THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT
Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt Ministry for Foreign Affairs
porträtt Biography Born on 15 July, 1949 in Halmstad. Married, three children.
Education/Degree Higher education, Stockholm University Upper secondary school, Östra Real, Stockholm
Political appointments 2006- Minister for Foreign Affairs
1991-1994 Prime Minister
1992-1999 Chair of the International Democrat Union (IDU)
1986-1999 Party leader of the Moderate Party
1979-2001 Member of the Riksdag
1979-1981 State Secretary in the Cabinet Office Coordination Secretariat
1976-1978 Special Adviser for coordination functions in the Government
1973-1974 Chair of the Free Moderate Student League
Previous assignments 1999-2001 UN Secretary-GeneralSection 1s Special Envoy for the Balkans
1996-1997 The High Representative of the International Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina for recon- struction and the peace implementation process
1995-1997 The European UnionSection 1s Special Represen- tative for Former Yugoslavia 1995, Co-Chair of the Dayton Peace Talks on Former Yugoslavia
Adviser to the European Space Agency (ESA)
Adviser to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) How to contact the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Member of the International Balkan Commission Website: www.sweden.gov.se Other Visitors’ address: Gustav Adolfs torg 1 Former Member of the Board of the International Institute for Postal address: SE-103 39 Stockholm Strategic Studies, London Phone:+46 8 405 10 00 Former Member of the Board of the European Policy Centre, Fax: +46 8 723 11 76 Brussels E-mail: [email protected]
Former Member of the Board of the Centre for European Reform, London
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Sweden • Production: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden • Article no.: UD2006.066 Former Member of the Board of the RAND Corporation, Washington and Santa Monica
Former Member of the Board of the Aspen Institute, Rome
Honorary degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland
Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), University of St Andrews, Scotland