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Carl Bildt | |
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 Bildt in 2016 | |
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| In office 4 October 1991 – 7 October 1994 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Deputy | Bengt Westerberg |
| Preceded by | Ingvar Carlsson |
| Succeeded by | Ingvar Carlsson |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 October 2006 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Jan Eliasson |
| Succeeded by | Margot Wallström |
| High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office 14 December 1995 – 17 June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Westendorp |
| Leader of the Moderate Party | |
| In office 23 August 1986 – 4 September 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Ulf Adelsohn |
| Succeeded by | Bo Lundgren |
| Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality | |
| In office 1979–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nils Daniel Carl Bildt 15 July 1949 Halmstad, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate |
| Spouses | Kerstin Zetterberg
(m. 1974; div. 1975)Mia Bohman
(m. 1984; div. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Gillis Bildt (great-great grandfather) Bildt family |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Sweden |
| Branch/service |  Swedish Army |
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. He led the Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, appearing at its lead candidate in four general elections, before his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. Bildt first entered the Riksdag in 1979, holding a seat until 2001. A member of the Bildt family, he is a great-great grandson of Baron Gillis Bildt, who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889.[1]
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).[2]
- ^ Elgán, Elisabeth; Scobbie, Irene (2015). Historical Dictionary Of Sweden. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781442250710. p. 42
- ^ Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden, appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator World Health Organization (WHO), press release of March 31, 2021.