List of Asian politicians in non-Asian states

[edit] Heads of State

Julio César Turbay Ayala, President of Colombia (1978-1982), was of Lebanese descent.
Ibrahim Baylan, Swedish Social Democratic politician and Minister for Schools in the Swedish government 2004-2006. Born in southeastern Turkey, to Syriac-Assyrian parents.
Abdalá Bucaram, President of Ecuador (1996-1997), is of Lebanese descent.
Adrienne Clarkson (Chinese: 伍冰枝; pinyin: Wǔ Bīngzhī, Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî)- former Governor-General of Canada (1999-2005), an ethnic Hakka.
Arthur Chung (鍾亞瑟, pinyin: Zhōng Yāsè; born 10 January 1918), former president of Guyana from 1970 to 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president in a non-Asian country.
Alberto Fujimori (藤森謙也 Fujimori Ken'ya) - former President of Peru, an ethnic Japanese.
Cheddi Jagan or Cheddi Berret Jagan, former chief minister (1957-1964) and president (1992-1997) of Guyana, an ethnic Indian.
Jamil Mahuad, President of Ecuador (1998-2000), is of Lebanese descent.
Anote Tong (湯安諾; pinyin: Tāng Ānnuò), president of Kiribati.
Carlos Menem, President of Argentina of Syrian origin

Peter Aduja
Spencer Abraham, US Secretary of Energy (2001-), is of Lebanese descent.
Anthony Alexander Alam, Australian political leader, member of the Australian Labor Party, is of Lebanese descent.
George R. Ariyoshi
Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales, Australia (2001-), is of Lebanese descent.
Robert Bunda
Benjamin J. Cayetano
Elaine Chao, first Chinese American American Secretary of Labor
Viet D. Dinh, also known as Đinh Đồng Việt Phụng, or Đinh Việt Phụng, former Assistant Attorney General of the United States under the presidency of George W. Bush. He was the chief architect of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Hiram Fong, first Chinese American United States Senator
Jay Kim, first Korean American elected to the United States Congress
Norman Mineta
Mee Moua
Michiaki Nagatani, MNR politician and 2005 presidential candidate in Bolivia, is of Japanese descent
Sang Minh Nguyen, an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 1996, representing Melbourne West Province.
Vivienne Poy, née 利德蕙; Cantonese Yale: Ley6 Dak1-way6; Mandarin Pinyin: Lì Déhuì, is the first Canadian senator of Asian ancestry.
Donna Shalala, US Secretary of Health (1993-2001), is of Lebanese descent.
Van Tran
David Wu

Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (Russian: Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов), the president of the Republic of Kalmykia of the Russian Federation, is a Kalmyk. He is also the head of FIDE (a.k.a. the World Chess Federation), the preeminent international chess organization, since 1995.
Sergei Shoigu (or Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu/Tuvan: Серге́й Кужуге́тович Шойгу́), is the Minister of State Emergencies of the Russian Federation, is an ethnic Tuvan.