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[1],2000[2])
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands [3]
- Prince Phillipe of Belgium
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain [4]
- Prince Charles, United Kingdom (1986)[5][6]
[edit] Politics
[edit] United States
- George W. Ball[7] (1954-1992), former U.S. diplomat
- John Edwards[8][9]
- Gerald Ford[3]
- Bill Clinton[10] (1991), former US President, 1993 - 2001
- Jon Corzine (1995 - 1997[1], 1999, 2003, 2004), former US Senator, current Governor of New Jersey
- Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004[11]), president, Council on Foreign Relations
- Lee H. Hamilton (1997[1]), former US Congressman
- Christian Herter[12] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Secretary of State
- Joseph E. Johnson[13] (1954), former President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Henry Kissinger[11] (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977-2008), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977
- Gerard LeBlond (2008, 2009[1]), former President of the Edward-Laurent Foundation
- Sam Nunn (1996, 1997[1]), former US Senator
- Rick Perry[14] (2007), Current Governor of Texas
- Kathleen Sebelius[15], Health and Human Services secretary
- Timothy Geithner[15], Treasury Secretary
- Lawrence Summers[15], Director of the National Economic Council
- Paul Volcker[15], Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
- Condoleezza Rice[16], 66th United States Secretary of State
- Tom Daschle[16], former U.S. Senator from South Dakota
[edit] United Kingdom
- Ed Balls (2006),[17] former Economic Secretary to the Treasury and advisor to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and is currently Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007-present)
- Tony Blair (1993),[10] former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[18]
- Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Steering Committee member) [19], former Foreign Secretary
- Kenneth Clarke (1993[20], 1998[21], 2006[22], 2007[23], 2008[24][25]), former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (2008-Present)
- Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member) [19], former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Edward Heath,(deceased) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [3]
- Peter Mandelson (1999[26], 2009[27]) Business Secretary (2008-present)
- George Osborne (2006[28], 2007[29], 2008[30], 2009[31]) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004-Present)
- David Owen (1982[32])
- Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973-1975, 1977-1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[33] Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
[edit] Belgium
- Paul-Henri Spaak Former Prime Minister[34] (1963)
[edit] Netherlands
- Ruud Lubbers Former Prime Minister[35]
- Wim Kok Former Prime Minister[35]
- Jan-Peter Balkenende Prime Minister [35]
- Paul Freeman Director of Direction [35]
[edit] France
- Georges Pompidou Former Prime Minister of France, Former President of the French Republic [35]
[edit] Portugal
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983-1985, 1987-2008), former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981 - 1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
- Jorge Braga Macedo (1991-2008), former Finance Minister of Portugal, 1991 - 1993; Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Globalization and Governance in New University of Lisbon
[edit] Finland
- Eero Heinäluoma (2006)[36], former Chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance of Finland between 2005 and 2007
- Jyrki Katainen (2007,2009)[37],
[38] chairman of Finnish National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) and the current Minister of Finance of Finland
- Sauli Niinistö (1997)[1], former Minister of Finance (Finland), Speaker of Parliament
- Matti Vanhanen (2009)[38] Prime Minister (Finland) chairman of (Suomen Keskusta)
[edit] Iceland
- Bjarni Benediktsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland ( 1963-1970) attended Bilderberg meeting in 1965 and 1970[39]
- Geir Haarde, former Prime Minister of Iceland (2006-2009)[40]
- Geir Hallgrímsson, former Prime Minister Of Iceland (1974-1978) [41]
[edit] Germany
- Guido Westerwelle (2007)[42], Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag
- Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor [3]
[edit] EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
- Ritt Bjerregaard (1991, 1995), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen and former European Commissioner for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection[18]
- Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[43] former European Commissioner
- Hans van den Broek (1986, 1988, 1991, 1995),[18] former European Commissioner
- Pascal Lamy (2003)[43]
- Peter Mandelson (1999[26], 2009[27]) former European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008
- Mario Monti (1983-1994, 1996, 1999, 2003[43]),former and/or present member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee[18]
[edit] UN, WTO, NATO and other International Organizations
- George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen[18] (1998), former Secretary General of NATO
- Lyman Lemnitzer[34] Former Nato Commander
[edit] Military
- Colin Gubbins[44] (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE
[edit] Financial institutions
- William J McDonough (1997[1]), former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Gordon Richardson [45](1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
- Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997[1]), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Siegmund Warburg (1977)[45]
- Wim Duisenberg Former European Central Bank President [35]
[edit] Major corporations
- Percy Barnevik (1992-1996, 1997,[1] 2001), former CEO of ASEA
- Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[1] 2004), Chief Executive BP
- H. J. Heinz II [13] (1954), CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
- Jorma Ollila (1997[1], 2005, 2008), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
- Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994-1996, 1997[1], 1998, 1999, 2001-2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
- Peter Sutherland (1989-1996, 1997[1], 2005), former Chairman of BP
- Martin Taylor[1] (1993-1996, 1997), former CEO, Barclays
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.[46] IBM Chairman
- André Lévy-Lang[47], former CEO of Paribas
- Michel Bon[47], former CEO of France Telecom
- Otto Wolff von Amerongen[1], Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
- Paul Rijkens Former Chairman of Unilever [35]
[edit] University, institute and other academic
- C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997[1]), President, Peterson Institute
- Thierry de Montbrial[47], Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
[edit] Media
- Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985-1996, 1997)[48]
- George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997), Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993-1996), now ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent
- Andrew Knight[49], journalist, editor, and media baron
- Nicolas Beytout[47], Editor of Le Figaro (France)
- Will Hutton[10] (1997)
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996[50])
[edit] References
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- ^ 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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- ^ "Memorandum submitted by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - Complaint against Mr Kenneth Clarke". United Kingdom Parliament. 11 July 1997. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmstnprv/180iii/sp0304.htm. "Mr Clarke subsequently explained that he and Mr Blair considered that they were attending the conference as representatives of the Government and the Opposition respectively, and stated that `I was quite confident that I was at the time meeting the rules applying to Ministers, and it did not occur to me that the new rules concerning registration could apply to this visit'." }}
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- ^ "Kenneth Clarke:Full register of members' interests". The Guardian. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/parliamentrmi/0,,-978,00.html. "5-8 June 2008, to Chantilly, Virginia, USA, to attend Bilderberg Conference. Hotel accommodation paid for by the conference sponsors. (I paid my travel costs.) (Registered 12 June 2008)"
- ^ a b British House of Commons - Register of Journalists' Interests
- ^ a b "Our man at Bilderberg". The Guardian. 19 May 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/may/19/bilderberg-skelton-greece. "Mandelson's office has confirmed his attendance at this year's meeting: "Yes, Lord Mandelson attended Bilberberg. He found it a valuable conference.""
- ^ "Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 19 September 2006. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/060919/memi21.htm.
- ^ "Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 3 July 2007. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=bilderberg&ALL=Bilderberg&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm/cmregmem/070703/memi21.htm#muscat_highlighter_first_match.
- ^ "Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 16 June 2008. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=bilderberg&ALL=Bilderberg&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm/cmregmem/080616/memi21.htm#muscat_highlighter_first_match.
- ^ "Register of Member' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 27 May 2009. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/cgi-bin/newhtml_hl?DB=semukparl&STEMMER=en&WORDS=global&ALL=Global&ANY=&PHRASE=&CATEGORIES=&SIMPLE=&SPEAKER=&COLOUR=red&STYLE=s&ANCHOR=muscat_highlighter_first_match&URL=/pa/cm/cmregmem/090610/memi21.htm.
- ^ Ronson, Jon (10 March 2001). "Who pulls the strings? (part 3)". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4149485,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-04. ""During the Falklands war, the British government's request for international sanctions against Argentina fell on stony ground. But at a Bilderberg meeting in, I think, Denmark, David Owen stood up and gave the most fiery speech in favour of imposing them. Well, the speech changed a lot of minds. I'm sure that various foreign ministers went back to their respective countries and told their leaders what David Owen had said. And you know what? Sanctions were imposed.""
- ^ "Register of Lords Interests - Lord Roll of Ipsden". United Kingdom Parliament. 1 October 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080207045508/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldreg/reg21.htm.
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