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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.

Royalty

  • Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000)
  • Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954, 1975)
  • Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, United Kingdom (1986)
  • Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)
  • Prince Philippe, Prince of Belgium (2007)
  • Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1965, 1967)
  • Queen Sofía of Spain

Politics

United States

  • George W. Ball (1954, 1993), Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
  • Sandy Berger (1999), National Security Advisor, 1997-2001
  • Douglas Feith (2004), U.S. Under-secretary of Defense
  • Timothy Geithner, Treasury Secretary
  • Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004), president, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Lee H. Hamilton (1997), former US Congressman
  • Christian Herter, (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), former 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), Secretary of State, 1973-1977
  • Dylan Mayes (2009)
  • Jessica T. Mathews (2004), president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Colin Powell (1997), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1989–1993, Secretary of State 2001-2005
  • Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State
  • Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services secretary
  • Walter Bedell Smith (1954-1957), former White House Chief of Staff, Director of the CIA, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
  • Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
  • Paul Volcker, Chair of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Presidents

  • Bill Clinton (1991), President 1993-2001
  • Gerald Ford (1964, 1966), President 1974-1977

Senators

  • Tom Daschle, Senator from South Dakota 1987-2005
  • John Edwards (2004), Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
  • Dianne Feinstein (1991),) Senator 1992-current, Mayor of San Francisco 1978-1988
  • Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000), Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
  • Sam Nunn (1996, 1997), Senator from Georgia 1972-1997

Governors

  • Jon Corzine (1995 – 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004), Senator 2001-2006, Governor of New Jersey 2006-current
  • Rick Perry (2007),) Governor of Texas 2000-current
  • Mark Sanford (2008), Governor of South Carolina
  • Douglas Wilder (1991), Governor of Virginia

United Kingdom

  • 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 is currently Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007-present)
  • 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-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-present)
  • John Monks (1996), former TUC General Secretary
  • George Osborne (2006), 2007, 2008 2009) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004-Present)
  • 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

Prime Ministers

  • Tony Blair (1993), Prime Minister 1997-2007
  • Gordon Brown (1991), Prime Minister 2007-current
  • 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

Belgium

  • Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister (1963)

Netherlands

  • Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister
  • Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister
  • Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister
  • Paul Freeman, Director of Direction

France

  • Gaston Defferre (1964), member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time)
  • Georges Pompidou, Former Prime Minister of France, Former President of the French Republic

Portugal

  • Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983-1985, 1987-2008), former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981-1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
  • Jorge Braga de Macedo (Portuguese) (1991-2008), former Finance Minister, 1991-1993; Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Globalization and Governance in New University of Lisbon

Finland

  • Eero Heinäluoma (2006), former Chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party and he was the Minister of Finance between 2005 and 2007
  • Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009), chairman of Finnish National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) and the current Minister of Finance
  • Sauli Niinistö (1997), former Minister of Finance (Finland), Speaker of Parliament
  • Matti Vanhanen (2009), Prime Minister chairman of (Suomen Keskusta)

Iceland

  • Bjarni Benediktsson (1965, 1970 etc.), 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 (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 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 Eimskipafélag Íslands
  • 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

Germany

  • Guido Westerwelle (2007), Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag
  • Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor

Poland

  • Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group

Canada

  • Jean Chretien (1996), Prime Minister 1993-2003
  • Stephen Harper (2003), Prime Minister 2006-current
  • Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
  • Bernard Lord, Primier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
  • Paul Martin (1996), Prime Minister 2003-2006
  • Frank McKenna (2006),) Ambassador to the United States 2005-2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997

Sweden

  • Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), Prime Minister 1976-1978

EU Commissioners

European Union Commissioners who have attended include:

  • Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003), former European Commissioner
  • Pascal Lamy (2003)
  • Peter Mandelson (1999), (2009), former European Commissioner for Trade 2004-2008

UN, WTO, NATO and other International Organizations

  • Alexander Haig (1978), NATO Commander 1974-1979 (US Secretary of State 1981-1982)
  • Lyman Lemnitzer (1963),) Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963-1969

Military

  • Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE

Financial institutions

  • Ben Bernanke (2008, 2009),Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
  • Jamie Dimon, CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co
  • Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President
  • Timothy Geithner, (2004),) president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Gordon Richardson, (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
  • William J McDonough (1997), former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Jean-Claude Trichet (2009), 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)
  • Peter Weinberg (2004), CEO of Goldman Sachs International
  • James Wolfensohn (2004), president of the World Bank

Major corporations

  • Percy Barnevik (1992-1996, 1997, 2001), former CEO of ASEA
  • Michel Bon, former CEO of France Telecom
  • Anders Bjoergerd, former deputy CEO of Sydkraft AB
  • Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997, 2004), Chief Executive BP
  • Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., IBM Chairman
  • H. J. Heinz II (1954), CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
  • André Lévy-Lang, (French) former CEO of Paribas
  • Indra K. Nooyi (2004), CEO of PepsiCo
  • Jorma Ollila (1997, 2005, 2008), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
  • Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever
  • Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994-1996, 1997), 1998, 1999, 2001-2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
  • Peter Sutherland (1989-1996, 1997, 2005), former Chairman of BP
  • Martin Taylor (1993-1996, 1997), former CEO, Barclays
  • Hinesh C. Parmar, (2008, 2009) President of ParmarCorp.
  • Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.

University, institute and other academic

  • 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), columnist and publisher, now in prison
  • William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996), columnist and founder of National Review
  • 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

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