List of Bilderberg participants
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The following is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.
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[edit] Royalty
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2011)[1][2][3]
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975)[4][5] (deceased)
- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)[6][7]
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)[8]
- Prince Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007–2009)[9]
- Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)[10][11]
- Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2010)[3][12]
- King Harald V of Norway [13] (1984[14])
[edit] Politics
[edit] Austria
- Oscar Bronner (2009[15], 2010[16], 2011[17]) Newspaper publisher
- Werner Faymann (2009[18]) Chancellor 2008–present
- Heinz Fischer (2010)[19] Federal President 2004–present
- Alfred Gusenbauer (2007[20]) Chancellor 2007-2008
- Walter Rothensteiner (2011[21]) CEO of Raiffeisen Zentralbank
- Rudolf Scholten (2011[21]) Board member of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
- Andreas Treichl (2010[22]) CEO of Erste Group
[edit] Belgium
- Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO[23] (1963)
[edit] Bulgaria
- Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament[24] (1999)
[edit] Canada
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau,[25] Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984
- Jean Chrétien (1996),[26] Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
- Stephen Harper (2003),[25] Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current
- Mike Harris,[25] Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
- Bernard Lord,[25] Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
- Paul Martin (1996),[26] Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
- Frank McKenna (2006, 2010),[27] Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group, Canadian Ambassador to the United States 2005-2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997
- Gordon Campbell (2010), Premier of British Columbia, 2001–2011
- Heather Reisman 2000–Present, CEO of Chapters/Indigo, Co-Founder of the Heseg Foundation, Bilderburg Steering Committee member
[edit] China
[edit] Finland
- Eero Heinäluoma (2006),[29] former chairman of the Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2007
- Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009),[30][31][32] chairman of the National Coalition Party and the current Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister
- Sauli Niinistö (1997),[1] former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament
- Matti Vanhanen (2009),[31][32] former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party
[edit] France
- Gaston Defferre (1964),[33] member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time) (deceased)
- Georges Pompidou, Former Prime Minister of France, Former President of the French Republic[34] (deceased)
[edit] Germany
- Guido Westerwelle (2007),[35] Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
- Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor[4]
[edit] Iceland
- Bjarni Benediktsson[36] (1965, 1967, 1970),[37] Mayor of Reykjavík 1940-47, Foreign Minister 1947-55, editor of The Morning Paper 1956-59, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1959-63, Prime Minister 1963-70
- Björn Bjarnason[36] (1974, 1977),[38] Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984-1991, Minister of Education 1995-2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
- Davíð Oddsson[36] (ca. 1991-1999), Mayor of Reykjavík 1982-1991, Prime Minister 1991-2004, Foreign Minister 2004-2005, Central Bank governor 2005-2009, editor of The Morning Paper as of September 2009
- Einar Benediktsson[36] (ca. 1970), ambassador: OECD 1956-60, UK 1982-1986, European Union et al. 1986-1991, NATO 1986-1990, United States et al. 1993-1997, etc.[39]
- Geir Haarde,[40] Central Bank economist 1977-1983, member and chairman of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee 1991-1998, Minister of Finance 1998-2005, Foreign Minister 2005-2006, Prime Minister 2006-2009
- Geir Hallgrímsson[36] (ca. 1974-1977,[38][41] 1980[42]), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959-72, Prime Minister 1974-78, Foreign Minister 1983-1986, Central Bank governor 1986-1990
- Hörður Sigurgestsson,[36] former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair[43]
- Jón Sigurðsson[36] (1993), IMF Board of Directors 1974-1987, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1987-88, Industry and Commerce 1988-93, Central Bank governor 1993-94, Nordic Investment Bank governor 1994-2005[44]
[edit] Ireland
- Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach [45]
- Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland.[46]
- Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland.[47]
- Michael McDowell (2007), former Attorney General, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [9]
- Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland [1]
[edit] Italy
- Mario Monti, Economist and Prime Minister [26]
- Renato Ruggiero, former WTO director, politician [26]
[edit] Netherlands
- Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister[34]
- Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister[34]
- Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister[34]
- Maxime Verhagen, Minister[34]
- Max van der Stoel, Minister
[edit] Norway
- Siv Jensen (2006) Leader for The Norwegian political party, Fremskrittspartiet. (Progress Party (Norway))
- Jens Stoltenberg (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway.[13]
- Kristin Clemet[13] (1999, 2008[48]) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science.
- Geir Lundestad (2005)[49] Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
[edit] Portugal
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008),[9] former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
- Manuel Pinho (2009),[50][51] former Minister of Economy and Innovation
- José Sócrates (2004),[50][51][52] former Prime Minister of Portugal
- José Pedro Aguiar-Branco,[50][51][52] former Minister of Justice
- Santana Lopes (2004),[50][51][52] former Prime Minister of Portugal
- José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005),[50][53][54] former Prime Minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and current President of the European Commission
- Nuno Morais Sarmento,[51][52] former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
- António Costa (2008),[51][52] former Minister of Interior and current Mayor of Lisbon
- Rui Rio (2008),[51][52] current Mayor of Porto
- Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009),[51][55] former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
- Augusto Santos Silva,[51] former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and current Minister of National Defence
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998),[51] former Minister of Parliament Affairs
- António Guterres (1994),[51][53][54] former Prime Minister of Portugal, former President of the Socialist International and current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Ferro Rodrigues,[53] former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
- Jorge Sampaio,[53][54] former President of Portugal
- Luís Mira Amaral (1995),[54][56] former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
- Vítor Constâncio (1988),[54][56] governor of the Banco de Portugal
- Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira,[54] CEO of Galp Energia
- Ricardo Salgado,[54][57] CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
- Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010),[56] former Minister of Finance
- José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980),[56] former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999),[56] former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
- António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992),[56] former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
- João Cravinho,[57] former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
- Artur Santos Silva,[57] former vice-governor of the Banco de Portugal, chairman of Banco Português de Investimento and current non-executive chairman of Jerónimo Martins
- Francisco Luís Murteira Nabo,[57] former chairman of Portugal Telecom, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, and current chairman of Galp Energia and president of the Portuguese Economists Association
[edit] Poland
- Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group[5][58] (deceased)
[edit] Spain
[edit] Sweden
- Carl Bildt (2006),[59] (2008),[59] (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–
- Anders Borg (2007),[59] Minister of Finance 2006–
- Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978),[60] Prime Minister 1976–1978
- Maud Olofsson (2008),[59] Minister of Industry 2006–2011
- Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006),[59] Prime Minister 2006–
- Mona Sahlin (1996),[59] Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007–2011
[edit] Switzerland
- Rolf Schweiger (2011) (German) [61]
[edit] United Kingdom
- Rt Hon the Baroness Shirley Williams (at least 2010), stateswoman and member, House of Lords; Harvard University Professor; Past President, Chatham House; int'l member, Council on Foreign Relations.
- Paddy Ashdown (1989),[62] former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ed Balls (2006),[63] former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and was Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)
- Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Steering Committee member),[64] former Foreign Secretary
- Kenneth Clarke (1993,[65] 1998,[66] 1999,[67] 2003,[68] 2004,[69] 2006,[70] 2007,[70] 2008,[71][72] Chancellor of the Exchequer 1993-1997, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2008-2010, Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for Justice 2010-current
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne) (1997),[1] Leader of the House of Lords 94-97
- Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),[73]) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member),[64] former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Peter Mandelson (1999,[74] 2009[75] Business Secretary (2008–2010)
- John Monks (1996),[26] former TUC General Secretary
- George Osborne (2006,[76] 2007,[76] 2008[77] 2009[78]) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-current
- David Owen (1982),[79] former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
- Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968),[80] MP and Ulster Unionist
- Malcolm Rifkind (1996),[26] former Foreign Secretary
- Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[81] Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
- David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995),[82] Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
- John Smith (1989) (deceased),[83] Labour Party leader
[edit] Prime Ministers
- Tony Blair (1993),[84][65] Prime Minister 1997-2007
- Gordon Brown (1991),[85] Prime Minister 2007- 2010
- Edward Heath,[4] Prime Minister 1970-1974
- Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980),[86] Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964
- Margaret Thatcher (1975),[87] Prime Minister 1979-1990
[edit] United States
- Roger Altman (2009),[88] Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
- George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[89] Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
- Sandy Berger (1999),[90] National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
- Timothy Geithner(2009),[88] Treasury Secretary
- Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[1] former US Congressman
- Christian Herter,[91] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
- Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[92] Special Assistant to the President
- Joseph E. Johnson[93] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2009, 2011)[94][60], 56th United States Secretary of State
- Richard Perle (2011), Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee 2001–2003, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981–1987 [95]
- Colin Powell (1997),[1] 65th United States Secretary of State
- Lawrence Summers,[88] Director of the National Economic Council
- Paul Volcker[when?],[88] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
[edit] Presidents
- Bill Clinton (1991),[84][85] President 1993-2001
- Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[4][96] President 1974-1977
[edit] Senators
- John Edwards (2004),[97][98] Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
- Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[99] Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
- Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[1] Senator from Georgia 1972-1997
[edit] Governors
- Rick Perry (2007),[100] Governor of Texas 2000-current
- Mark Sanford (2008),[101] Governor of South Carolina
[edit] EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
- Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[102] former European Commissioner
- Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner [103]
- Pascal Lamy (2003,[102] 2010[3]), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–present
- Peter Mandelson (1999),[74] (2009),[75] former European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008
- Pedro Solbes (2010),[3] former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Second Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
[edit] Military
- Colin Gubbins[104] (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
- Lyman Lemnitzer (1963),[23] Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963-1969 (deceased)
- Alexander Haig (1978),[60] NATO Commander 1974-1979 (US Secretary of State 1981-1982) (deceased)
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer[3] (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
[edit] Financial institutions
- Ben Bernanke (2008,[101] 2009),[75] Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
- Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President[34] (deceased)
- Gordon Richardson,[105](1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
- William J McDonough (1997),[1] former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist [95]
- Jean-Claude Trichet (2009,[106] 2010[3]) President of the European Central Bank 2003-2011
- Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997),[1] former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Siegmund Warburg (1977)[105] (deceased)
- Andreas Treichl (2009),[107] CEO of Erste Bank
- Rudolf Scholten (2010),[19] Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- David Rockefeller, Sr. Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank [108]
[edit] Major corporations
- Josef Ackermann (2009–2011), CEO of Deutsche Bank[47]
- Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011) [95]
- Giovanni Agnelli (1997), Honorary Chairman of Fiat Automobiles [109]
- Umberto Agnelli (1997), Chairman of IFIL [109]
- Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997,[1] 2001), former CEO of ASEA
- Franco Bernabè (2011), CEO of Telecom Italia [103]
- Jeff Bezos (2011),[110] Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
- Michel Bon,[111] former CEO of France Telecom
- Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[1] 2004), Chief Executive BP
- Thomas Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus [95]
- Bill Gates (2010),[112] Chairman of Microsoft
- Donald E. Graham (2008–2010),[46] CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors for Facebook
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,[113]
- H. J. Heinz II (1954),[93] CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
- Chris Hughes (2011),[110] Co-founder of Facebook
- Klaus Kleinfeld (2011),[110] Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
- André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group [114]
- André Lévy-Lang, (French)[111] former CEO of Paribas
- Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal [115]
- Jorma Ollila (1997,[1] 2005, 2008, 2011), Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
- Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever[34]
- Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011),[46] CEO and Chairman of Google
- Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),[1] 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
- Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.[116]
- Hans Stråberg (2006),[59] CEO of Electrolux
- Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997,[1] 2005), former Chairman of BP
- Martin Taylor[1] (1993–1996,[26] 1997), former CEO, Barclays
- Otto Wolff von Amerongen,[1] Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
- Jacob Wallenberg (2006),[59] Chairman of Investor AB
[edit] University, institute and other academic
- Richard Pipes (1981),[117] Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
- C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997),[1] President, Peterson Institute
- Thierry de Montbrial,[111] Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
[edit] Media
- Nicolas Beytout, (French)[111] Editor of Le Figaro (France)
- Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985–1996)[26](1997),[118] Hollinger International, Inc.
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996),[119] columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
- Will Hutton[84] (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
- Andrew Knight (1996),[64][26] journalist, editor, and media baron
- George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997),[26] Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
- Peter Mansbridge (2010), Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Carlo Rossella (1997), Editor, La Stampa [109]
- Oscar Bronner (2010),[19] Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
- Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03),[120] editor-in-chief, Politiken
[edit] References
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- ^ Video showing DSK, Queen Beatrix and James Wolfensohn among others at Bilderberg 2000
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- ^ a b Obituary - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. The Times. December 3, 2004. Bernhard's visits abroad provided the background for an enterprise which interested him greatly, the Bilderberg conferences at which, from 1954 onwards, statesmen, businessmen and intellectuals from Europe and America had private discussions once or twice a year. The idea of the conferences originated with Dr Joseph H. Retinger as a counter to the anti-Americanism in Western Europe.
- ^ Jon Ronson (March 28, 2001). Exposed: The Secret Club of Powermongers Who Really Rule the World. The Mirror. Prince Charles and Bill Clinton have been to sessions.
- ^ Jean Stead (April 28, 1986). Prince Charles attends meeting on South Africa. The Guardian (London). The 34th Bilderberg conference ended at Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, yesterday after a debate on the South African crisis attended by Prince Charles. He arrived for the economic debate on Saturday and stayed overnight at the hotel.
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- ^ a b c 'High Priests of Globalization' In Istanbul. Turkish Daily News. May 31, 2007. The Turkish state minister and chief negotiator, Ali Babacan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Kemal Dervis, the Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen (Tusiad) Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag, Koc Holding Executive Board President Mustafa Koc and the Bogazici University rector, Prof Dr Ayse Soysal, will attend the meeting on behalf of Turkey. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Sofia of Spain, Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, Greek National Economy and Finance Minister Yeoryios Alogoskoufis, former Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemao of Portugal, former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier of France, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, Finance Minister Anders Borg of Sweden, Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk of the Netherlands, Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen of Finland, former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, Agriculture Minister Christine Lagarde of France, Justice Minister Michael McDowell of Ireland, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato, the EU commissioner for enlargement, Olli Rehn, and the US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson, are among foreign guests of the meeting. Meanwhile, tight security measures were taken in and around the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the venue of the meeting.
- ^ Duke of Edinburgh in Como Talks. The Times. April 03, 1965. p. 7. The Duke of Edinburgh took part today in the opening session of the Bilderberg meeting at the Villa d'Este on Lake Como.
- ^ Court Circular. The Times. April 03, 1967. p. 12.
- ^ Official List of Participants for the 2009 Bilderberg Meeting
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