Carl Bildt

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Carl Bildt
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 Opposition
In office 23 August 1986 – 4 October 1991
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson
Preceded by	Ulf Adelsohn
Succeeded by	Ingvar Carlsson
In office 7 October 1994 – 4 September 1999
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson
Preceded by	Ingvar Carlsson
Succeeded by	Bo Lundgren
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 (1949-07-15) 15 July 1949 (age 75) Halmstad, Sweden
Political party	Moderate
Spouses	Kerstin Zetterberg ​ ​ (m. 1974; div. 1975)​ Mia Bohman ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1997)​ Anna Maria Corazza ​ (m. 1998)​
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]