With the graduation of 255 students from the 236th Session of the FBI National Academy on March 20, 2009, the grand total of graduates has reached 42,459. This total includes 2,907 international graduates and 340 graduates from U.S. territories and possessions, making a total of 3,562 students who have graduated from outside the United States.
International Officer Participants
International law enforcement officers began participation on an ad hoc basis in the 1930s. In 1962, however, at the specific request of President John F. Kennedy, the process was institutionalized. To date, there have been some 2,907 graduates from 175 countries, to include: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahama Islands, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica., Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Pakistan, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt (United Arab Republic), El Salvador, England, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Montserrat, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, The Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Republic of Montenegro, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Kitts/Nevis, St Lucia, St. Maarten, Sudan, Swaziland, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wales, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
U.S. Territories and Possessions
There are a total of 340 graduates from American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam, Puerto Rico, Federated States of Micronesia, and the United States Virgin Islands.
U.S. States
There are a total of some 39,212 graduates from all 50 states of the union.
Female Participants
There are a total of 1,565 female graduates.
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