Carl Bildt
30th Prime Minister of Sweden
In office October 4, 1991 – October 7, 1994
Deputy	Bengt Westerberg
Preceded by	Ingvar Carlsson
Succeeded by	Ingvar Carlsson
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office October 6, 2006
Preceded by	Jan Eliasson
Born	July 15, 1949 (age 57) Halmstad, Halland
Political party	Moderate Party
Spouse	Anna Maria Corazza
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Nils Daniel Carl Bildt (help· info) (born July 15, 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat, currently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt. Bildt was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994, and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999. He has also been active as a mediator in the Balkan conflict. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1225x1228, 1739 KB) As with all the headshots from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, this may be used freely with attribution as is stated on the pages (in this case, [1]). The relevant section reads as follows: Bilderna är frik... The Prime Minister or statsminister (minister of state) is the head of Government in Sweden. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Background

Bildt was born in Halmstad, Halland, and belongs to an old Norwegian-Danish-Swedish noble family traditionally domiciled in Bohus county. His great-great-grandfather, Baron Gillis Bildt, served as prime minister a century earlier, as well as Lord High Constable of Sweden (riksmarskalk). The family's perhaps most prominent lineage comes from Norway, where at least three of his ancestors have been that country's leaders in a position comparable with a modern PM: in 16th century, his ancestor Nils Henriksson av Østråt (Gyldenlöve) served as Lord High Steward of Norway and another ancestor, Vincents Vincentson Lunge, as Viceroy of the kingdom of Norway; and then in 17th century, yet one ancestor, Jens Ovesonn Bjelke served as Lord High Chancellor of Norway, and was himself descended from king Haakon V of Norway (the king and his forefathers thus also being Bildt's ancestors) through his daughter Agnes Hakonardottir, Dame of Borgarsyssel. Halmstad [hulm-stɑː(d)] is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan River in Halland in south-western Sweden. ... is a historical province (landskap) on the western coast of Sweden. ... Bohus Fortress, or Bohus Fästning, is a fortress from the 13th century at Kungälv in Sweden. ... Gillis Bildt Baron Didirik Anders Gillis Bildt (16 October 1820 – 22 October 1894) was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Gyldenløve (English, Golden Lion) is an important surname in Danish and Norwegian history. ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. ... Burial site of HÃ¥kon V in Oslo Haakon V Magnusson (1270 - May 8, 1319) was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319. ... Østfold is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. ...

Early career

Carl Bildt served as chairman of the FMSFConfederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students, a centre-right student organisation as well European Democrat Students in the early 1970's. When the non-socialist formed government in 1976, Bildt come to serve as the Moderate party coordinator in his capacity as close collaborator of the then party leader and Minister of Econjomy Gösta Bohman. Bildt became a Member of Parliament in 1979, although he instead served as State Secretary for Policy Coordination in the non-socialist government reformed after that election. As an MP in the early eighties, he became noted as an incisive and combative debater on foreign affairs, and found himself pitted against Prime Minister Olof Palme. Bildt was elected leader of the Moderate Party in 1986, succeeding Ulf Adelsohn. In 1991 the Social Democrats were defeated by a four-party coalition led by Bildt's Moderates. The Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students (Swedish: , FMSF, Free Moderate Student League) is a student organisation, sometimes associated with the Swedish Moderate Party. ... The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organisations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding extreme right wing beliefs such as fascism. ... The parliament building from outside. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Sven Olof Joachim Palme ( ) (January 30, 1927 – February 28, 1986) was a Swedish politician. ... Ulf Adelsohn (born October 4, 1941), Swedish politician. ... The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. ...

Prime Minister

His government program was one of liberalizing and reforming the Swedish economy as well as making Sweden a member of the European Union. It initiated the negotiations for Sweden's accession to the European Union (though the work to prepare the ground, at home and versus the EEC/EU, had already started during the final year of the Social Democrat government. The Social Democrats' volte face on possible accession to the EEC was most likely a prerequisite for the positive referendum result) and Bildt signed the accession treaty at the European Union summit of Corfu, Greece on June 23, 1994. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... This article is about the Greek island Kerkyra known in English as Corfu. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Bildt in a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm (May 15, 2001).

Economic reforms were enacted, including voucher schools, liberalized markets for telecommunications and energy as well as the privatization of publicly owned companies, privatization of health care, contributing to liberalizing the Swedish economy. Arguably, the subsequent budget cut-backs with the Social Democrates, and after 1994, continued spending cuts by the Social Democratic government, did more to reform the Swedish economy and the Swedish model, than Bildt's governments programme as such. The government's effectivness was furthermore hampered as it was plagued by in-fighting, most memorably over the construction of the Oresund bridge. Image File history File links Clinton_Bildt. ... Image File history File links Clinton_Bildt. ... The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Grand Hôtel is a hotel in Stockholm Sweden. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The period was also marked by a severe economic crisis. In November 1992, the crisis reached its climax as Sweden left the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (the ERM) and let the Krona float, after having defended the fixed exchange rate at tremeandous cost. The, in some people's opinion, single minded defense of the Krona, led to and continues to draw heavy criticism. At the peak of the crisis and amid run-away budget deficits, a number of emergency cut-backs were negotiated with the Social Democrats. The different measures did contribute to a reduction in the public deficit in 1994 and 1995, and allegedly to revived growth in subsequent years. There is still some debate on whether the current (2006) growth levels are in part due to the devaluation of the Krona. Some see the increased importance of the export industry as testament to this. ^{[citation needed]} The European exchange rate mechanisms (or ERM) was a system introduced by the European Community in March 1979, as part of the European Monetary System (EMS), to reduce exchange-rate variability and achieve monetary stability in Europe, in preparation for Economic and Monetary Union and the introduction of a single... Erm is a village in the Netherlands and it is part of the Coevorden municipality in Drenthe. ...

The Social Democrats returned to power in September 1994, although Bildt's Moderate Party scored a slight gain.

In 1999 he was succeeded as party leader by Bo Lundgren. Bo Lundgren Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren (born July 11, 1947) is a Swedish politician. ...

Diplomat

After the term in government, Mr Bildt was active as mediator in the Balkans conflict, served as the European Union Special Envoy to Former Yugoslavia from June 1995, Co-Chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference in November 1995 and High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1995 to June 1997 immediately after the Bosnian War. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Balkans. Balkan peninsula with northwest border Isonzo-Krka-Sava The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ... The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was created in 1995 immediately after the Dayton Peace Agreement to oversee the civilian implementation of this agreement. ... Combatants Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predominantly Bosniak) Army of Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Peoples Army, various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian) Croatian Defence Council, Croatian Army (Croatian) Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Bildt in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington, D.C. (October 24, 2006).

On October 6, 2006, Bildt was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the newly formed government lead by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. This was seen by many as a somewhat surprising move, due to the fact that Bildt had already served both as Prime Minister and as leader of the Moderate Party and the previous conflict between Bildt and Reinfeldt. Image File history File links Bildt_Rice_2006_10_24. ... Image File history File links Bildt_Rice_2006_10_24. ... Seal of the United States Department of State. ... Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... The office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs has existed in Sweden since 1809, its creation was a result of the constitutional Instrument of Government promulgated in the same year. ... John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965 in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Swedish Young Conservatives in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairperson of...

Carl Bildt has been criticized for harassment of former Undersecretary of State Lars Danielsson, and for not giving him any assignments or salary.^[1][2][3] Danielsson used to be the right-hand man in foreign policy of former Prime Minister Göran Persson and is now employed in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under Bildt. On December 8, after two months and after actions from the trade union, it was announced that Danielsson will be assigned a position at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the he will also have a salary. (During these two months, Lars Danielsson had a severance pay from his former position, amounting to about 81500 SEK/month.)^[4] Hans Göran Persson ( ) (born January 20, 1949), was the thirty-first Prime Minister of Sweden (1996 – 2006). ... The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for Swedish foreign policy. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Trade Union (Labour union) ... is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... SEK may stand for Swedish Krona - the currency of Sweden Spezialeinsatzkommando - the German special police forces ...

Criticism

The opposition parties has questioned Carl Bildt’s suitability as Sweden’s Foreign Minister. Bildt has been heavily criticized for his share portfolio and previous private business involvement in foreign countries, especially with Russian gas and in Sudan.

Bildt has also been questioned for his role as a member of the International Advisory Council of theCommittee for the Liberation of Iraq, a group with ties to the Bush administration pushing for an invasion of Iraq in 2003. The Iraq war is something that Sweden together with the UN was officially opposed to, although Bildt's view on it were on the sceptical side while most of the political parties now in government were more supportive.^[5] The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) was a non-governmental organization which described itself as a distinguished group of Americans who wanted to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein. ... George W. Bush administration is the administration of the 43rd president of the United States of America, 2001-present George H. W. Bush administration is the administration of the 41st president of the United States of America, 1989-1993 This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ...

Trivia

Bildt was an early pioneer among politicians of using the internet for communicating. On February 4, 1994, he sent an electronic mail to U.S. president Bill Clinton. This was the first ever e-mail between two heads of government. In the e-mail he praised Clinton's decision to end the trade embargo on Vietnam.^[6] In the same year he also started a weekly electronic newsletter, which was still active until 2005. He also runs two blogs - one in English (started in February 2005) and one in Swedish (started in January 2007). February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Electronic mail, abbreviated e-mail or email, is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The Head of Government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. ... In international commerce and politics, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce and trade with a certain country. ... Electronic mailing lists are a special usage of e-mail that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Crystal ball, user has created future months and dates before, and been told not to (See User Talk:Jose and Ricardo). ...

Honours

He is a Commander of the Légion d'honneur and has been awarded a honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews. He was, among other things, chairman of the board of directors for Kreab, the public relations consultancy, Legg Mason, the fund manager, and serves in RAND's board of trustees. Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... St Marys College Bute Medical School St Leonards College (PG)[5] Affiliations 1994 Group Website www. ... Kreab is a Swedish public affairs agency that has become the largest in the Nordic region. ... Legg Mason, Inc. ... The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces. ...

See also

• Minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet

The minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet in Sweden is a political scandal which started on October 7, 2006 when the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt, which had been announced on October 6, immediately became affected by media allegations on past errors on the part of several cabinet...

References

1. ^ "Danielsson utfryst på jobbet", Sydsvenskan, November 29, 2006 (Swedish)
2. ^ "Danielsson utfryst av Bildt på UD", Dagens Nyheter, November 28, 2006 (Swedish)
3. ^ Maria Abrahamsson, "Det enda rätta är att köpa ut Lars Danielsson," Svenska Dagbladet, December 1, 2006 (Swedish)
4. ^ "Bildt tvingades backa om Danielsson", Dagens Nyheter, December 8, 2006 (Swedish)
5. ^ "Bildt in hot water over Iraq war lobbying", The Local, February 23, 2007
6. ^ "First Email Bildt to Clinton", bildt.net

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External links

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• Bildt Comments - Bildt's English-language blog
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Prime Ministers of Sweden

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