List of Bilderberg participants
The following is a list of prominent persons who are known to 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
Belgium
- King Philippe of Belgium (2007–2009, 2012)[1][2][3]
Commonwealth realms
- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Commonwealth realms (1986)[4][5]
- Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, Commonwealth realms (1965, 1967)[6][7]
Netherlands
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1997, 2000, 2006, 2008–2014)[8][3][9][10][11][12][13]
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1954–1975)[14][15] (deceased)
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (2008)[2]
Norway
- King Harald V of Norway[16] (1984[17])
- Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (2011)[18]
Spain
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain (2004)[19]
- Queen Sofía of Spain (2008–2011)[10][11][20]
Politics
Austria
- Oscar Bronner (2008,[2] 2009,[21] 2010,[22] 2011[23]) Newspaper publisher
- Werner Faymann (2009,[24] 2011,[11] 2012[3]) Chancellor 2008–present
- Heinz Fischer (2010)[22] Federal President 2004–present
- Alfred Gusenbauer (2007[25]) Chancellor 2007–2008
- Walter Rothensteiner (2011[26]) CEO of Raiffeisen Zentralbank
- Rudolf Scholten (2011,[26] 2013[12]) Board member of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
- Andreas Treichl (2010[27]) CEO of Erste Group
Belgium
- Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council
- Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister and Secretary General of NATO[28] (1963) (deceased)
Bulgaria
- Nikolai Kamov, Member of Parliament[29] (1999)
Canada
- Mike Harris, (2006),[30] Premier of Ontario 1995–2002
- Bernard Lord, (2006),[30] Premier of New Brunswick 1999–2006
- Gordon Campbell, (2010),[22] Premier of British Columbia 2001–2011
- Nigel S. Wright, (2012)[31] Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, 2011–2013
- Alison Redford, (2012),[3] Premier of Alberta 2011-2014
- Frank McKenna, (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013)[32] Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997
- Brad Wall, (2013[12]) Premier of Saskatchewan 2007–current
Prime Ministers
- Lester B. Pearson, (1968),[33] Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968)(deceased)
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, (1968),[30] Prime Minister of Canada, 1968–1979, 1980–1984 (deceased)
- Jean Chrétien, (1996),[34] Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
- Paul Martin, (1996),[34] Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
- Stephen Harper, (2003),[30] Prime Minister of Canada, 2006–current
China
- Fu Ying (2011, 2012),[3][35] Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to the UK and Australia
Finland
- Eero Heinäluoma (2006),[36] former chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Minister of Finance 2005-2007
- Jyrki Katainen (2007, 2009),[37][38][39] chairman of the National Coalition Party, former Minister of Finance and current Prime Minister
- Sauli Niinistö (1997),[8] former Minister of Finance, former Speaker of the Parliament, current President of the Republic
- Matti Vanhanen (2009),[38][39] former Prime Minister, former chairman of Centre Party
- Jutta Urpilainen (2012,[40] 2013[12]), current Minister of Finance
France
- Gaston Defferre (1964),[41] member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time) (deceased)
- Christine Lagarde (2013[12]), Minister of Finance 2007-2011, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 2011-
- Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France 1962-1968, President of the French Republic 1969-1974[42] (deceased)
Germany
- Guido Westerwelle (2007),[43] Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
- Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor[14]
- Angela Merkel (2005), German Chancellor[44]
- Joschka Fischer (2008), Foreign Minister 1998-2005[44]
- Peer Steinbrück (2011), German Chancellor Candidate[45]
- Jürgen Trittin (2012), Environment Minister 1998-2005[44]
Greece
- George Alogoskoufis (2008, 2009), Minister of Economy and Finance 2004-2009[2][21]
- Dora Bakoyannis (2009), Minister for Foreign Affairs 2006-2009[21]
- Anna Diamantopoulou (2008, 2009), Member of Parliament[2][21]
- Anastasios Giannitsis (2012), Minister of the Interior (Greece) 2011-2012[3]
- Giorgos Papakonstantinou (2010, 2011), Minister of Finance 2009-2011[11][22]
- Yannis Papathanasiou (2009), Minister for Economy and Finance 2009[21]
- Yannis Stournaras (2009), Minister of Finance 2012-2013[21]
Iceland
- Bjarni Benediktsson[46] (1965, 1967, 1970),[47] 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[46] (1974, 1977),[48] Assistant editor of The Morning Paper 1984–1991, Minister of Education 1995–2002, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 2003, 2009
- Davíð Oddsson[46] (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[46] (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.[49]
- Geir Haarde,[50] 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[46] (ca. 1974–1977,[48][51] 1980[52]), Mayor of Reykjavík 1959–72, Prime Minister 1974–1978, Foreign Minister 1983–1986, Central Bank governor 1986–1990 (deceased)
- Hörður Sigurgestsson,[46] former CEO of shipping line Eimskip, former chairman and CFO of Icelandair[53]
- Jón Sigurðsson[46] (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[54]
Ireland
- Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach[55] (deceased)
- Paul Gallagher, Attorney General of Ireland.[22]
- Dermot Gleeson, former Attorney General of Ireland.[21]
- Michael McDowell (2007), former Attorney General, former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform[1]
- Michael Noonan, (2012), then Minister for Finance.[31]
- Peter Sutherland, Director General of the WTO and former Attorney General of Ireland[8]
Italy
- Enrico Letta, former Prime Minister
- Emma Bonino, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank
- Mario Monti, Economist,[34] former Prime Minister
- Renato Ruggiero, former WTO director, politician[34]
Japan
- Nobuo Tanaka (2009), Executive Director of the International Energy Agency 2007-2011[21]
Netherlands
- Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister 1982-1994[42]
- Wim Kok, Prime Minister 1994-2002[42]
- Jan-Peter Balkenende (2008), Prime Minister 2002-2010[2][42]
- Maxime Verhagen, Minister[42]
- Mark Rutte, the current Prime Minister[56]
- Alexander Pechtold, leader of D66, a political party[56]
Norway
- Jens Stoltenberg (2002),the former Prime Minister of Norway.[16]
- Kristin Clemet[16] (1999, 2008[57]) Managing Director of the liberal and conservative think tank Civita, Former Minister of Education and Science.
- Geir Lundestad (2005)[58] Director of the Norwegian Nobel institute and Secretary to The Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
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),[59][60] former Minister of Economy and Innovation
- José Sócrates (2004),[59][60][61] former Prime Minister of Portugal
- José Pedro Aguiar-Branco,[59][60][61] former Minister of Justice
- Santana Lopes (2004),[59][60][61] former Prime Minister of Portugal
- José Manuel Durão Barroso (1994, 2003, 2005, 2013),[12][59][62][63] former Prime Minister of Portugal and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and current President of the European Commission
- Nuno Morais Sarmento,[60][61] former Minister of Presidency and Minister of Parliament Affairs
- António Costa (2008),[60][61] former Minister of Interior and current Mayor of Lisbon
- Rui Rio (2008),[60][61] current Mayor of Porto
- Manuela Ferreira Leite (2009),[60][64] former Minister of Education and Minister of Finance and Public Administration
- Augusto Santos Silva,[60] former Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, Minister of Parliament Affairs, and current Minister of National Defence
- Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (1998),[60] former Minister of Parliament Affairs
- António Guterres (1994),[60][62][63] former Prime Minister of Portugal, former President of the Socialist International and current United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Ferro Rodrigues,[62] former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity and Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
- Jorge Sampaio,[62][63] former President of Portugal
- Luís Mira Amaral (1995),[63][65] former Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, chairman of Caixa Geral de Depósitos and CEO of Banco Português de Investimento
- Vítor Constâncio (1988),[63][65] governor of the Banco de Portugal, Vice President of the ECB
- Manuel Ferreira de Oliveira,[63] CEO of Galp Energia
- Ricardo Salgado,[63][66] CEO of Banco Espírito Santo
- Fernando Teixeira dos Santos (2010),[65] former Minister of Finance
- José Medeiros Ferreira (1977, 1980),[65] former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral (1999),[65] former Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications
- António Miguel Morais Barreto (1992),[65] former Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
- João Cravinho,[66] former Minister for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development
- Artur Santos Silva,[66] 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,[66] 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
- Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group[15][67] (deceased)
- Andrzej Olechowski (1994, 2004, 2005)[68]
- Hanna Suchocka (1998)
- Jan Vincent-Rostowski (2012)[31]
Spain
- María Dolores de Cospedal (2011), Secretary General of the People's Party[11]
- Bernardino León Gross (2008, 2010, 2011), Secretary General of Office of the Prime Minister[2][11][22]
- Miguel Ángel Moratinos (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004-2010[21]
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (2012), Deputy Prime Minister[3]
- Pedro Solbes (2009), Minister of Economy and Finance 1993-1996, 2004-2009[21]
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2010), Prime Minister 2004–2011[22]
Sweden
- Carl Bildt (2006,[69] 2008,[69] 2009, 2013[12]) Prime Minister 1991–1994, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006–2014
- Anders Borg (2007,[69] 2013[12]) Minister of Finance 2006–2014
- Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978),[70] Prime Minister 1976–1978
- Maud Olofsson (2008),[69] Minister of Industry 2006–2011
- Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006),[69] Prime Minister 2006–2014
- Mona Sahlin (1996),[69] Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007–2011
Switzerland
- Christoph Blocher (2009),[21] former Member of Federal Council and former CEO of EMS Group
- Doris Leuthard (2011),[11] Member of Federal Council
- Rolf Schweiger (2011)[71]
Turkey
- Ali Babacan (2008, 2009, 2012, 2013), Deputy Prime Minister[2][3][12][21]
United Kingdom
- Shirley Williams (at least 2010, 2013[12]), stateswoman and member, House of Lords; Harvard University Professor; Past President, Chatham House; int'l member, Council on Foreign Relations.[72]
- Paddy Ashdown (1989),[73] former leader of Liberal Democrats, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ed Balls (2006),[74] 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),[75] former Foreign Secretary
- Kenneth Clarke (1993,[76] 1998,[77] 1999,[78] 2003,[79] 2004,[80] 2006,[81] 2007,[81] 2008,[82][83] 2013[12]) 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 2010–2012, Minister without Portfolio 2012–current
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Viscount Cranborne) (1997),[8] Leader of the House of Lords 1994–1997
- Denis Arthur Greenhill, Lord Greenhill of Harrow (deceased) (1974),[84]) former Head of Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Denis Healey (founder and Steering Committee member),[75] former Chancellor of the Exchequer
- John Kerr (2008–2013),[2][3][11][12][21][22] member of the House of Lords and Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell
- Peter Mandelson (1999,[85] 2008,[2] 2009,[86] 2011–2013[3][11][12]) Business Secretary (2008–2010)
- John Monks (1996),[34] former TUC General Secretary
- George Osborne (2006,[87] 2007,[87] 2008[88] 2009,[89] 2013[12]) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (2004–2010), Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010–current
- David Owen (1982),[90] former British Foreign Secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party
- Enoch Powell, (deceased) (1968),[91] MP and Ulster Unionist
- Malcolm Rifkind (1996),[34] former Foreign Secretary
- Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973–1975, 1977–1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[92] Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman (deceased)
- David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995),[93] Diplomatic posts at European Union and United Nations.
- John Smith (1989) (deceased),[94] Labour Party leader
Prime Ministers
- Tony Blair (1993),[76][95] Prime Minister 1997–2007
- Gordon Brown (1991),[96] Prime Minister 2007– 2010
- Edward Heath,[14] Prime Minister 1970–1974 (deceased)
- Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980),[97] Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963–1964 (deceased)
- Margaret Thatcher (at least 1975, 1977, 1986),[98][99][100] Prime Minister 1979–1990 (deceased)
- David Cameron (2013) Currently Prime Minister
United States
- Thomas E. Donilon (2012),[3] Executive Vice President for Law and Policy at Fannie Mae (1999–2005), National Security Advisor (2010 – 2013)
- Roger Altman (2008, 2009, 2013),[2][12][101] Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners
- George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[102] Under Secretary of State 1961–1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968 (deceased)
- Sandy Berger (1999),[103] National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
- Timothy Geithner (2008, 2009),[2][101] Treasury Secretary
- Dick Gephardt (2012),[3] former Congressman and House Majority Leader
- Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[8] former Congressman
- Christian Herter,[104] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State (deceased)
- Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[105] Special Assistant to the President (deceased)
- Joseph E. Johnson[106] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (deceased)
- Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008, 2009, 2010,[22] 2011, 2012,[3] 2013[12]),[70][107] 56th United States Secretary of State
- Mark G. Mazzie (1986, 1987),[3] Chief of Staff, The Honorable George C. Wortley, U.S. House of Representatives.
- Richard Perle (2011), Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee 2001–2003, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense 1981–1987[71]
- Colin Powell (1997),[8] 65th United States Secretary of State
- Condoleezza Rice (2008),[2] 66th United States Secretary of State
- George P. Shultz (2008),[2] 60th United States Secretary of State
- Lawrence Summers,[101] Director of the National Economic Council
- Paul Volcker,[101] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
- Bing West (2010),[22] author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- Robert Zoellick (2008–2013),[2][3][11][12][21][22] former Trade Representative, former Deputy Secretary of State and former President of the World Bank Group
Presidents
- Bill Clinton (1991),[95][96] President 1993–2001
- Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[14][108] President 1974–1977 (deceased)
Senators
- Tom Daschle (2008),[2] Senator from South Dakota 1987-2005
- John Edwards (2004),[109][110] Senator from North Carolina 1999–2005
- Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[111] Senator from Nebraska 1997–2009, Secretary of Defense 2013–present
- John Kerry (2012),[3] 68th United States Secretary of State and Senator from Massachusetts (1985–2013)
- Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[8] Senator from Georgia 1972–1997
Governors
- Mitchell Daniels (2012)[112] Governor of Indiana 2004–2013
- Jon Huntsman, Jr. (2012),[3] Governor of Utah 2005–2009
- Rick Perry (2007),[113] Governor of Texas 2000–2015
- Mark Sanford (2008),[114] Governor of South Carolina 2003–2011
- Kathleen Sebelius (2008),[2] Governor of Kansas 2003-2009
EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
- Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[115] former European Commissioner
- Neelie Kroes (2011), EU Commissioner[71]
- Pascal Lamy (2003,[115] 2010[10]), former European Commissioner for Trade, Director-General of the World Trade Organization 2005–present
- Peter Mandelson (1999),[85] (2009),[86] former European Commissioner for Trade 2004–2008
- Pedro Solbes (2010),[10] former European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, former Second Vice President of Spain, former Minister of Economy and Finance
Military
Netherlands
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer[10] (2010), former Secretary General of NATO
United Kingdom
- Colin Gubbins[116] (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE (deceased)
United States
- Lyman Lemnitzer (1963),[28] Supreme Allied Commander NATO 1963–1969 (deceased)
- Alexander Haig (1978),[70] NATO Commander 1974–1979 (US Secretary of State 1981–1982) (deceased)
- Keith B. Alexander (2012),[3] Commander US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency.
- David Petraeus (2013), former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Financial institutions
Austria
- Andreas Treichl (2009),[117] CEO of Erste Bank
- Rudolf Scholten (2010),[22] 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, 2008, 2010, 2012),[2][3][118] 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, 2012),[11] Governor of the Bank of England from July 2013 on, eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, an institution of the G20 based in Basel, Switzerland.[3][119]
- Clark, Edmund, (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012),[2][11][22] President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group[3]
France
- Henri de Castries (2008–2013), Chairman and CEO of AXA[2][3][11][12][21][22]
- Jean-Claude Trichet (2008,[2] 2009,[120] 2010[10]) President of the European Central Bank 2003–2011
Germany
- Siegmund Warburg (1977)[121] (deceased)
Greece
- Takis Arapoglou (2009), former Chairman and CEO of National Bank of Greece[21]
Netherlands
- Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President[42] (deceased)
Poland
- Sławomir Sikora (2004)[122] – CEO of Citibank
Portugal
- Antonio Nogueira Leite (Portuguese) (2011), Economist[71]
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, media businessman[123]
- António José Seguro, Politician[123]
- Paulo Portas, Politician[123]
- Luis Amado, Politician[123]
- Paulo Rangel, Politician[123]
Spain
- Ana P. Botín (2010), Chairman of Banesto[22]
- Juan María Nin Génova (2009-2012), CEO of La Caixa[3][11][21][22]
- Matías Rodriguez Inciarte (2010), Vice Chairman of Santander Group[22]
Turkey
- Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (2009,[21] 2010[22]), Chairman of Akbank
United Kingdom
- Gordon Richardson,[121] (1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England (deceased)
United States
- David Rockefeller, Sr. (2008, 2009, 2011), Former Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank[2][21][45]
- William Joseph McDonough (1997),[8] former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Ben Bernanke (2008,[114] 2009),[86] Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
- Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010),[8][21][22] former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Corporations
Belgium
- Rolf Soiron (2011), CEO of Holcim Ltd.[71]
Finland
- Jorma Ollila (1997,[8] 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013[12]), current Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and former Chairman of Nokia Corporation.
France
- Michel Bon,[124] former CEO of France Telecom
- Tom Enders (2011), CEO of Airbus[71]
- André Lévy-Lang, (French)[124] former CEO of Paribas
Germany
- Josef Ackermann (2008–2011, 2013), CEO of Deutsche Bank[2][12][21]
- Otto Wolff von Amerongen,[8] Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
- Klaus Kleinfeld (2008–2013),[2][3][11][12][21][22] Chairman and CEO of Alcoa
- Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),[8] 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
Greece
- George A. David (2009-2011), Chairman of Coca-Cola Hellenic[11][21][22]
- Dimitris Papalexopoulos (2008, 2009, 2012), Managing Director of Titan Cement[2][3][21]
Italy
- Giovanni Agnelli (1997), Honorary Chairman of Fiat Automobiles[125] (deceased)
- Umberto Agnelli (1997), Chairman of IFIL[125] (deceased)
- Franco Bernabè (2011, 2013), CEO of Telecom Italia[12][71]
- John Elkann (2008–2012), Chairman of Fiat[2][3][11][21][22]
Netherlands
- Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever[42](deceased)
Norway
- Jens Chr. Hauge[126] (member of the group's board;[127] industrialist, who resigned as minister of justice in 1955; minister of defence appointment in 1945)
Poland
- Jacek Szwajcowski (2004, 2005)[122] – CEO of Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna (Polish Pharmaceutical Group)
Russia
- Anatoly Chubais (1998, 2012),[3] head of the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation
- Alexei Mordashov (2011), CEO of Severstal[71]
- Ilya Tretyakov (2015), CEO of Severstal[71]
Spain
- César Alierta (2010), Chairman and CEO of Telefónica[22]
- Jaime Carvajal Urquijo (2010), Chairman of Advent International[22]
- Gustavo Cisneros (2010), Chairman of Grupo Cisneros[22]
- José Manuel Entrecanales (2009, 2010), Chairman of Acciona[21][22]
Sweden
- Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997,[8] 2001), former CEO of ASEA
- Jacob Wallenberg (2006,[69] 2013[12]) Chairman of Investor AB
- Hans Stråberg (2006),[69] CEO of Electrolux
Switzerland
- Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (2011),[11] Chairman of Nestlé
- André Kudelski (2011) Director of Nestlé, CEO of the Kudelski Group[71]
- Daniel Vasella (2008–2013), Chairman of Novartis[2][3][11][12][21][22]
- Peter Voser (2010, 2013),[12][22] CEO of Royal Dutch Shell
Turkey
- Süreyya Ciliv (2011),[11] CEO of Turkcell
- Mustafa Koç (2008–2013), Chairman of Koç Holding[2][3][11][12][21][22]
- Tuncay Özilhan (2010),[22] Chairman of Anadolu Group
- Şefika Pekin (2011),[11] attorney
- Serpil Timuray (2012),[3] CEO of Vodafone Turkey
- Agah Uǧur (2009),[21] CEO of Borusan Holding
United Kingdom
- Marcus Agius, Chairman of Barclays (2011, 2013)[12][71]
- Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[8] 2004), Chief Executive of BP
- Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997,[8] 2005), former Chairman of BP
- Martin Taylor[8] (1993–1996,[34] 1997, 2013[12]), former CEO of Barclays
United States
- Jeff Bezos (2011, 2013),[11] Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
- Timothy C. Collins (2008–2012), CEO of Ripplewood Holdings[2][3][11][21][22]
- Bill Gates (2010),[128] Chairman of Microsoft
- H. J. Heinz II (1954),[106] CEO of H. J. Heinz Company (deceased)
- Chris Hughes (2011),[11] Co-founder of Facebook
- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,[129]
- Donald E. Graham (2008–2010),[22] CEO and Chairman of The Washington Post Company, Board of Directors for Facebook
- Henry Kravis (2008–2013), Co-founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[2][3][11][12][21][22]
- Eric Schmidt (2008, 2010,[22] 2011, 2013[12]), CEO and Chairman of Google
University, institute and other academic
Canada
- James Orbinski, (2011),[11] 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 the organization received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize.
China
- Huang Yiping (2011, 2012),[3][11] Professor of Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
France
- C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997),[8] President, Peterson Institute
- Thierry de Montbrial,[124] Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Greece
- Loukas Tsoukalis (2009-2012), President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy[3][11][21][22]
Netherlands
- Victor Halberstadt (2000-2012), Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings[56]
United States
- Richard Pipes (1981),[130] Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
Media
Austria
- Oscar Bronner (2010, 2013),[12][22] Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
Canada
- Peter Mansbridge, (2010),[131] 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),[132] Hollinger International, Inc., Author and former media magnate.[34] (1997),
- Robert Prichard, (2010),[131] the president of Ontario's Metrolinx.
- Heather Reisman, (2000 – present),[133] CEO of Chapters/Indigo, Co-Founder of the Heseg Foundation.
- David Frum, (1997),[134] Canadian American journalist and a former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
Denmark
- Tøger Seidenfaden (1999, 2001–03),[135] editor-in-chief, Politiken (deceased)
France
- Nicolas Beytout, (French)[124] Editor of Le Figaro (France)
- Erik Izraelewicz (2012), CEO of Le Monde[3] (deceased)
Greece
- Alexis Papahelas (2008, 2009), Managing editor of Kathimerini[2][21]
Italy
- Carlo Rossella (1997), Editor, La Stampa[125]
- Lilli Gruber (2012), Journalist – Anchorwoman, La7[136]
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- Will Hutton[95] (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
- Andrew Knight (1996),[34][75] journalist, editor, and media baron
United States
- William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996),[137] columnist and founder of National Review (deceased)
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The Turkish state minister and chief negotiator, Ali Babacan, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Kemal Dervis, the Association of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen (Tusiad) Chairwoman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag, Koc Holding Executive Board President Mustafa Koc and the Bogazici University rector, Prof Dr Ayse Soysal, will attend the meeting on behalf of Turkey. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Sofia of Spain, Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, Greek National Economy and Finance Minister Yeoryios Alogoskoufis, former Prime Minister Francisco Pinto Balsemao of Portugal, former Foreign Minister Michel Barnier of France, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, Finance Minister Anders Borg of Sweden, Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk of the Netherlands, Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen of Finland, former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, Agriculture Minister Christine Lagarde of France, Justice Minister Michael McDowell of Ireland, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato, the EU commissioner for enlargement, Olli Rehn, and the US ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson, are among foreign guests of the meeting. Meanwhile, tight security measures were taken in and around the Ritz Carlton Hotel, the venue of the meeting.
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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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The Duke of Edinburgh took part today in the opening session of the Bilderberg meeting at the Villa d'Este on Lake Como.
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Bernhard's visits abroad provided the background for an enterprise which interested him greatly, the Bilderberg conferences at which, from 1954 onwards, statesmen, businessmen and intellectuals from Europe and America had private discussions once or twice a year. The idea of the conferences originated with Dr Joseph H. Retinger as a counter to the anti-Americanism in Western Europe.
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Several Canadian political figures have spoken at Bilderbergs, including prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chrétien, New Brunswick premiers Bernard Lord and Frank McKenna, and former Ontario premier Mike Harris. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office would not say yesterday whether he has been invited to attend the rumoured Ottawa meetings. Mr. Harper attended the 2003 conference in Versailles, France.
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Lord Carrington, Conference chairman; former NATO secretary-general; Francisco Pinto Balsemao, Former prime minister of Portugal; Queen Beatrix, Netherlands; Lloyd Bentsen, Former treasury secretary, U.S.; Carl Bildt, The High Representative Sweden; Conrad Black, Chairman, Hollinger, Canada; Frits Bolkestein, Liberal party leader, Netherlands; Jean Chrétien, Prime minister of Canada; Etienne Davignon, Executive chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique, Belgium; Stanley Fischer, International Monetary Fund; Charles Freeman, Former assistant secretary of defence, U.S.; Mike Harris, Premier of Ontario; Richard Holbrooke, Former assistant secretary of state, U.S.; Peter Job, Chief executive, Reuters Holding, Britain; Lionel Jospin, Socialist party leader, France; Henry Kissinger, Former U.S. secretary of state; Andrew Knight, News Corp., Britain; Winston Lord, Assistant secretary of state, U.S.; Paul Martin, Finance minister, Canada; Philippe Maystadt, Finance minister, Belgium; John Monks, Union leader, Britain; Mario Monti, European commissioner; Sam Nunn, U.S. senator; William Perry, Defence secretary, U.S.; Jan Petersen, Conservative party leader, Norway; Malcolm Rifkind, Foreign secretary, Britain; Renato Ruggiero, Director-general, World Trade Organization; Mona Sahlin, Member of parliament, Sweden; Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum; Queen Sofia, Spain; George Soros, President, Soros Fund Management, U.S.; George Stephanopoulos, Senior adviser to the president, U.S.; Peter Sutherland, Former director-general, GATT and WTO, Ireland; J. Martin Taylor, Chief executive, Barclays Bank, Britain; Alex Trotman, Chairman, Ford Motor, U.S.; John Whitehead, Former deputy secretary of state, U.S.; James Wolfensohn, World Bank president.
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The main purpose of M. Defferre's visit however, is to attend the annual Bilderberg Colloquy at which leaders of western thought are invited to speak their minds in the strictest secrecy.
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The three-day 26th Bilderberg Meeting concluded at a secluded cluster of shingled buildings in what was once a farmer's field. Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's national security adviser, Swedish Prime Minister Thorbjorrn Falldin, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and NATO Commander Alexander M. Haig Jr. were among 104 North American and European leaders at the conference.
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Mr Paddy Ashdown is not yet wholly at ease with the trappings of office, even if the office in question is only that of leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats. Attending the Bilderberg Conference of European political leaders in Spain last week, he was deeply impressed by the splendour of the official cars and the intensity of the security precautions laid on for his arrival. Reaching the conference headquarters at last, he sank into a chair and said to his neighbour: 'Hello, I'm Paddy Ashdown.' The neighbour smiled diffidently, put out his hand, and said: 'Hello, I'm the King of Spain.'
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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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3–6 June 1999, to Portugal, to attend Bilderberg meetings. I paid for my own air fare; the hotel accommodation for three nights was paid for by the organisers.
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15–18 May 2003, to Versailles, France, to attend a Bilderberg Conference. I paid for my own air fare; the hotel accommodation for three nights was paid for by the organisers.
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3–6 June 2004, to Stresa, Italy, to attend Bilderberg Conference. I paid for my own air fare; the hotel accommodation for three nights was paid for by the organisers.
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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)
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Mandelson's office has confirmed his attendance at this year's meeting: "Yes, Lord Mandelson attended Bilberberg. He found it a valuable conference."
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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.
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The outstretched hand of Mr. Powell was rejected by the leader of a coloured delegation which tried to present a petition to him today at the ski lodge at Mont Tremblanc Quebec, where Mr. Powell was attending the seventeenth annual Bilderberg conference.
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In fact, Clinton, then governor of Arkansas and considered a rank outsider for the 1992 presidential race, first met Brown in June 1991 at the Bilderberg conference in the Black Forest resort of Baden-Baden. By all accounts, the two clicked.
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Alec Douglas-Home, the former prime minister of Great Britain, chaired the conference, replacing Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who had previously headed the Bilderberg invitation committee. (Prince Bernhard had resigned all public positions after the 1976 Lockheed scandal.)
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Mrs Thatcher, the Conservative leader and Mr Healey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were among participants in the twenty second Bilderberg Conference.
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Henry Kissinger will be there. So will Helmut Schmidt, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Joseph Luns, Giovanni Agnelli and Mrs Thatcher. This is the twenty-fifth Bilderberg meeting.
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A man slipped through tight security to enter the grounds of the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire where the Prime Minister and other Western leaders were in conference over the weekend.
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Several members of Congress have been said to be on the guest list in the past, including Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Jon Corzine (D-N.J.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.). Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C) took a break from the campaign trail to attend the meeting last year. Hagel's office confirmed that he had attended the conference in 1999 and 2000.
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USA Daniels, Jr., Mitchell E. Governor of Indiana
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Some of the names on the list are intriguing. Some of the well-known names include:Ben Bernanke - chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Condoleezza Rice - U.S. secretary of state; James A. Johnson - tasked with choosing U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's running mate; Paul Wolfowitz - with the Institute for Public Policy Research. The one name that stands out in my opinion this year is South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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He shows me another: a long-range shot of two happy globalists in an inflatable doughnut ring and Speedos, skidding about behind a powerboat. If only the image was sharper we might see Peter Mandelson snatching a chat with Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank. "So how do we sell ... splooosh! ... wooo! ... the abolition of the pound to the ... sploosh! ... electorate? Again! Again! Once more round the bay!"
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Bilderberg-gruppen opererer i det skjulte. Gruppens første samling finner sted på Hotel Bilderberg i Holland i 1954. […] I hans etterlatte arkiver avsløres hyppig korrespondanse med Bilderberg-organisasjonene grunnlegger. Her kommer det frem at Hauge har en sentral plass i styret i den hemmelige gruppen.
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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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when I attended the Bilderberg meeting at the Bürgenstock Hotel above Lake Lucerne
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The final straw came this month when Black said he would sue Henry Kissinger and Richard Perle, both directors of Hollinger and fellow Bilderbergers. Now he is going to be pressed to leave the group.
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- ↑ http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/08/david-frum-on-bilderberg-international-group-of-mystery/
- ↑ "Seidenfaden gives Bilderberg insight". Politiken. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ "Bilderberg Meetings Chantilly, Virginia, USA, 31 May – 3 June 2012 – Final list of participants". Bilderberg Meetings. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Leaders' meeting exclusive, secret: Chance for relaxed discussions". Hamilton Spectator (Ontario, Canada). 1 June 1996.