Members of Bilderberg

Politics
United States

* George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[15] Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
* Sandy Berger (1999),[16] National Security Advisor, 1997–2001
* Timothy Geithner(2009),[17] Treasury Secretary
* Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[1] former US Congressman
* Christian Herter,[18] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
* Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[19] Special Assistant to the President
* Joseph E. Johnson[20] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* Henry Kissinger[21] (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008),[22] 56th United States Secretary of State
* Colin Powell (1997),[1] 65th United States Secretary of State
* Lawrence Summers,[17] Director of the National Economic Council
* Paul Volcker,[17] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979–1987
* Roger Altman (2009),[17] Deputy Treasury Secretary from 1993–1994, Founder and Chairman of Evercore Partners

[edit] Presidents

* Bill Clinton (1991),[23][24] President 1993-2001
* Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[4][25] President 1974-1977

[edit] Senators

* John Edwards (2004),[26][27] Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
* Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[28] Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
* Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[1] Senator from Georgia 1972-1997

[edit] Governors

* Rick Perry (2007),[29] Governor of Texas 2000-current
* Mark Sanford (2008),[30] Governor of South Carolina

Prime Ministers

* Tony Blair (1993),[23][34] Prime Minister 1997-2007
* Gordon Brown (1991),[24] Prime Minister 2007- 2010
* Edward Heath,[4] Prime Minister 1970-1974
* Alec Douglas-Home (1977–1980),[54] Chairman of the Bilderberg Group, Prime Minister 1963-1964
* Margaret Thatcher (1975),[55] Prime Minister 1979-1990

[edit] Belgium

* Paul-Henri Spaak, Former Prime Minister[56] (1963)

[edit] Netherlands

* Ruud Lubbers, Former Prime Minister[57]
* Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister[57]
* Jan-Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister[57]
* Maxime Verhagen, Minister[57]

[edit] France

* Gaston Defferre (1964),[58] member of National Assembly and mayor of Marseille (at the time)
* Georges Pompidou, Former Prime Minister of France, Former President of the French Republic[57]
Germany

* Angela Merkel (2010), German Chancellor[85]
* Guido Westerwelle (2007),[86] Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany.
* Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor[4]

[edit] Poland

* Józef Retinger (1954 to 1960), Founder and secretary of Bilderberg Group[5][87]

[edit] Canada

* Pierre Elliott Trudeau,[88] Prime Minister of Canada, 1968-1979, 1980-1984
* Jean Chretien (1996),[45] Prime Minister of Canada, 1993–2003
* Stephen Harper (2003),[88] Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-current
* Mike Harris,[88] Premier of Ontario 1995-2002
* Bernard Lord,[88] Premier of New Brunswick 1999-2006
* Paul Martin (1996),[45] Prime Minister of Canada, 2003–2006
* Frank McKenna (2006, 2010),[89] Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group, Canadian Ambassador to the United States 2005-2006, Premier of New Brunswick 1987-1997
* Gordon Campbell (2010), Premier of British Columbia, 2001–Present

[edit] Sweden

* Carl Bildt (2006),[90] (2008),[90] (2009), Minister of Foreign Affairs 2006-
* Anders Borg (2007),[90] Minister of Finance 2006-
* Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978),[22] Prime Minister 1976-1978
* Maud Olofsson [2008),[90] Minister of Industry 2006-
* Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006),[90] Prime Minister 2006-
* Mona Sahlin (1996),[90] Head of the Swedish social democratic party 2007-

[edit] Austria

* Werner Faymann (2009,[91], Chancellor 2008–present
* Andreas Treichl (2009),[92] CEO of Erste Bank
Financial institutions

* Ben Bernanke (2008,[30] 2009),[44] Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
* Wim Duisenberg, former European Central Bank President[57]
* Gordon Richardson,[95](1966, 1975) former Governor of the Bank of England
* William J McDonough (1997),[1] former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* Jean-Claude Trichet (2009,[96] 2010[3]) President of the European Central Bank 2003-current
* Paul Volcker (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997),[1] former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
* Siegmund Warburg (1977)[95]

[edit] Major corporations

* Percy Barnevik (1992–1996, 1997,[1] 2001), former CEO of ASEA
* Michel Bon,[97] former CEO of France Telecom
* Lord Browne of Madingley (1995, 1997,[1] 2004), Chief Executive BP
* Bill Gates (2010),[98] Chairman of Microsoft
* Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.,[99] IBM Chairman
* H. J. Heinz II (1954),[20] CEO of H. J. Heinz Company
* André Lévy-Lang, (French)[97] former CEO of Paribas
* Jorma Ollila (1997,[1] 2005, 2008), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Corporation
* Paul Rijkens (Dutch) Former Chairman of Unilever[57]
* Josef Ackermann (2010), CEO Deutsche Bank[85]
* Jürgen E. Schrempp (1994–1996, 1997),[1] 1998, 1999, 2001–2005, 2006, 2007), former CEO of DaimlerChrysler
* Hans Stråberg (2006),[90] CEO of Electrolux
* Peter Sutherland (1989–1996, 1997,[1] 2005), former Chairman of BP
* Martin Taylor[1] (1993–1996,[45] 1997), former CEO, Barclays
* Otto Wolff von Amerongen,[1] Chairman Otto Wolff GmbH.
* Jacob Wallenberg (2006),[90] Chairman of Investor AB

[edit] University, institute and other academic

* C. Fred Bergsten (1971, 1974, 1984, 1997),[1] President, Peterson Institute
* Thierry de Montbrial,[97] Director of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales

[edit] Media

* Nicolas Beytout, (French)[97] Editor of Le Figaro (France)
* Conrad Black (1981, 1983, 1985–1996)[45](1997),[100] Hollinger International, Inc.
* William F. Buckley, Jr. (1996),[101] columnist and founder of National Review
* Will Hutton[23] (1997), former CEO of The Work Foundation and editor-in-chief for The Observer
* Andrew Knight (1996),[33][45] journalist, editor, and media baron
* George Stephanopoulos (1996, 1997),[45] Former Communications Director of the Clinton Administration (1993–1996), now ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent
* Peter Mansbridge (2010), Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation