CARL BILDT

Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sweden
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Carl Bildt is the former prime minister and former foreign minister of Sweden. Subsequently, he served in international functions with the European Union and the United Nations, primarily related to the Balkans conflicts. He was cochairman of the Dayton peace talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the first high representative to the country, and later became the special envoy of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the region. He was one of the initiators of the EU’s eastern partnership and pushed the EU forward on issues of the Middle East. Bildt is engaged on corporate boards in Sweden and the United States as well as different international think tanks.