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
- 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])
Politics
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
- Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament[24] (1999)
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
China
- Fu Ying (2011)[28], Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the UK and Australia
Finland
France
Germany
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]
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
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
Poland
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
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
Prime Ministers
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,[88] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
Presidents
Senators
Governors
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
Military
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]
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
University, institute and other academic
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
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"What do Henry Kissinger, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Colin Powell, David Rockefeller and IBM Chairman Louis Gerstner have in common?
"They are among 120 dignitaries from Europe and the United States meeting at a secluded resort in Georgia as part of an organization called the Bilderberg Group.
"For four days that began Thursday, the group's influential guests are part of an informal think tank on world issues."
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