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List of Bilderberg participants
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.
Royalty
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1942.
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2011)
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975) (deceased)
• Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)[
• Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)
• Prince Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007–2009)
• Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)
• Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2010)
• King Harald V of Norway (1984)
Politics
U
• Timothy Geithner(2009), Treasury Secretary
• Lee H. Hamilton (1997), former US Congressman
• Christian Herter, (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
• Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960), Special Assistant to the President
• Joseph E. Johnson (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2011),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
• Colin Powell (1997), 65th United States Secretary of State
• Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
• Paul Volcker Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987nited States
• Roger Altman (2009), Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
• George W. Ball (1954, 1993), Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
• Sandy Berger (1999), National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
•
Presidents
• Bill Clinton (1991), President 1993-2001
• Gerald Ford (1964, 1966), President 1974-1977
Senators
• John Edwards (2004), Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
• Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000), Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
• Sam Nunn (1996, 1997), Senator from Georgia 1972-1997
Governors
• Rick Perry (2007), Governor of Texas 2000-current
• Mark Sanford (2008), Governor of South Carolina
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), former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ed Balls (2006), 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), former Foreign Secretary
• Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,[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), Leader of the House of Lords 94-97
• Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Peter Mandelson (1999, 2009 Business Secretary (2008–2010)
• John Monks (1996), former TUC General Secretary
• George Osborne (2006, 2007, 2008 2009) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-current
• David Owen (1982), former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
• Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968), MP and Ulster Unionist
• Malcolm Rifkind (1996), former Foreign Secretary
• Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee), Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
• David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995), Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
• John Smith (1989) (deceased), Labour Party leader
Prime Ministers
• Tony Blair (1993), Prime Minister 1997-2007
• Gordon Brown (1991),Prime Minister 2007- 2010
• Edward Heath, Prime Minister 1970-1974
• Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980), Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964
• Margaret Thatcher (1975),Prime Minister 1979-1990
China
• Fu Ying (2011), Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Belgium
• Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO (1963)
Bulgaria
• Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament (1999)
Netherlands
• Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister
• Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister
• Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister
• Maxime Verhagen, Minister
• Max van der Stoel, Minister
France
• Gaston Defferre (1964),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 (deceased)
Portugal
• Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008), former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
• Manuel Pinho (2009), former Minister of Economy and Innovation
• José Sócrates (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, former Minister of Justice
• Santana Lopes (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005), former Prime Minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and current President of the European Commission
• Nuno Morais Sarmento, former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
• António Costa (2008), former Minister of Interior and current Mayor of Lisbon
• Rui Rio (2008), current Mayor of Porto
• Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009 former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
• Augusto Santos Silva former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and current Minister of National Defence
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998), former Minister of Parliament Affairs
• António Guterres (1994), former Prime Minister of Portugal, former President of the Socialist International and current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Ferro Rodrigues, former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
• Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
• Luís Mira Amaral (1995), former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
• Vítor Constâncio (1988), governor of the Banco de Portugal
• Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira, CEO of Galp Energia
• Ricardo Salgado, CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
• Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010), former Minister of Finance
• José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999), former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
• António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992), former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
• João Cravinho, former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
• Artur Santos Silva, 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, 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
Norway
• Siv Jensen (2006) Leader for The Norwegian political party, "Fremskrittspartiet". (Progress Party (Norway))
• Jens Stoltenberg (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway.
• Kristin Clemet (1999, 2008) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science.
• Geir Lundestad (2005) Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Finland
• Eero Heinäluoma (2006), former chairman of the Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2007
• Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009), chairman of the National Coalition Party and the current Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister
• Sauli Niinistö (1997), former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament
• Matti Vanhanen (2009), former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party
Iceland
• Bjarni Benediktsson
• Björn Bjarnason (1974, 1977), Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984-1991, Minister of Education 1995-2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
• Davíð Oddsson (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 (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.
• Geir Haarde, Central Bank economist (1965, 1967, 1970), 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
• 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 (ca. 1974-1977,,1980]), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959-72, Prime Minister 1974-78, Foreign Minister 1983-1986, Central Bank governor 1986-1990
• Hörður Sigurgestsson, former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair
• Jón Sigurðsson (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
Ireland
• Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach
• Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland.
• Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland.
• Michael McDowell, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [
• Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland
Germany
• Guido Westerwelle (2007), Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
• Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor
Switzerland
• Rolf Schweiger (2011) (German)
Poland
• Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group (deceased)
Canada
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984
• Jean Chrétien (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
• Stephen Harper (2003), Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current
• Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
• Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
• Paul Martin (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
• Frank McKenna (2006, 2010), 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
Sweden
• Carl Bildt (2006), (2008), (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–
• Anders Borg (2007), Minister of Finance 2006–
• Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), Prime Minister 1976–1978
• Maud Olofsson (2008), Minister of Industry 2006–
• Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister 2006–
• Mona Sahlin (1996), Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007–2011
Austria
• Werner Faymann (2009), Chancellor 2008–present
• Heinz Fischer (2010), Federal President 2004–present
EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
• Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003), former European Commissioner
• Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner
• Pascal Lamy (2003, 2010), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–present
• Peter Mandelson (1999), (2009), Pedro Solbes (2010),former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Sformer European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008econd Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
Military
• Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
• Lyman Lemnitzer (1963), Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963-1969 (deceased)
• Alexander Haig (1978), NATO Commander 1974-1979 (US Secretary of State 1981-1982) (deceased)
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
Financial institutions
• Ben Bernanke (2008, 2009), Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
• Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President (deceased)
• Gordon Richardson, (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
• William J McDonough (1997), former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist
• Jean-Claude Trichet (2009, 2010) President of the European Central Bank 2003-current
• Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• Siegmund Warburg (1977) (deceased)
• Andreas Treichl (2009),CEO of Erste Bank
• Rudolf Scholten (2010),Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
• David Rockefeller, Sr. Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
Major corporations
• Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997 2001), former CEO of ASEA
• Franco Bernabè (2011), CEO of Telecom Italia
• Jeff Bezos (2011), Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
• Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom
• Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997, 2004), Chief Executive BP
• Thomas Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus
• Bill Gates (2010), Chairman of Microsoft
• Donald E. Graham (2008–2010), CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors for Facebook
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., IBM Chairman
• H. J. Heinz II (1954), CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
• Chris Hughes (2011), Co-founder of Facebook
• Klaus Kleinfeld (2011), Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
• André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group
• André Lévy-Lang, (French) former CEO of Paribas
• Josef Ackermann (2009–2011), CEO of Deutsche Bank]
• Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011)
•
• Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal
• Jorma Ollila (1997, 2005, 2008, 2011), Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
• Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unileve
• Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011), CEO and Chairman of Google
• Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
• Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.
• Hans Stråberg (2006), CEO of Electrolux
• Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997, 2005), former Chairman of BP
• Martin Taylor (1993–1996, 1997), former CEO, Barclays
• Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
• Jacob Wallenberg (2006), Chairman of Investor AB
University, institute and other academic
• Richard Pipes (1981), Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
• C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997), President, Peterson Institute
• Thierry de Montbrial, Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Media
• Nicolas Beytout, (French) Editor of Le Figaro (France)
• Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985–1996) (1997),Hollinger International, Inc.
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996), columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
• Will Hutton (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
• Andrew Knight (1996, journalist, editor, and media baron
• George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997), Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
• Peter Mansbridge (2010), Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Oscar Bronner (2010), Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
• Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03), editor-in-chief, Politiken
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.
Royalty
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld in 1942.
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2011)
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975) (deceased)
• Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)[
• Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)
• Prince Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007–2009)
• Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)
• Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2010)
• King Harald V of Norway (1984)
Politics
U
• Timothy Geithner(2009), Treasury Secretary
• Lee H. Hamilton (1997), former US Congressman
• Christian Herter, (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
• Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960), Special Assistant to the President
• Joseph E. Johnson (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2011),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
• Colin Powell (1997), 65th United States Secretary of State
• Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
• Paul Volcker Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987nited States
• Roger Altman (2009), Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
• George W. Ball (1954, 1993), Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
• Sandy Berger (1999), National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
•
Presidents
• Bill Clinton (1991), President 1993-2001
• Gerald Ford (1964, 1966), President 1974-1977
Senators
• John Edwards (2004), Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
• Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000), Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
• Sam Nunn (1996, 1997), Senator from Georgia 1972-1997
Governors
• Rick Perry (2007), Governor of Texas 2000-current
• Mark Sanford (2008), Governor of South Carolina
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), former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ed Balls (2006), 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), former Foreign Secretary
• Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,[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), Leader of the House of Lords 94-97
• Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Peter Mandelson (1999, 2009 Business Secretary (2008–2010)
• John Monks (1996), former TUC General Secretary
• George Osborne (2006, 2007, 2008 2009) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-current
• David Owen (1982), former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
• Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968), MP and Ulster Unionist
• Malcolm Rifkind (1996), former Foreign Secretary
• Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee), Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
• David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995), Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
• John Smith (1989) (deceased), Labour Party leader
Prime Ministers
• Tony Blair (1993), Prime Minister 1997-2007
• Gordon Brown (1991),Prime Minister 2007- 2010
• Edward Heath, Prime Minister 1970-1974
• Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980), Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964
• Margaret Thatcher (1975),Prime Minister 1979-1990
China
• Fu Ying (2011), Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Belgium
• Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO (1963)
Bulgaria
• Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament (1999)
Netherlands
• Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister
• Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister
• Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister
• Maxime Verhagen, Minister
• Max van der Stoel, Minister
France
• Gaston Defferre (1964),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 (deceased)
Portugal
• Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983–1985, 1987–2008), former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981–1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
• Manuel Pinho (2009), former Minister of Economy and Innovation
• José Sócrates (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, former Minister of Justice
• Santana Lopes (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005), former Prime Minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and current President of the European Commission
• Nuno Morais Sarmento, former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
• António Costa (2008), former Minister of Interior and current Mayor of Lisbon
• Rui Rio (2008), current Mayor of Porto
• Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009 former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
• Augusto Santos Silva former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and current Minister of National Defence
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998), former Minister of Parliament Affairs
• António Guterres (1994), former Prime Minister of Portugal, former President of the Socialist International and current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Ferro Rodrigues, former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
• Jorge Sampaio, former President of Portugal
• Luís Mira Amaral (1995), former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
• Vítor Constâncio (1988), governor of the Banco de Portugal
• Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira, CEO of Galp Energia
• Ricardo Salgado, CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
• Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010), former Minister of Finance
• José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980), former Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999), former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
• António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992), former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
• João Cravinho, former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
• Artur Santos Silva, 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, 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
Norway
• Siv Jensen (2006) Leader for The Norwegian political party, "Fremskrittspartiet". (Progress Party (Norway))
• Jens Stoltenberg (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway.
• Kristin Clemet (1999, 2008) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science.
• Geir Lundestad (2005) Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Finland
• Eero Heinäluoma (2006), former chairman of the Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2007
• Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009), chairman of the National Coalition Party and the current Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister
• Sauli Niinistö (1997), former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament
• Matti Vanhanen (2009), former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party
Iceland
• Bjarni Benediktsson
• Björn Bjarnason (1974, 1977), Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984-1991, Minister of Education 1995-2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
• Davíð Oddsson (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 (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.
• Geir Haarde, Central Bank economist (1965, 1967, 1970), 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
• 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 (ca. 1974-1977,,1980]), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959-72, Prime Minister 1974-78, Foreign Minister 1983-1986, Central Bank governor 1986-1990
• Hörður Sigurgestsson, former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair
• Jón Sigurðsson (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
Ireland
• Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach
• Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland.
• Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland.
• Michael McDowell, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [
• Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland
Germany
• Guido Westerwelle (2007), Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
• Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor
Switzerland
• Rolf Schweiger (2011) (German)
Poland
• Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group (deceased)
Canada
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984
• Jean Chrétien (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
• Stephen Harper (2003), Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current
• Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
• Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
• Paul Martin (1996), Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
• Frank McKenna (2006, 2010), 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
Sweden
• Carl Bildt (2006), (2008), (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–
• Anders Borg (2007), Minister of Finance 2006–
• Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), Prime Minister 1976–1978
• Maud Olofsson (2008), Minister of Industry 2006–
• Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister 2006–
• Mona Sahlin (1996), Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007–2011
Austria
• Werner Faymann (2009), Chancellor 2008–present
• Heinz Fischer (2010), Federal President 2004–present
EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
• Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003), former European Commissioner
• Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner
• Pascal Lamy (2003, 2010), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–present
• Peter Mandelson (1999), (2009), Pedro Solbes (2010),former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Sformer European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008econd Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
Military
• Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
• Lyman Lemnitzer (1963), Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963-1969 (deceased)
• Alexander Haig (1978), NATO Commander 1974-1979 (US Secretary of State 1981-1982) (deceased)
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
Financial institutions
• Ben Bernanke (2008, 2009), Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
• Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President (deceased)
• Gordon Richardson, (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
• William J McDonough (1997), former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist
• Jean-Claude Trichet (2009, 2010) President of the European Central Bank 2003-current
• Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• Siegmund Warburg (1977) (deceased)
• Andreas Treichl (2009),CEO of Erste Bank
• Rudolf Scholten (2010),Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
• David Rockefeller, Sr. Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
Major corporations
• Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997 2001), former CEO of ASEA
• Franco Bernabè (2011), CEO of Telecom Italia
• Jeff Bezos (2011), Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
• Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom
• Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997, 2004), Chief Executive BP
• Thomas Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus
• Bill Gates (2010), Chairman of Microsoft
• Donald E. Graham (2008–2010), CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors for Facebook
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., IBM Chairman
• H. J. Heinz II (1954), CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
• Chris Hughes (2011), Co-founder of Facebook
• Klaus Kleinfeld (2011), Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
• André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group
• André Lévy-Lang, (French) former CEO of Paribas
• Josef Ackermann (2009–2011), CEO of Deutsche Bank]
• Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011)
•
• Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal
• Jorma Ollila (1997, 2005, 2008, 2011), Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
• Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unileve
• Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010, 2011), CEO and Chairman of Google
• Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
• Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.
• Hans Stråberg (2006), CEO of Electrolux
• Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997, 2005), former Chairman of BP
• Martin Taylor (1993–1996, 1997), former CEO, Barclays
• Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
• Jacob Wallenberg (2006), Chairman of Investor AB
University, institute and other academic
• Richard Pipes (1981), Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
• C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997), President, Peterson Institute
• Thierry de Montbrial, Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Media
• Nicolas Beytout, (French) Editor of Le Figaro (France)
• Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985–1996) (1997),Hollinger International, Inc.
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996), columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
• Will Hutton (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
• Andrew Knight (1996, journalist, editor, and media baron
• George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997), Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
• Peter Mansbridge (2010), Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Oscar Bronner (2010), Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
• Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03), editor-in-chief, Politiken
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