Carl Bildt — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994) and Foreign Minister (2006-2014).
Currently Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Co-Chairman of the Dayton peace talks on Bosnia and first High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Initiated major liberal economic reforms as Prime Minister, paving the way for successful growth decades.
Served as UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans (1999-2001).
Member of the board of the International Crisis Group and the board of trustees of the RAND Corporation.
World Health Organization's Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator) since 2021.

Biography

Carl Bildt is a prominent Swedish politician and diplomat. He served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2014. A Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2001, he also led the centre-right Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999. He is a great-great grandson of former prime minister Gillis Bildt.

Internationally, Bildt has been noted as a mediator in the Yugoslav wars.