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===Notable alumni===
{{See also|Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London}}
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File:Achim Steiner-IMG 0837.jpg|[[Achim Steiner]], Administrator of the [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]]
File:Inger Andersen (environmentalist, 2010, cropped).jpg|[[Inger Andersen (environmentalist)|Inger Andersen]], executive director of the [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]]
File:Martin Griffiths.jpg|[[Martin Griffiths]], [[Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator|Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs]]<ref>[https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/personnel-appointments/2021-05-12/mr-martin-griffiths-of-the-united-kingdom-under-secretary-general-for-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator "Mr. Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator"], United Nations, 12 May 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2022.</ref>
File:Mette-Marit av Norge.jpg|[[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway]]
File:Aung San Suu Kyi 2016.jpg|[[Aung San Suu Kyi]], 1st [[State Counsellor of Myanmar]]
File:Paul Robeson by Karsh, 1941.jpg|[[Paul Robeson]], American singer
File:Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP crop 5.jpg|[[David Lammy]], Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
File:Zeinab Badawi crop UNISDR.jpg|[[Zeinab Badawi]], TV presenter
File:John Atta Mills.jpg|[[John Atta Mills]], former President of Ghana
File:Bülent Ecevit-Davos 2000.jpg|[[Bülent Ecevit]], former Prime Minister of Turkey
File:Luisa Dias Diogo - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 crop.jpg|[[Luisa Dias Diogo]], former Prime Minister of Mozambique
File:Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.jpg|[[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche]], Bhutanese lama and filmmaker
File:Grafica pc 3.jpg|[[Guillaume Long]], former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
File:Bisher Al-Khasawneh (cropped).jpg|[[Bisher Al-Khasawneh]], [[Prime Minister of Jordan]]
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Around the world, several national leaders and political figures are alumni: [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], Nobel Peace Prize laureate and First and incumbent State Counsellor of Myanmar, [[Zairil Khir Johari]], Member of the Malaysian Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?&uweb=dr&id=3262&lang=en|title=Official Portal of The Parliament of Malaysia – Representatives Members|website=Parlimen.gov.my|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721160857/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?&uweb=dr&id=3262&lang=en|archive-date=21 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

* In government, alumni include [[Dharma Vira]], who served as 8th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]], [[Johnnie Carson]], former US Ambassador to Kenya, Zimbabwe and Uganda, [[Hassan Taqizadeh]], Iranian Ambassador to the UK, [[Shridath Ramphal|Sir Shridath Ramphal]], Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, [[Leslie Fielding|Sir Leslie Fielding]], British diplomat and former European Commission Ambassador to Tokyo, [[David Warren (diplomat)|Sir David Warren]], former UK Ambassador to Japan, [[Quinton Quayle]], UK Ambassador to Thailand and Lao, [[Robin McLaren|Sir Robin McLaren]], UK Ambassador to China and the Philippines,<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7917433/Sir-Robin-McLaren.html "Sir Robin McLaren"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122072114/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7917433/Sir-Robin-McLaren.html |date=22 November 2017 }} (obituary), ''The Telegraph'', 29 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2013.</ref> [[Michael Scott Weir|Sir Michael Weir]], UK Ambassador to Egypt, [[Jemima Khan]], UK Ambassador to [[UNICEF]], [[Hugh Carless]], UK Ambassador to Venezuela,<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8971440/Hugh-Carless.html "Hugh Carless"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929021502/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8971440/Hugh-Carless.html |date=29 September 2018 }} (obituary). ''The Telegraph'', 21 December 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2013.</ref>
* Prominent journalists and broadcasters such as, [[Abdel Bari Atwan]], editor-in-chief of [[Al-Quds Al-Arabi]] newspaper in London, [[Zeinab Badawi]], presenter of [[BBC]] ''[[World News Today]]'', [[Peter Barakan]], longtime radio DJ and TV presenter for [[NHK FM]] and [[NHK World]], [[Martin Bright]], political editor of the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', [[Jung Chang]], who is best known for her family autobiography ''[[Wild Swans]]'', [[Hossein Derakhshan]], Iranian blogger credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran,<ref>{{cite news |author=Jane Perrone |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2003/dec/18/weblogs |title=Weblog heaven &#124; Media &#124; guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=18 December 2003 |access-date=29 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019074039/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2003/dec/18/weblogs |archive-date=19 October 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In business, alumni include: [[Fred Eychaner]], American businessman and philanthropist<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24778886 | work=BBC News | title=SOAS given £20m donation from Alphawood foundation | date=2 November 2013 | access-date=21 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002072004/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24778886 | archive-date=2 October 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>