List of Bilderberg participants
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
- Tony Blair (1993), current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Angela Merkel (2005), current Chancellor of Germany
Members of United States administrations
- Henry Kissinger (2005), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977
- Richard Perle (2003), assistant Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987
- Donald Rumsfeld (2003), Secretary of Defense, 2001 -
Heads of major corporations
- Josef Ackermann (2005), CEO of Deutsche Bank
- John Browne (2004), Chief Executive BP
- Jorma Ollila (2005), Chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation
- Jürgen E. Schrempp (2005), CEO of DaimlerChrysler
- Peter Sutherland (2005), former Chairman of BP
- Daniel Vasella (2005), Chairman and CEO of Novartis
EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
- Ritt Bjerregaard (1995)
- Hans van der Broek (1995)
- Emma Bonino (1998)
- Leon Brittan (1998)
- Mario Monti (1996) (former or present member of the Steering Committee and Trilateral Commission as well)
- Erkki Liikanen
- Pedro Solbes
- Günter Verheugen
- António Vitorino
- Frederik Bolkestein
- Romano Prodi (Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s)
- Wim Duisenberg
- Pascal Lamy
- Chris Patten
- Peter Mandelson
- Étienne Davignon, conference chairman in 2005
References
Members of United States administrations
- The masters of the universe - Donald Rumsfeld reference at the Asia Times Online
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"