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List of Bilderberg attendees 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.

The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg conference is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, media, and politics.

The elite group meets annually at luxury hotels or resorts throughout the world, normally in Europe, once every four years in the United States or Canada. It has an office in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands. They met at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey for the June 2007 meeting. The 56th Bilderberg meeting took place June 6-8, 2008 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia.

Austria

• Otto von Habsburg, Archduke and Crown Prince of Austria

• Alfred Gusenbauer (2002, 2006), former Chancellor of Austria

• Wolfgang Schussel (1984), former Chancellor of Austria

• Franz Vranitzky (1975, 1979, 1986-1991, 1993, 1995-1999), former Austrian Chancellor

• Bruno Kreisky (1979), former Austrian Chancellor

• Thomas Klestil (1988), former President of Austria

• Martin Bartenstein (2006), Austrian Minister for Economy and Labour

• Josef Krainer (1989), former Governor of Styria

Switzerland

• Flavio Cotti (1994-1997), former President of the Swiss Confederation

• Pascal Couchepin (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005), current President of the Swiss Confederation

• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1995), former President of the Swiss Confederation

• Max Petitpierre (1963, 1966), former President of the Swiss Confederation

• Jacob Kellenberger (1993), former Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs

• Sigmund Widmer (1975), former Mayor of Zürich

• Denis de Rougemont (1954, 1955, 1966)

France

• Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1968, 2003), former President of the French Republic

• Lionel Jospin (1996), former Prime Minister of France

• Georges Pompidou (1966), former President of the French Republic

• Dominique de Villepin (2003), former Prime Minister of France

• Laurent Fabius (1994), former Prime Minister of France

• Michel Rocard (1986), former Prime Minister of France

• Pierre Bérégovoy (1992), former Prime Minister of France

• Edouard Balladur (1987), former Prime Minister of France

• Raymond Barre (1983), former Prime Minister of France

• Edgar Faure (1974), former Prime Minister of France

• René Pleven (1963, 1966), former Prime Minister of France

• Pierre Mendes-France (1968), former Prime Minister of France

• Antoine Pinay (1954, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Prime Minister of France

• Jean-Bernard Raimond (1994), former French Foreign Minister

• Jean Francois-Poncet (1982, 1985, 1988), former French Foreign Minister

• Michel Barnier (2007), former French Foreign Minister

• Hubert Védrine (1987, 1992, 2008), former French Foreign Minister

• Bernard Kouchner (2005), current Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)

• Manuel Valls (2008), French Member of Parliament

• Jean-Pierre Jouyet (2008), French Minister of European Affairs

• Jean-Pierre Chevenement (1984, 1990), former Minister of Defense (France)

• Jacques Attali (1975), French economist and scholar and former presidential adviser of France’s socialist government

• Gaston Defferre (1964, 1966), former Mayor of Marseille

• Maurice Herzog (1974), former Mayor of Chamonix

• Philippe Seguin (1990), former Mayor of Epinal

• Jean-Pierre Cot (1977), French politician, former Mayor of Coise

• Olivier Guichard (1966, 1977), French politician, former French Minister of Justice

• Guy Mollet (1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1966), former Socialist Prime Minister of France

• Maurice Faure (1955, 1963, 1966)

• Jacques Rueff (1958, 1966)

Belgium

• Paul Van Zeeland (1955-1958, 1966), former Prime Minister of Belgium

• Theo Lefevre (1967), former Prime Minister of Belgium

• Leo Tindemans (1980), former Prime Minister of Belgium

• Wilfried Martens (1989-1991, 1993), former Prime Minister of Belgium

• Jean-Luc Dehaene (2004), former Prime Minister of Belgium

• Philippe Maystadt (1996), former Belgian Minister of Finance

• Etienne Davignon

Netherlands

Jan-Peter Balkenende (2008), current Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 2002 - present

• Ruud Lubbers (1983, 1991, 1992, 1994), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982 - 1994

• Wim Kok (1993, 2003), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1994 - 2002

• Barend Biesheuvel (1968), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971 - 1973

• Jelle Zijlstra (1966, 1975), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1966 - 1967

• Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (1974, 1981), former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Max van der Stoel (1980), former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1973 - 1977, 1981 - 1982

• Jozias van Aartsen (2005), former Dutch Minister of Agriculture, 1994 - 1998, former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1998 - 2002

• Maxime Verhagen (2006, 2008), current Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2007 - present

• Frank Heemskerk (2007), Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade

• Frans Timmermans (2008), Dutch Minister of European Affairs

• Klaas de Vries (2003), Dutch Member of Parliament

• Ivo Samkalden (1963, 1966), former Mayor of Amsterdam

• Harold Goddijn (2008), CEO of TomTom

Italy

• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1987), former President of the Italian Republic, former Governor of the Banca d’Italia

• Francesco Cossiga (1977), former President of the Italian Republic

• Amintore Fanfani (1955, 1956, 1966), former Italian Prime Minister

• Alcide de Gasperi (1954), former Italian Prime Minister

• Claudio Martelli, former Italian Minister of Justice

• Gianni De Michelis (1991), former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (1986, 1998, 1999, 2008), former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance

• Romano Prodi (Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s), former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission

• Virginio Rognoni (1982, 1991), former Italian Minister of Defense

• Mariano Rumor (1966), former Italian Prime Minister

• Domenico Siniscalco (1998), former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance

• Giulio Tremonti (2000), current Italian Minister of Economy and Finance

• Walter Veltroni (1996), former Mayor of Rome

• Giorgio La Malfa (1974, 1975), former Member of Parliament

• Guido Colonna di Paliano (1974), former Italian politician and European Commissioner

Spain

• Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma (1999, 2000), president of Madrid

• Joaquin Almunia (1998, 2008), European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs

• Enrique Barón (1988), former President of European Parliament

• Jaime de Carvajal y Urquijo (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998), CEO, Ford Spain, Ericsson Spain and Banco Urquijo.

• Juan Luis Cebrián (1988, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), former director of newspaper El País, CEO, Grupo Prisa

• Guillermo de la Dehesa (1989, 1993), CEO, Banco Pastor

• Carlos Ferret Salat (1993), banker

• Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1977), politician, former Secretary General, Alianza Popular

• Felipe Gonzalez (1989), former Prime Minister of Spain (1982-1996)

• Loyola de Palacio (2005), former European Commissioner for Transport

• Jesús de Polanco (1989), CEO, media group PRISA

• Jordi Pujol (1991), former president of the autonomous community of Catalonia

• Rodrigo Rato (1992, 1994), former Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance, and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

• Eduardo Serra Rexach (2004), former Minister of Defense

• Matías Rodríguez Inciarte (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001-2008), Deputy CEO, Grupo Santander

• Miguel Boyer Salvador (1989), former Finance Minister of Spain

• Miguel Sebastián Gascón (2005), former Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister and Minister of Industry (2008-…)

• Narcís Serra (1990, 1991, 1992), former Minister of Defense, former Vice President of Spain.

• Javier Solana (1985, 1998, 2000), Secretary-General of the Council of the EU, former Secretary-General of NATO

• Pedro Solbes Mira (1999), Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance

• Federico Trillo-Figueroa Martínez-Conde (1995), former Minister of Defense and former president of National Parliament of Spain

• Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996), Spanish Permanent Representatives to the United Nations

• Emilio de Ybarra y Churruca (1988, 1989), former CEO, BBVA

• Juan Carlos I de Borbón y Borbón (1989), King of Spain

• Queen Sofía de Grecia (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003-2005), Queen of Spain, wife of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain

Portugal

• Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995-2008) , former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981 - 1983 and CEO of Impresa media group

• António Guterres (1990, 2005), former Prime Minister of Portugal, currently the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

• Pedro Santana Lopes (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal

• José Sócrates (2004), current Prime Minister of Portugal

• Jorge Sampaio (1989, 1999), former President of Portugal

• Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (2003), former Leader of the Socialist Party

• António Costa (2008), current Mayor of Lisbon

• Rui Rio (2008), current Mayor of Porto

• Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco (2006), Member of Parliament (PSD)

• Augusto Santos Silva (2006), Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

• Rui Machete (1989), former Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal

• Joaquim do Amaral (1999), Member of Parliament

• Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues (1966)

Greece

• Kostas Karamanlis (1998), current Prime Minister of Greece

• Constantine Mitsotakis (1993), former Prime Minister of Greece

• Georgios Alogoskoufis (2008), former Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)

• Dora Bakoyannis (2003), current Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece), former Mayor of Athens

• Anna Diamantopoulou (2008), Member of Parliament in Greece and former EU Commissioner

• George Andreas Papandreou (1998), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece), President of the Socialist International

• Gerasimos Arsenis (1994), former Minister of Defense of Greece

• Stefanos Manos (1986, 1993, 2001), Greek politician

• Andreas Andrianopoulos (1988), former Mayor of Piraeus

Turkey

• Süleyman Demirel (1975), former Prime Minister of Turkey

• Bülent Ecevit (1975), former Prime Minister of Turkey

• Adnan Menderes (1956), former Prime Minister of Turkey

• Mesut Yilmaz (1990), former Prime Minister of Turkey

• Selim Sarper (1966), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

• İsmail Cem (1989, 1998), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

• Hikmet Çetin (1995, 2007), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)

• Emre Gönensay (1992, 1996, 2007), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

• Ali Babacan (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008), current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

Sweden

• Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister of Sweden, 2006 - present

• Carl Bildt (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006-2008), former Prime Minister of Sweden and current Minister for Foreign Affairs

• Olof Palme (1962, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1984), former Prime Minister of Sweden

• Percy Barnevik (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001), Businessman

• Mona Sahlin (1996), Chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Invited by Percy Barnevik)

• Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), former Prime Minister of Sweden

• Tage Erlander (1962, 1966), former Prime Minister of Sweden

• Leif Pagrotsky (2001), former Swedish Minister for Education, Research and Culture

• Anders Borg (2007), current Minister for Finance of Sweden

• Herbert Tingsten (1954, 1955, 1966), former Chief Editor, Dagens Nyheter

• Martin Waldenström (1955), Industrialist

• Björn Lundvall (1968, 1975, 1977-1980) (LM Ericsson)

• Anna Lindh (2003), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

• Göran Persson (2001), former Prime Minister of Sweden

• Gunnar Sträng (1973), former Minister for Finance of Sweden

• Krister Wickman (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

• Hans Blix (1989), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

• Maud Olofsson (2008), Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

Norway

• Gro Harlem Brundtland (1982, 1983), former Prime Minister of Norway

• Kåre Willoch (1966, 1968, 1982, 1987), former Prime Minister of Norway

• Trygve Bratteli (1977), former Prime Minister of Norway

• Jens Stoltenberg, (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway

• Siv Jensen (2006), Chairman Fremskrittspartiet

• Johann Olav Koss (2006)

• Halvard Lange (1964), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

• Ole Myrvoll (1974), former Minister of Finance (Norway), former Mayor of Bergen

• Svein Gjedrem (2003), Chairman of Norges Bank 1999 - present

• Dagfinn Varvik (1975), former Chairman, Centre Party (Norway)

Denmark

• Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2003), current Prime Minister of Denmark

• Mogens Lykketoft (1998), former leader of the Social Democrats of Denmark

• Tøger Seidenfaden (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999), editor-in-chief of Danish newspaper “Politiken”

• Ritt Bjerregaard (1991, 1995), former Danish Secretary of Education, EU Commissioner and currently Mayor of Copenhagen

• Anders Eldrup (2001-2007, 2008), Former permanent secretary to the Ministry of Finance, current CEO, Danish Oil and Gas Corporation (DONG)

• Flemming Rose (2008), cultural editor (Originator of the Muhammed cartoon controversy), Jyllands-Posten

Finland

• Jaakko Iloniemi (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990-1997)

• Ilkka Suominen (1988)

• Aatos Erkko (1991)

• Jarl Köhler (1992-1994)

• Ulf L. Sundqvist (1992)

• Johannes Koroma (1993)

• Jorma Ollila (1994, 1997-2008), former CEO of Nokia

• Krister Ahlström (1994), former CEO of Ahlstrom

• Georg Ehrnrooth (1994)

• Sirkka Hämäläinen (1994)

• Jaakko Ihamuotila (1994)

• Max Jakobson (1975, 1994)

• Gerhard M. H. Wendt (1994)

• Jukka Harmaja (1995)

• Björn Mattsson (1995)

• Pertti Voutilainen (1995)

• Janne Virkkunen (1998, 2001)

• Olli-Pekka Heinonen (2001)

• Christoffer Taxell (2002)

• Teija H. Tiilikainen (2002-2007)

• Olli Kivinen (2003)

• Björn Whalroos (2003)

• Paula Lehtomäki (2004)

• Erkki Liikanen (1999, 2005)

• Matti Vanhala (1999)

• Pentti Vartia (1999)

• Mikael Pentikäinen (2005)

• Eero Heinäluoma (2006)

• Sixten Korkman (2006)

• Atte Jääskeläinen (2007)

• Kalevi Sorsa (1990), former Prime Minister of Finland

• Esko Aho (1994), former Prime Minister of Finland

• Paavo Lipponen (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004), former Prime Minister of Finland

• Matti Vanhanen, current Prime Minister of Finland

• Martti Ahtisaari (1994, 1995, 1996), former President of Finland

• Sauli Niinistö (1997), former Minister of Finance (Finland), Speaker of Parliament

• Jyrki Katainen (2007), current Minister of Finance (Finland)

Iceland

• Davíð Oddsson (1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999), Prime Minister of Iceland (1991 - 2004), chairman of the board of the Central Bank of Iceland since 2005.

• Geir Hallgrímsson (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984-1988, 1990), Prime Minister of Iceland (1974 - 1978).

• Björn Bjarnason (1977, 1978, 1982-1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995), assistant editor of Morgunblaðið (1984 - 1991), Minister of Education (1995 - 2002), Minister for Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (2003-2009).

Russia

Anatoly Chubais (1998), Russian politician

• Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky (2004), Russian politician

Slovakia

• Ivan Mikloš (2005), former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia

• Marián Šantavý (2008) - hockey star from HC Oranges

Czech Republic

• Karel Schwarzenberg (2008), Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs

• Jiří Pehe (2001), Director, New York University in Prague; former advisor to President Václav Havel

• Michael Žantovský (1999), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security, Czech Senate, presently Czech Ambassador in Israel

• Karel Kovanda (1998), Head of Mission of the Czech Republic to NATO and the WEU, presently Deputy Director General responsible for CFSP, Multilateral Relations and North America, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, EEA, EFTA

Poland

• Joseph Retinger (1954-1960), founder of Bilderberg Group

• Hanna Suchocka (1998), first woman Prime Minister of Poland

• Andrzej Olechowski (1994-1999, 2003), former leader of Civic Platform

• Aleksander Kwaśniewski (2008), former President of Poland

Hungary

• János Martonyi (2008), former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor of International Trade Law, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

• Gyorgy Suranyi (1996, 1997, 1999), former President, Hungarian National Bank

Israel

• Natan Sharansky (2005)

Iran

• Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (2006)

Iraq

• Ahmed Chalabi (2006)

New Zealand

• Thomas Clifton Webb (1955)

• Mike Moore (2000)

Tomorrow: the last of the list…