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Carl Bildt
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Swedish politician (1949-), prime minister 1991–1994, foreign minister 2006–2014
Carl Bildt is a Swedish politician who served as prime minister in the early 1990s and later as foreign minister for eight years in the 2000s. He represents an important figure in Sweden's recent political history, particularly during the country's economic crisis period and its later international affairs under EU and NATO engagement.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Sweden
- Spouse
- Anna Maria Corazza Bildt
- Occupation
- foreign minister
- Employer
- World Health Organization
- Political party
- Moderate Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Swedish
- Field of work
- international relations
- Official website
- www.bildt.net
- Image
- Carl Bildt under den politiska Almedalsveckan 2016.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Stockholm
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- date of birth
- 1949-07-15
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- Carl Bildt
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- Carl Bildt
- social media followers
- 786141
- has written for
- The Washington Post
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- affiliation string
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
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Encyclopedic overview
Nils Daniel Carl Bildt (born 15 July 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and as leader of the Moderate Party (M) from 1986 to 1999. He served twice as Leader of the Opposition (1986–1991 and 1994–1999). He later held office as Foreign Minister under Fredrik Reinfeldt, serving from 2006 to 2014. He represented Stockholm Municipality as a Member of the Riksdag from 1979 until 2001. As a member of the noble Bildt family, he is a great-great grandson of former prime minister Gillis Bildt.
Bildt had been noted internationally as a mediator in the Yugoslav Wars, serving as the European Union's Special Envoy to the former Yugoslavia from June 1995, co-chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference in November 1995 and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1995 to June 1997, immediately after the Bosnian War. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans. Since 2021, Bildt also has been the World Health Organization's Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator).
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