki Prime Minister 1995 France Nicolas Sarkozy President 1985Francois Fillon Prime Minister 1984Lionel Jospin Prime Minister 1977Alain Juppe Prime Minister 1978Raymond Barre Prime Minister 1965Pierre Beregovoy Prime Minister 1977Valery Giscard d Estaing President 1956Jacques Chaban Delmas Prime Minister 1961Michel Debre Prime Minister 1956 Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili President 1999Zurab Noghaideli Prime Minister 1997Zurab Zhvania Prime Minister 1997 Germany Joachim Gauck President 1993Christian Wulff President 2000Gerhard Schroder Chancellor 1981Richard von Weizsacker President 1978Walter Scheel President 1951Karl Carstens President 1950Kurt Georg Kiesinger Chancellor 1954Willy Brandt Chancellor 1954Helmut Schmidt Chancellor 1956 Greece Konstandinos Karamanlis Prime Minister 1995Constantine Mitsotakis Prime Minister 1959Constantine Karamanlis President 1951Constantine Tsatsos President 1952George Rallis Prime Minister 1958 1953 Hungary Gyula Horn Prime Minister 1981Jozsef Antall Prime Minister 1989 Iceland Geir Haarde Prime Minister 1985David Oddsson Prime Minister 1983Thorsteinn Palsson Prime Minister 1984Kristjan Eldjarn President 1957 Ireland Enda Kenny Prime Minister 1989Mary Robinson President 1976John Bruton Prime Minister 1980 Italy Oscar Luigi Scalfaro President 1960Francesco Cossiga President 1966Giuseppe Saragat President 1963Mario Monti Prime Minister 1981Romano Prodi Prime Minister 1979Giovanni Goria Prime Minister 1981Giovanni Spadolini Prime Minister 1952Arnaldo Forlani Prime Minister 1960 Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu President 2003Bajram Kosumi Prime Minister 2001Bajram Rexhepi Prime Minister 2000 Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite President 1994Gediminas Kirkilas President 2002 1993Arturas Paulauskas President 1992 Luxembourg Jacques Santer Prime Minister 1973 Macedonia Nikola Gruevski Prime Minister 2000Boris Trajkovski President 1996Ljubco Georgievski Prime Minister 1996 Malta Joseph Muscat Prime Minister 1984Edward Fenech Adami President 1974 1975Guido De Marco President 1973Lawrence Gonzi Prime Minister 1990Ugo Mifsud Bonnici President 1971Dominic Mintoff Prime Minister 1965 Moldova Nicolae Timofti President 2005Petru Lucinschi President 1995 Montenegro Igor Luksic Prime Minister 1999 The Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende Prime Minister 1985Willem Kok Prime Minister 1978Joop den Uyl Prime Minister 1953 1979 Norway Erna Solberg Prime Minister 1996Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister 1988Thorbjorn Jagland Prime Minister 1982Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister 1971Jan P Syse Prime Minister 1978Kare Willoch Prime Minister 1979 Poland Beata Szydlo Prime Minister 2004Bronislaw Komorowski President 2006Donald Tusk Prime Minister 1995Hanna Suchocka Prime Minister 1988Mieczyslaw Rakowski Prime Minister 1978Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz Prime Minister 2000Aleksander Kwasniewski President 1994 Portugal Anibal Cavaco Silva President 1978Jorge Sampaio President 1965Mario Alberto Soares President 1976Antonio Guterres Prime Minister 1978Francisco Pinto Balsemao Prime Minister 1965 Romania Victor Ciorbea Prime Minister 1995 Slovenia Borut Pahor Prime Minister 1991Janez Drnovsek President 1988 Spain Eduardo Madina Deputy Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt Prime Minister 2002Carl Bildt Prime Minister 1973 Switzerland Moritz Leuenberger President 1993Andri Silberschmidt National Councilor 2019 Turkey Abdullah Gul President 1995Suleyman Demirel President 1957 Ukraine Leonid Kuchma President 1994Leonid Kravchuk President United Kingdom Gordon Brown Prime Minister 1992 1984Tony Blair Prime Minister 1992 1986Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister 1967Edward Heath Prime Minister 1953Humza Yousaf First Minister of Scotland 2008North Africa Near East South Asia and Central Asia Edit Country Name Highest Position Year Participated Afghanistan Hamid Karzai President 1987 Bangladesh Fakhruddin Ahmed Chief Advisor 1977Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Prime Minister 1952 Bhutan Jigme Thinley Prime Minister 1987Khandu Wangchuk Prime Minister 1993 Egypt Anwar Sadat President 1968Ahmed Nazif Prime Minister 1990Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin Prime Minister 1977 India Pratibha Patil President 1999 1986Narendra modi Prime Minister 1993Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister 1960Indira Gandhi Prime Minister 1961Morarji Desai Prime Minister 1962 Israel Moshe Katzav President 1980Ehud Olmert Prime Minister 1978 Jordan Adnan Badran Prime Minister 1977Faisal al Fayez Prime Minister 1988Abdelsalam al Majali Prime Minister 1969 Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev President 2004 Lebanon Amin Gemayel President 1979 1972Elias Sarkis President 1971Zaven Kouyoumdjian Media Personality 2006Gino Raidy Social Media Influencer 2015 Morocco Azzedine Laraki Prime Minister 1986Maati Bouabid Prime Minister 1965 1961 Nepal Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Prime Minister 1993Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan President 1949Shafeeq Gigyani Social Activist 2018 Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse President 1989Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister 1988 1981Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Prime Minister 1975Ranasinghe Premadasa President 1966 Tunisia Mohamed Mzali Prime Minister 1964 Qatar Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani Prime Minister 1989Sub Saharan Africa Edit Country Name Highest Position Year Participated Benin Nicephore Soglo President 1997 Botswana Festus G Mogae President 1976Quett Masire President 1975 Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore President 1999 1986 Central African Republic Andre Dieudonne Kolingba President 1966 Chad Youssouf Saleh Abbas Prime Minister 1999Nagoum Yamassoum Prime Minister 1992 Cote d Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo President 1993Daniel Kablan Duncan Prime Minister 1974 Ghana John Kufuor President Late 1960s Guinea Alpha Conde President 1962Lamine Sidime Prime Minister 1992 Kenya Mwai Kibaki President 1999Daniel arap Moi President 1969 Lesotho Mamohato Seeiso Queen 1993 Madagascar Didier Ratsiraka President 1973Philibert Tsiranana President 1964 Malawi Joyce Banda President 1989Bakili Muluzi President 1980 Mali Alpha Oumar Konare President 1978 Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth President 1981Navinchandra Ramgoolam Prime Minister 1986Karl Offmann President 1985Veerasamy Ringadoo Governor General 1982Dayendranath Burrenchobay Governor General 1969 Mozambique Armando Guebuza President 1987Pascoal Mocumbi Prime Minister 1986 Namibia Nahas Angula Prime Minister 1996 Niger Seyni Oumarou Prime Minister 1990Hama Amadou Prime Minister 1986 Nigeria Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme Vice President Rwanda Sylvestre Nsanzimana Prime Minister 1986 South Africa Frederik Willem de Klerk President 1976 Senegal Mame Madior Boye Prime Minister 1975 Seychelles France Albert Rene President 1967 Swaziland Obed Dlamini Prime Minister 1986 Tanzania Julius Nyerere President 1960 Togo Faure Gnassingbe President 2001Yawovi Agboyibo Prime Minister 1997Edem Kodjo Prime Minister 1972Joseph Kokou Koffigoh Prime Minister 1990 Uganda Amama Mbabazi Prime Minister 2011 Zambia Kebby Musokotwane Prime Minister 1979 Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister 1989Western Hemisphere Edit Country Name Highest Position Year Participated Argentina Fernando de la Rua President 1966Raul Alfonsin President 1981 Barbados Owen Arthur Prime Minister 1988Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Prime Minister 1975Tom Adams Prime Minister 1973 Belize Said Musa Prime Minister 1995 Bolivia Carlos Mesa President 2002 1979 Brazil Dilma Rousseff President 1992Jose Sarney President 1964 Canada Edward Schreyer Governor General 1978 Chile Ricardo Lagos President 1988Marco Antonio Diaz Mayor 2021 Colombia Alvaro Uribe President 1998Ernesto Samper President 1985Cesar Gaviria President 1982Belisario Betancur President 1952Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala President 1977 Costa Rica oscar Arias Prime Minister 1971 Dominica Nicholas Liverpool President 1985Eugenia Charles Prime Minister 1995Patrick John Prime Minister 1979 Dominican Republic Danilo Medina President 1991Hipolito Mejia President 1995Salvador Jorge Blanco President 1979 Ecuador Gustavo Noboa President 1960Jamil Mahuad President 1985Rosalia Arteaga President 1993Rodrigo Borja President 1962 El Salvador Armando Calderon Sol President 1986Alfredo Cristiani President 1986 Grenada Paul Scoon Governor General 1972 Guyana Hamilton Green Prime Minister 1967Ptolemy Reid President 1966 Guatemala Vinicio Cerezo President 1976Alfonso Portillo President 1992Alvaro Arzu President 1982Ramiro de Leon Carpio President 1988 Haiti Jacques Edouard Alexis Prime Minister 1983Ertha Pascal Trouillot President 1980Leslie Manigat President 1959 Honduras Ricardo Maduro President 1986Carlos Roberto Reina President 1993Rafael Leonardo Callejas President 1986Jose Azcona del Hoyo President 1985 Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller Prime Minister 1981Howard Cooke Governor General 1981Donald Sangster Prime Minister 1960 Mexico Felipe Calderon President 1992 Paraguay Nicanor Duarte President 1989 Peru Jorge Del Castillo Prime Minister 1988Beatriz Merino Prime Minister 1997Vladimiro Montesinos Intelligence chief 1976 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis Denzil Douglas Prime Minister 1990Simeon Daniel Premier 1980Lee Moore Premier 1972 Saint Lucia Stephenson King Prime Minister 1985 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines James Fitz Allen Mitchell Prime Minister 1973 Suriname Ronald Venetiaan President 1981Ramsewak Shankar President 1978 Trinidad and Tobago George Richards President 1986Kamla Persad Bissessar Prime Minister 1998Patrick Manning Prime Minister 1988Basdeo Panday Prime Minister 1978Michael Williams President 1988 Uruguay Tabare Vazquez President 1993Washington Beltran President 1976Julio Maria Sanguinetti President 1984Luis Alberto Lacalle President 1968 Venezuela Rafael Caldera President 1962Luis Herrera Campins President 1967Agencies involved EditThe 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 CRDF Global Cultural Vistas FHI360 Institute of International Education Meridian International Center Mississippi Consortium for International Development Graduate School USA World LearningReferences Edit IVLP Fact Sheet U S Department of State PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2013 05 25 Retrieved 2013 09 24 Program History International Visitor Leadership Program Retrieved 2013 09 24 How do you spot a future world leader Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine Retrieved 2013 09 24 International Visitor Leadership Program Retrieved 2013 09 24 Vladimiro Montesinos The Declassified Record George Washington University Retrieved 2023 04 16 Implementing Partnerships Retrieved 2013 09 24 External links EditIVLP Overview Global Ties U S Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International Visitor Leadership Program amp oldid 1155315592, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
