Carl Bildt

Carl Bildt, Swedish politician, born on July 15, 1949 in Halmstad. Fomer Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the Swedish liberal-conservative Moderate Party.

He was elected leader of the Moderate Party in 1986 succeding Ulf Adelsohn to the post. In 1991 the Social Democrats lost the election and a right-wing coalition government led by Carl Bildt came to power. Bildt was Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994, coincidentally an office that had been held by his great-great-grandfather Gillis Bildt, a century earlier. After the term in government, he was active as mediator in the Balkans conflict and from 1999 to 2001 he served as the as the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Balkans. In 1999 he was also succeded as party leader by Bo Lundgren.

External links

• The official site of Carl Bildt