List of Bilderberg participants

List of Bilderberg participants from 1978 1

This 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.

Heads of Government and Heads of State

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands^[1]
Bill Clinton, (1991)^[2], US President, 1993 - 2001
Tony Blair (1993)^[2], current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Angela Merkel (2005), current Chancellor of Germany
Romano Prodi (Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s), current Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission
Jean Chrétien (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 1993 - 2003
Paul Martin (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2003 - 2006
Stephen Harper (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2006 - Present
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden
Fredrik Reinfeldt, elected Prime Minister of Sweden, 2006 - Present
Carl Bildt^[1], former Swedish Prime Minister and current Minister for Foreign Affairs
Margaret Thatcher(1975)^[3], former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Members of United States administrations

Henry Kissinger (2004^[4],2005,2006), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977
Richard Perle (2003), assistant Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987
Donald Rumsfeld (2003), Secretary of Defense, 2001 - Present

Heads of major corporations

Josef Ackermann (2005), CEO of Deutsche Bank
Lord Browne of Madingley (1997^[1], 2004), Chief Executive BP
Jorma Ollila (1997^[1], 2005), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
Jürgen E. Schrempp (1997^[1], 2005), CEO of DaimlerChrysler
Peter Sutherland (1997^[1], 2005), former Chairman of BP
Martin Taylor (1997)^[1], former CEO, Barclays
Daniel Vasella (2005), Chairman and CEO of Novartis
Percy Barnevik (1997^[1], 2001), former CEO of ASEA.
Harald Norvik (2006), former CEO of Statoil.
Andrew Knight - Director of News Corporation, 1991-present, CEO of News International, 1900-1994, CEO and Editor-in-Chief The Daily Telegraph Group, Editor of The Economist, 1974-1984

UK Cabinet Ministers

Kenneth Clarke - Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-1997; member of the Opposition 1998-1999, 2003-2004
Denis Healey- Secretary of State for Defence 1963-1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979 (Founder Member)
George Osborne(2006)^[5]- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2004-Present; member of the opposition 2001-Present

Journalists

Paul Gigot - Editor of the Editorial Page of The Wall Street Journal; 2003- Present
Juan Luis Cebrián - Ex-director of El País Spanish journal, and delegated advisor of PRISA Group
Will Hutton (1997)^[2]
Peter Jennings

EU Commissioners

European Union Commissioners who have attended include:

Ritt Bjerregaard (1995)
Frederik Bolkestein (2003)^[6]
Hans van den Broek (1995)
Emma Bonino (1998)
Leon Brittan (1998)
Pascal Lamy (2003)^[6]
Mario Monti (1996,2003^[6]) - former or present member of the Steering Committee
Erkki Liikanen
Pedro Solbes
Günter Verheugen
António Vitorino
Romano Prodi - Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s
Wim Duisenberg
Lord Patten of Barnes
Peter Mandelson (1999)
Étienne Davignon, conference chairman in 2005
Neelie Kroes (2005, 2006) - present Commissioner for Competition

UK Civil servants

Eric Roll (Steering committee)^[7], Department of Economic Affairs, 1964

Other attendees

David Rockefeller (A life member, he has attended all meetings since the Group's inception in 1954)
Lord Black of Crossharbour (1997)^[1], Telegraph Chairman
William J McDonough (1997)^[1], President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Sauli Niinistö (1997)^[1], Finnish Finance Minister
C. Fred Bergsten (1997)^[1], President, Peterson Institute
Leif Pagrotsky (2001), Swedish Minister for Education, Research and Culture [1]
John Kerry (2001) [2]
Guest at the 2003 Bilderberg Meeting included Carlos M. Collazo.
Richard N. Haass (2004)^[4], president, Council on Foreign Relations
Guests at the 2004 Bilderberg Meeting included John Edwards, James Wolfensohn, Melinda Gates, and Mario Draghi.
Guests at 2005 Bilderberg Meeting included Vernon Jordan and Mark Warner and may also have included, according to the Financial Times of May_2, Natan Sharansky and Bernard Kouchner.
Guests at 2006 Bilderberg Meeting included Vernon Jordan, George Pataki, Richard Perle, Dennis Ross, and prominent Canadians Paul Desmarais, Frank McKenna, [[Heather Reisman]and Globe and Mail publisher Philip Crawley, Mahmood Sariolghalam (Iran National University), Siv Jensen, leader of Norwegian political party Fremskrittspartiet, Johann Olav Koss, and chairman of Scandinavian Airlines Egil Myklebust.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Bilderberg Meeting of 1997 Assembles". PR Newswire. June 13th, 1997. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c Bill Hayton (29th September, 2005). "Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group". BBC. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Thatcher Papers, Catalogue of material, Pre-1979 personal papers, p.28
^ ^a ^b Kenneth Maxwell (2004). "The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs:: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor". David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
^ "Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 19th September 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission". European Parliament. 15th May, 2003. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Register of Lords Interests - Lord Roll of Ipsden". United Kingdom Parliament. October 1st, 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

EU Commissioners

Bilderberg meetings – MEP Patricia McKenna (V) to European Commission December 11, 1998
Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 19 January, 1999
Participation of Commissioner Emma Bonino in the 1998 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
Participation of Commissioner Hans van den Broek in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
Participation of Commissioner Leon Brittan in the 1998 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
Participation of Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard in the 1995 Bilderberg meeting – McKenna 4 January 1999
Participation of Commissioner Mario Monti in Bilderberg – McKenna 4 January 1999
Joint answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 5 February 1999
Commissioner Monti's membership of the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission – McKenna 3 March 1999
Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 8 April 1999
Commissioner Solbes Mira and Trilateral/Bilderberg MEP Patricia McKenna 19 May 2000
Commissioners' links to the Bilderberg Group – MEP Patricia McKenna (Verts/ALE) to the Commission 4 April 2003
Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission 15 May 2003
Incompatibility between the holding of a Community decision-making office and membership of the Bilderberg Club and the Trilateral Commission MEP Mario Borghezio(NI) to the Commission 3 June 2003
Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission 6 August 2003
Other discussions of interest:
Commission policy on public opinion Sören Wibe (PSE) to the Commission 1 September 1998
Answer given by Mr Santer on behalf of the Commission 20 October 1998
November 2002 Caledar of Javier Solana "Address to the Steering Committee Bilderberg followed by working lunch"

Register of members interests at the British House of Commons

REGISTER OF LORDS' INTERESTS ROLL OF IPSDEN, Lord: Member, Bilderberg Steering Committee
Register of Members' Interests CABLE, Dr. Vincent: 3-6 June 2004, to Stresa, Italy, to attend Bilderberg Conference
Register of Members' Interests CABLE, Dr. Vincent: 15-8 May 2003, to Versailles, France, to attend a Bilderberg Conference
Register of Journalists' Interests CLARKE, Rt. Hon. Kenneth: 3-6 June 1999, to Portugal, to attend Bilderberg meetings
Register of Members' Interests CLARKE, Rt. Hon. Kenneth: 14-17 May 1998, I attended the Bilderberg Conference at Turnberry in Scotland
Register of Journalists' Interests MANDELSON, Rt. Hon. Peter: June 1999, to Portugal, to attend Bilderberg Conference

Discussion on the topic of Bilderberg at the House of Commons

Sir David Hannay: Attendance at Bilderberg Conference – Lord Stoddart of Swindon asked Her Majesty's Government 19 March 1996
Complaint against Mr Kenneth Clarke – Memorandum submitted by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 22 July 1997
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by the Prime Minister 30 March 1998
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Winterton and an answer by Mr Rooker 7 April 1998
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Winterton and an answer by Mrs Roche 8 April 1998
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by the Prime Minister 15 June 1998
Bilderberg Meeting, Turnberry – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 10 July 1998
Parliamentary Question – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 13 July 1998
Bilderberg Meeting, Turnbern – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by Mr Robertson 20 July 1998
Bilderberg Meeting, Turnberry – A question by Mr Gill and an answer by Mr Robertson 23 July 1998
Analysis of complaints investigated – Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Committee on Standards and Privileges 10 November 1998
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Keetch and an answer by the Prime Minister 7 May 1999
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister, 20 May 1999
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Mr. John Spellar speech – Commons Hansard Debates, Column 870 10 June 1999
Bilderberg Group – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 26 July 1999
Bilderberg Meetings – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by Ms Quinn 27 July 1999
Bilderberg Meetings – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 8 November 1999
Bilderberg Conference – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by Mr Hoon 11 November 1999
Bilderberg Conference – A question by Mr Bercow and an answer by the Prime Minister 4 July 2000
Committee on Standards and Privileges, Minutes of Evidence – Mr Levitt, Question 86 to Mr Clarke 27 February 2001
Turnberry Bilderberg Meeting – A question by Mr Rosindell and an answer by Mr Blunkett 7 November 2002

External links

New York Times references for John Edwards and others
Cyprus represented for first time at secret Bilderberg meeting from the Cyprus Mail
Secretive, powerful Bilderberg group meets near Ottawa from Globe and Mail - Includes partial list of 2006 attendees.
2006 participant list
The masters of the universe - Donald Rumsfeld reference at the Asia Times Online

[prweb97-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Bilderberg Meeting of 1997 Assembles". PR Newswire. June 13th, 1997. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[BBCSep05-2] Bill Hayton (29th September, 2005). "Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group". BBC. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Thatcher Papers, Catalogue of material, Pre-1979 personal papers, p.28

[maxwell04-4] Kenneth Maxwell (2004). "The Case of the Missing Letter in Foreign Affairs:: Kissinger, Pinochet and Operation Condor". David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.

[5] "Register of Members' Interests - George Osborne". United Kingdom Parliament. 19th September 2006. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[ProdiMay03-6] "Answer given by Mr Prodi on behalf of the Commission". European Parliament. 15th May, 2003. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[7] "Register of Lords Interests - Lord Roll of Ipsden". United Kingdom Parliament. October 1st, 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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