Alumni Honoris Causa

Every year during the Annual Graduation Ceremony in June, the Geneva School of Diplomacy honors individuals for their outstanding contributions to world peace.

2005 recipients
Haris Silajdžić
War-time Prime Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina and former President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2005)
Martin Gray
Holocaust survivor, writer (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2005)
2006 recipients
Adolf Ogi
Former President of Switzerland (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2006)
José Ramos-Horta
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace and President of Timor Leste(GSD DIR, honoris causa 2006)
2007 recipients
Zhou Dadi
Director of China's Energy Research Institute (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2007)
Stavros Dimas
European Commissioner for the Environment (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2007)
Faith Birol
Economist, International Energy Agency (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2007)
Sir Nicholas Stern
Author of the Stern Reports on Climate Change (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2007)
2008 recipients
Curtis Roosevelt
Historian, political writer grandson of Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2008)
HSH Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
Sovereign Prince of Monaco (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2008)
Esam Yousif Janahi
Member of Parliament Kingdom of Bahrain (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2008)
H.E Mikhail Gorbachev
Former Head of State of the USSR (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
H.E Andrej Logar
Ambassador of Slovenia to the UN Geneva GSD Dean 2008 (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2008)
2009 recipients
H.E Yang Jiechi
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
H.E Franciscos Verros
Ambassador of Greece to the UN Geneva GSD Dean 2007 (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
HRH Jean de Nassau
Prince of Luxembourg (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
H.E Li Baodong
Ambassador to the UN Geneva People's Republic of China (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
The Honorable Kairat N. Kelimbetov
Minister - Economy & Budget Planning - Kazakhstan (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
The Honorable Noerine Kaleeba
Chair of the Board, Action AID International (GSD DIR, honoris causa 2009)
2010 recipients
H.E Ambassador/Professor Yuri Nazarkine
GSD Doctorate of International Relations (DIR), honoris causa 2010)
H.E Ambassador Dáithí O' Cellaigh
Ambassador of Ireland GSD Doctorate of International Relations (DIR), honoris causa 2010
H.E Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü
Ambassador of Turkey GSD Doctorate of International Relations (DIR), honoris causa 2010
2011 recipients
H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit
First President of the Republic of South Sudan GSD Doctorate of International Relations (DIR), honoris causa 2011
H.E Zamir Akram
Ambassador of Pakistan GSD Doctorate of International Relations (DIR), honoris causa 2011