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List of Bilderberg participantsThe following is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the BilderbergGroup. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceasedpeople. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.

Royalty

Belgium• Prince R.Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007–2009)[1]

Netherlands• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2011)[2][3][4]

• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975)[5][6] (deceased)

Norway• King Harald V of Norway [7] (1984[8])

Spain• Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)[9]

• Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2010)[4][10]

United Kingdom• Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)[11][12]

• Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)[13][14]

Politics

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

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Belgium• Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO[23] (1963) (deceased)

Bulgaria• Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament[24] (1999)

Canada• Mike Harris, (2006),[25] Premier of Ontario 1995-2002• Bernard Lord, (2006),[25] Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006• Gordon Campbell, (2010),[26] Premier of British Columbia, 2001–2011

Prime Ministers

• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (1968) ,[25] Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984 (deceased)• Jean Chrétien, (1996),[27] Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003• Paul Martin, (1996),[27] Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006• Stephen Harper, (2003),[25] Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current

China• Fu Ying (2011)[28], Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the UK and Australia

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),[2] former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament, current President of the

republic• Matti Vanhanen (2009),[31][32] former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party

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)

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[5]

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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(deceased)

• Björn Bjarnason[36] (1974, 1977),[38] Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984-1991, Minister of Education1995-2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009

• Davíð Oddsson[36] (ca. 1991-1999), Mayor of Reykjavík 1982-1991, Prime Minister 1991-2004, Foreign Minister2004-2005, 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 AffairsCommittee 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 (deceased)

• 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 Affairs1987-88, Industry and Commerce 1988-93, Central Bank governor 1993-94, Nordic Investment Bank governor1994-2005[44]

Ireland• Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach [45] (deceased)• 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 [1]

• Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland [2]

Italy• Mario Monti, Economist and Prime Minister [27]

• Renato Ruggiero, former WTO director, politician [27]

Netherlands• Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister[34]

• Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister[34]

• Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister[34]

• Maxime Verhagen, Minister[34]

Norway• Siv Jensen (2006) Leader for The Norwegian political party, "Fremskrittspartiet". (Progress Party (Norway))• Jens Stoltenberg (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway.[7]

• Kristin Clemet[7] (1999, 2008[48]) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, FormerMinister of Education and Science.

• Geir Lundestad (2005)[49] Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace PrizeCommittee.

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New Zealand• John Key (2011-2012), Prime Minister of New Zealand

Portugal• Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008),[1] 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 EconomistsAssociation

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Poland• Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group[6][58] (deceased)

Sweden• Carl Bildt (2006),[59] (2008),[59] (2009), Prime Minister 1991-1994, 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

Switzerland• Rolf Schweiger (2011) (German) [61]

United Kingdom• 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.[62]

• Paddy Ashdown (1989),[63] former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina• Ed Balls (2006),[64] 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),[65] former Foreign Secretary• Kenneth Clarke (1993,[66] 1998,[67] 1999,[68] 2003,[69] 2004,[70] 2006,[71] 2007,[71] 2008,[72][73] 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),[2] Leader of the House of Lords 94-97• Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),[74]) former Head of Foreign and

Commonwealth Office• Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member),[65] former Chancellor of the Exchequer• Peter Mandelson (1999,[75] 2009[76] Business Secretary (2008–2010)• John Monks (1996),[27] former TUC General Secretary• George Osborne (2006,[77] 2007,[77] 2008[78] 2009[79]) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010),

Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-current• David Owen (1982),[80] former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party• Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968),[81] MP and Ulster Unionist• Malcolm Rifkind (1996),[27] former Foreign Secretary• Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[82] Department of

Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman (deceased)• David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995),[83] Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.• John Smith (1989) (deceased),[84] Labour Party leader

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Prime Ministers

• Tony Blair (1993),[85][66] Prime Minister 1997-2007• Gordon Brown (1991),[86] Prime Minister 2007- 2010• Edward Heath,[5] Prime Minister 1970-1974 (deceased)• Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980),[87] Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964 (deceased)• Margaret Thatcher (1975),[88] Prime Minister 1979-1990

United States• Roger Altman (2009),[89] Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore

Partners• George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[90] Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968 (deceased)• Sandy Berger (1999),[91] National Security Advisor, 1997–2001• Timothy Geithner (2009),[89] Treasury Secretary• Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[2] former US Congressman• Christian Herter,[92] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State (deceased)• Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[93] Special Assistant to the President (deceased)• Joseph E. Johnson[94] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (deceased)• Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2009, 2011)[95][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 [96]

• Colin Powell (1997),[2] 65th United States Secretary of State• Lawrence Summers,[89] Director of the National Economic Council• Paul Volcker,[89] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal

Reserve from 1979–1987

Presidents

• Bill Clinton (1991),[85][86] President 1993-2001• Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[5][97] President 1974-1977 (deceased)

Senators

• John Edwards (2004),[98][99] Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005• Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[100] Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009• Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[2] Senator from Georgia 1972-1997

Governors

• Rick Perry (2007),[101] Governor of Texas 2000-current• Mark Sanford (2008),[102] Governor of South Carolina

EU CommissionersEuropean Union Commissioners who have attended include:• Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[103] former European Commissioner• Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner [104]

• Pascal Lamy (2003,[103] 2010[4]), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the WorldTrade Organization 2005–present

• Peter Mandelson (1999),[75] (2009),[76] former European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008

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• Pedro Solbes (2010),[4] former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Second VicePresident of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance

Military

Canada• Jean Victor Allard, (1968),[105] former Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff.

Netherlands• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer[4] (2010), former Secretary General of NATO

United Kingdom• Colin Gubbins[106] (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)

United States• 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)

Financial institutions

Austria• Andreas Treichl (2009),[107] CEO of Erste Bank• Rudolf Scholten (2010),[19] Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG

Canada• Neil McKinnon, (1965), President of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).• Louis Rasminsky, (1968), third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973. (deceased)• Frank McKenna, (2006, 2010),[108] Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group, Canadian Ambassador to the

United States 2005-2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997• Marcel Faribault, (1966), Canadian notary, businessman and administrator, he became president of Trust Général

du Canada. (deceased)• Mark Carney, (2011),[109][110]The eighth and current governor of the Bank of Canada and the Chairman of the

Financial Stability Board, an institution of the G20 based in Basel, Switzerland.• Clark, Edmund, (2010, 2011),[111][112] President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group

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France• Jean-Claude Trichet (2009,[113] 2010[4]) President of the European Central Bank 2003-2011

Germany• Siegmund Warburg (1977)[114] (deceased)

Netherlands• Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President[34] (deceased)

Portugal• Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist [96]

United Kingdom• Gordon Richardson,[114] (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England (deceased)

United States• David Rockefeller, Sr. Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank [115]

• William J McDonough (1997),[2] former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York• Ben Bernanke (2008,[102] 2009),[76] Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve• Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997),[2] former Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Corporations

Belgium• Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.[116]

Finland• Jorma Ollila (1997,[2] 2005, 2008, 2011), Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation

France• Michel Bon,[117] former CEO of France Telecom• André Lévy-Lang, (French)[117] former CEO of Paribas• Tom Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus [96]

Germany• Josef Ackermann (2009–2011), CEO of Deutsche Bank[47]

• Otto Wolff von Amerongen,[2] Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.• Klaus Kleinfeld (2011),[118] Chairman and CEO of Alcoa• Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),[2] 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of

DaimlerChrysler

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Italy• Giovanni Agnelli (1997), Honorary Chairman of Fiat Automobiles [119]

• Franco Bernabè (2011), CEO of Telecom Italia [104]

• Umberto Agnelli (1997), Chairman of IFIL [119] (deceased)

Netherlands• Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever[34]

Russia• Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal [120]

Sweden• Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997,[2] 2001), former CEO of ASEA• Jacob Wallenberg (2006),[59] Chairman of Investor AB• Hans Stråberg (2006),[59] CEO of Electrolux• André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group [121]

United Kingdom• Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011) [96]

• Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[2] 2004), Chief Executive BP• Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997,[2] 2005), former Chairman of BP• Martin Taylor[2] (1993–1996,[27] 1997), former CEO, Barclays

United States• Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011),[46] CEO and Chairman of Google• Bill Gates (2010),[122] Chairman of Microsoft• Jeff Bezos (2011),[118] Founder and CEO of Amazon.com• H. J. Heinz II (1954),[94] CEO of H. J. Heinz Company (deceased)• Chris Hughes (2011),[118] Co-founder of Facebook• Donald E. Graham (2008–2010),[46] CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors

for Facebook• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,[123]

University, institute and other academic

Canada• Lester B. Pearson, (1968),[124] Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician,

who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957. (deceased)• James Orbinski, (2011),[125] Professor of Medicine and Political Science, University of Toronto, he was President

of the International Council of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) at the time theorganization received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.

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France• C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997),[2] President, Peterson Institute• Thierry de Montbrial,[117] Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales

United States• Richard Pipes (1981),[126] Senior Staff Member, National Security Council

Media

Austria• Oscar Bronner (2010),[19] Publisher and Editor, Der Standard

Canada• Peter Mansbridge, (2010),[127] CBC's chief correspondent and anchor of The National, CBC Television's flagship

nightly newscast.• Conrad Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, (1981, 1983, 1985–1996),[128] Hollinger International, Inc., Author

and former media magnate.[27] (1997),• Robert Prichard, (2010),[129] the president of Ontario's Metrolinx.• Heather Reisman, (2000 – present),[130] CEO of Chapters/Indigo, Co-Founder of the Heseg Foundation.• David Frum, (1997),[131] Canadian American journalist and a former economic speechwriter for President George

W. Bush.

Denmark• Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03),[132] editor-in-chief, Politiken (deceased)

France• Nicolas Beytout, (French)[117] Editor of Le Figaro (France)

Italy• Carlo Rossella (1997), Editor, La Stampa [119]

United Kingdom• Will Hutton[85] (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer• Andrew Knight (1996),[65][27] journalist, editor, and media baron

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United States• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996),[133] columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)• George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997),[27] Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration

(1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent.

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