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Carl Bildt
Nils Daniel Carl Bildt 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. 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.…
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Born 15 July 1949 · Q52922
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
SvD: Carl Bildt gör roll i nya Bamse-filmen
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2020· 2 entries
World Politics Review: Carl Bildt on the ‘Practical Necessity’ Driving Deeper EU Integration
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csis.org: Mounting Tensions Between China and Sweden: A Conversation with The Honorable Carl Bildt
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2019· 1 entry
PBS: Carl Bildt & Fraser Nelson Talk Theresa May’s Resignation
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2017· 1 entry
Claimed: “There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."” — rated Mostly True by PolitiFact.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the White Star, 1st Class (2016).
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Joined international law firm Covington as a Senior Policy Advisor in the firm's global Public Policy and Government Affairs practice
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2015· 1 entry
Bildt criticised Sweden's foreign minister Margot Wallström for damaging Saudi-Swedish relations
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2012· 2 entries
“Would the situation in the world be better if they had bought French manufactured ones instead?”
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Bildt said he saw no problem with exporting Swedish weapons to Saudi Arabia
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2009).
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Chaired the sessions of the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council
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2007· 1 entry
An active supporter for Turkey to join the EU
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006–2014).
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2003· 1 entry
Won H. M. The King's Medal (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
Bildt joined the board of directors of Vostok Nafta, a financial company primarily with holdings in Gazprom
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2000· 2 entries
Bildt joined the Lundin Group's board of directors, a company with oil interests in Ethiopia and Sudan – the seven years with the Lundin Group that followed made Bildt a wealthy man
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Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (2000–2001).
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1999· 1 entry
Other than engaging in international issues, Bildt took positions in the private sector and positions with international think tanks
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1998· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1998–1999).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1995–1997).
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1994· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1994–1998).
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And in that year also had the first exchange of emails between two heads of government with US president Bill Clinton, sending Clinton the following email:Dear Bill,
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1993· 1 entry
For calling NATO to intervene against the Bosnian Serb forces, which led to The Sunday Times describing Bildt and other EU leaders as "robotic political pygmies" and their acceptance of the ongoing genocide as "shameful"
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (1992).
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Had the reform of private schools under contract and the abolition of the school map adopted, reforms that favored the privatization of education
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1991· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1991–1991).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Sweden (1991–1994).
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The Social Democrats were defeated by a four-party coalition led by Bildt's Moderate Party
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1988–1991).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: party leader (1986–1999).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1985–1988).
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1982· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1982–1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1981–1982).
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1979· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Swedish Riksdag (1979–1979).
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Although he served instead as State Secretary for Policy Coordination in the reformed non-socialist government after that election
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1976· 1 entry
Bildt served as the head of the Policy Coordinating Office in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and close collaborator to the party leader and Minister of Economy Gösta Bohman
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1973–1974).
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-07-15.
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