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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.Template:Peacock term
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:
- 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
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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
Europe
| Country/Region |
Name |
Highest Position |
Year Participated
|
| File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania |
Bashkim Fino |
Prime Minister |
1996, 1995
|
| File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
Heinz Fischer |
President |
1964
|
| Alfred Gusenbauer |
Chancellor |
1987
|
| Wolfgang Schüssel |
Chancellor |
1984, 1971
|
| Franz Vranitzky |
Chancellor |
1975
|
| Bruno Kreisky |
Chancellor |
1958
|
| Fred Sinowatz |
Chancellor |
1965
|
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
Yves Leterme |
Prime Minister |
1983
|
| Guy Verhofstadt |
Prime Minister |
1983
|
| Wilfried Martens |
Prime Minister |
1971
|
| Leo Tindemans |
Prime Minister |
1967
|
| Mark Eyskens |
Prime Minister |
1984
|
| File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Predrag Puharić
Mladen Ivanić
|
Mayor of Sarajevo |
Member of Presidency
|
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria |
Sergei Stanishev |
Prime Minister |
2004
|
| Zhan Videnov |
Prime Minister |
1992
|
| Philip Dimitrov |
Prime Minister |
1990
|
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
Zoran Milanović |
Prime Minister |
1996
|
| Ivo Josipović |
President |
2002
|
| Ivica Racan |
Prime Minister |
1998
|
| Zlatko Tomčić |
President |
1998
|
| File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus |
Tassos Papadopoulos |
President |
1968
|
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
Petr Nečas |
Prime Minister |
1999, 1994
|
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Prime Minister |
1989
|
| Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
Prime Minister |
1982
|
| Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
Prime Minister |
1985
|
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia |
Juhan Parts |
Prime Minister |
2005, 1992
|
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
Sauli Niinistö |
President |
1992
|
| Tarja Halonen |
President |
1983
|
| Jyrki Katainen |
Prime Minister |
2003
|
| Matti Vanhanen |
Prime Minister |
1993
|
| Paavo Lipponen |
Prime Minister |
1974
|
| Esko Aho |
Prime Minister |
1979
|
| Harri Holkeri |
Prime Minister |
1970
|
| Anneli Tuulikki Jaatteenmaki |
Prime Minister |
1995
|
| File:Flag of France.svg France |
Nicolas Sarkozy |
President |
1985
|
| François Fillon |
Prime Minister |
1984
|
| Lionel Jospin |
Prime Minister |
1977
|
| Alain Juppé |
Prime Minister |
1978
|
| Raymond Barre |
Prime Minister |
1965
|
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Prime Minister |
1977
|
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
President |
1956
|
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
Prime Minister |
1961
|
| Michel Debré |
Prime Minister |
1956
|
| Template:Country data Georgia |
Mikheil Saakashvili |
President |
1999
|
| Zurab Noghaideli |
Prime Minister |
1997
|
| Zurab Zhvania |
Prime Minister |
1997
|
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
Joachim Gauck |
President |
1993
|
| Christian Wulff |
President |
2000
|
| Gerhard Schröder |
Chancellor |
1981
|
| Richard von Weizsäcker |
President |
1978
|
| Walter Scheel |
President |
1951
|
| Karl Carstens |
President |
1950
|
| Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Chancellor |
1954
|
| Willy Brandt |
Chancellor |
1954
|
| Helmut Schmidt |
Chancellor |
1956
|
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece |
Konstandinos Karamanlis |
Prime Minister |
1995
|
| Constantine Mitsotakis |
Prime Minister |
1959
|
| Constantine Karamanlis |
President |
1951
|
| Constantine Tsatsos |
President |
1952
|
| George Rallis |
Prime Minister |
1958, 1953
|
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary |
Gyula Horn |
Prime Minister |
1981
|
| József Antall |
Prime Minister |
1989
|
| File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland |
Geir Haarde |
Prime Minister |
1985
|
| David Oddsson |
Prime Minister |
1983
|
| Thorsteinn Palsson |
Prime Minister |
1984
|
| Kristjan Eldjarn |
President |
1957
|
| File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
Enda Kenny |
Prime Minister |
1989
|
| Mary Robinson |
President |
1976
|
| John Bruton |
Prime Minister |
1980
|
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro |
President |
1960
|
| Francesco Cossiga |
President |
1966
|
| Giuseppe Saragat |
President |
1963
|
| Mario Monti |
Prime Minister |
1981
|
| Romano Prodi |
Prime Minister |
1979
|
| Giovanni Goria |
Prime Minister |
1981
|
| Giovanni Spadolini |
Prime Minister |
1952
|
| Arnaldo Forlani |
Prime Minister |
1960
|
| File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo |
Fatmir Sejdiu |
President |
2003
|
| Bajram Kosumi |
Prime Minister |
2001
|
| Bajram Rexhepi |
Prime Minister |
2000
|
| File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania |
Dalia Grybauskaitė |
President |
1994
|
| Gediminas Kirkilas |
President |
2002, 1993
|
| Arturas Paulauskas |
President |
1992
|
| File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg |
Jacques Santer |
Prime Minister |
1973
|
| File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia |
Nikola Gruevski |
Prime Minister |
2000
|
| Boris Trajkovski |
President |
1996
|
| Ljubco Georgievski |
Prime Minister |
1996
|
| File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta |
Joseph Muscat |
Prime Minister |
1984
|
| Edward Fenech Adami |
President |
1974, 1975
|
| Guido De Marco |
President |
1973
|
| Lawrence Gonzi |
Prime Minister |
1990
|
| Ugo Mifsud Bonnici |
President |
1971
|
| Dominic Mintoff |
Prime Minister |
1965
|
| File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova |
Nicolae Timofti |
President |
2005
|
| Petru Lucinschi |
President |
1995
|
| File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro |
Igor Lukšić |
Prime Minister |
1999
|
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands |
Jan Peter Balkenende |
Prime Minister |
1985
|
| Willem Kok |
Prime Minister |
1978
|
| Joop den Uyl |
Prime Minister |
1953, 1979
|
| File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
|
Erna Solberg
|
Prime Minister
|
1996
|
| Jens Stoltenberg |
Prime Minister |
1988
|
| Thorbjorn Jagland |
Prime Minister |
1982
|
| Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Prime Minister |
1971
|
| Jan P. Syse |
Prime Minister |
1978
|
| Kare Willoch |
Prime Minister |
1979
|
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
Beata Szydło |
Prime Minister |
2004
|
| Bronislaw Komorowski |
President |
2006
|
| Donald Tusk |
Prime Minister |
1995
|
| Hanna Suchocka |
Prime Minister |
1988
|
| Mieczysław Rakowski |
Prime Minister |
1978
|
| Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz |
Prime Minister |
2000
|
| Aleksander Kwasniewski |
President |
1994
|
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
President |
1978
|
| Jorge Sampaio |
President |
1965
|
| Mario Alberto Soares |
President |
1976
|
| António Guterres |
Prime Minister |
1978
|
| Francisco Pinto Balsemao |
Prime Minister |
1965
|
| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania |
Victor Ciorbea |
Prime Minister |
1995
|
| File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
Borut Pahor |
Prime Minister |
1991
|
| Janez Drnovšek |
President |
1988
|
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
Eduardo Madina |
Deputy |
|
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Prime Minister |
2002
|
| Carl Bildt |
Prime Minister |
1973
|
| File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
Moritz Leuenberger |
President |
1993
|
| Andri Silberschmidt
|
National Councilor
|
2019
|
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey |
Abdullah Gul |
President |
1995
|
| Suleyman Demirel |
President |
1957
|
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
Leonid Kuchma |
President |
1994
|
| Leonid Kravchuk |
President |
|
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
Gordon Brown |
Prime Minister |
1992, 1984
|
| Tony Blair |
Prime Minister |
1992, 1986
|
| Margaret Thatcher |
Prime Minister |
1967
|
| Edward Heath |
Prime Minister |
1953
|
| Humza Yousaf |
First Minister of Scotland |
2008
|
North Africa, Near East, South Asia and Central Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Hemisphere
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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