Bilderberg Group II
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Heinz Duthel
Copyright © 2011 Heinz Duthel
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-257-83172-2
Forword
Many conspiracy theories on the internet, including illuminati’s, aliens or even calling the Bilderberger meeting a secret World Governments are very naïve. The members of the hard core Bilderberger group are without doubt the richest peoples in our World. As usual peoples with such a power can buy and control politics, war and business and this is what they do. They buy or place politicians whoever they want and for whatever interest.
This year meeting in Switzerland has been hold with a concentration of Energy, Oil, Petrol and therefore the ongoing battle in Libya and the second point has been the control of the internet.
We can see this with the presence of Facebook, LinkedIn and Google. Twitter is already under the White House control.
The presence of Jeff Bezos, amazon.com is quite nothing surprising if we see the power of amazon.com, cloud hosting, insider knowledge, shopping behavior, kindle and ebook business and mainly the special relation after US intervention between amazon.com and Wikileaks.
For Peace, Freedom or Revolution if required.
Bilderberg Group
The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, media and politics.
The elite group meets annually at luxury hotels or resorts throughout the world — normally in Europe — and once every four years in the United States or Canada. It has an office in Leiden in the Netherlands.[1] The 2007 conference took place from May 31 to June 3 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.[2] The 2008 conference took place in Chantilly, Virginia, United States.
Origin and purpose
The original Bilderberg conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg, near Arnhem in The Netherlands, from May 29 to May 31, 1954. The meeting was initiated by several people, including Joseph Retinger, concerned about the growth of anti-Americanism in Western Europe, who proposed an international conference at which leaders from European countries and the United States would be brought together with the aim of promoting understanding between the cultures of United States of America and Western Europe.
Retinger approached Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who agreed to promote the idea, together with Belgian Prime Minister Paul Van Zeeland, and the head of Unilever at that time, the Dutchman Paul Rijkens. Bernhard in turn contacted Walter Bedell Smith, then head of the CIA, who asked Eisenhower adviser C. D. Jackson to deal with the suggestion.[6] The guest list was to be drawn up by inviting two attendees from each nation, one each to represent conservative and liberal points of view.
The success of the meeting led the organizers to arrange an annual conference. A permanent Steering Committee was established, with Retinger appointed as permanent secretary. As well as organizing the conference, the steering committee also maintained a register of attendee names and contact details, with the aim of creating an informal network of individuals who could call upon one another in a private capacity. Conferences were held in France, Germany, and Denmark over the following three years. In 1957, the first U.S. conference was held in St. Simons, Georgia, with $30,000 from the Ford Foundation. The foundation supplied additional funding of $48,000 in 1959, and $60,000 in 1963.
Dutch economist Ernst van der Beugel took over as permanent secretary in 1960, upon the death of Retinger. Prince Bernhard continued to serve as the meeting's chairman until 1976, the year of his involvement in the Lockheed affair. There was no conference that year, but meetings resumed in 1977 under Alec Douglas-Home, the former British Prime Minister. He was followed in turn by Walter Scheel, ex-President of West Germany, Eric Roll, former head of SG Warburg and Lord Carrington, former Secretary-General of NATO.
Attendees
Attendees of Bilderberg include central bankers, defense experts, mass media press barons, government ministers, prime ministers, royalty, international financiers and political leaders from Europe and North America.
Some of the Western world's leading financiers and foreign policy strategists attend Bilderberg. Donald Rumsfeld is an active Bilderberger, as is Peter Sutherland from Ireland, a former European Union commissioner and chairman of Goldman Sachs and of British Petroleum. Rumsfeld and Sutherland served together in 2000 on the board of the Swedish/Swiss engineering company ABB. Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary and former World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz is also a member. The group's current chairman is Etienne Davignon, the Belgian businessman and politician.
Mainstream criticism
Critics claim the Bilderberg Group promotes the careers of politicians whose views are representative of the interests of multinational corporations, at the expense of democracy.[9] Journalists who have been invited to attend the Bilderberg Conference as observers have discounted these claims, calling the conference "not much different from a seminar or a conference organized by an upscale NGO" with "nothing different except for the influence of the participants."
Conspiracy theories
The group's secrecy and its connections to power elites encourages speculation and mistrust by groups or individuals that believe that the group is part of a conspiracy to create a New World Order. This is further encouraged by the frequent use of the term 'New World Order' by its members when referring to their ultimate goal of world integration. The group is frequently accused of secretive and nefarious world plots by groups such as the John Birch Society. This thinking has progressively found acceptance within both elements of the populist movement and fringe politics. According to investigative journalist Chip Berlet, the prominent origins of Bilderberger conspiracy theories can be traced to activist Phyllis Schlafly.
Radio host Alex Jones claims the group intends to dissolve the sovereignty of the United States and other countries into a supra-national structure similar to the European Union. This accusation is also linked with others claiming plans for a merger of Canada with United States, hoping Canadian influence will be calming to American society and foreign policy. See the North American Union.
From "The Hunt for Red Menace:" "The views on intractable godless communism expressed by [Fred] Schwarz were central themes in three other bestselling books which were used to mobilize support for the 1964 Goldwater campaign. The best known was Phyllis Schlafly's A Choice, Not an Echo which suggested a conspiracy theory in which the Republican Party was secretly controlled by elitist intellectuals dominated by members of the Bilderberger group, whose policies would pave the way for global communist conquest. Schlafly's husband Fred had been a lecturer at Schwartz's local Christian anti-communism Crusade conferences."
Jonathan Duffy, writing in BBC News Online Magazine states "In the void created by such aloofness, an extraordinary conspiracy theory has grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is largely decided by Bilderberg."[16]
Denis Healey, a Bilderberg founder and former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, decries such theories. He was quoted by BBC News as saying "There's absolutely nothing in it. We never sought to reach a consensus on the big issues at Bilderberg. It's simply a place for discussion."
Some popular media references to the group are in Fredrick Forsyth's novel "The Icon" where the group decides to undermine a nationalist Russian leader loosely modeled on Vladimir Putin (among others).
Meetings
* 1954 (May 29-31) at the Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, Netherlands
* 1955 (March 18-20) at the Hotellerie Du Bas-Breau in Barbizon, France
* 1955 (September 23-25) at the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
* 1956 (May 11-13) at the Hotel Store Kro in Fredensborg, Denmark
* 1957 (February 15-17) at the King and Prince Hotel in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
* 1957 (October 4-6) at the Grand Hotel Palazzo della Fonte in Fiuggi, Italy
* 1958 (September 13-15) at the The Palace Hotel in Buxton, United Kingdom
* 1959 (September 18-20) at the Çinar Hotel in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey
* 1960 (May 28-29) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
* 1961 (April 21-23) at the Manoir St. Castin in Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
* 1962 (May 18-20) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
* 1963 (May 29-31) in Cannes, France
* 1964 (March 20-22) in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
* 1965 (April 2-4) at the Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, Italy
* 1966 (March 25-27) at the Nassauer Hof Hotel Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, West Germany
* 1967 (March 31-April 2) in Cambridge, United Kingdom
* 1968 (April 26-28) in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
* 1969 (May 9-11) at the Hotel Marienlyst in Helsingør, Denmark
* 1970 (April 17-19) at the Grand Hotel Quellenhof in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
* 1971 (April 23-25) at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont, USA
* 1972 (April 21-23) at the La Reserve di Knokke-Heist in Knokke, Belgium
* 1973 (May 11-13) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
* 1974 (April 19-21) at the Hotel Mont d'Arbois in Megeve, France
* 1975 (April 22-24) at the Golden Dolphin Hotel in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey
* 1976 no conference. The 1976 Bilderberg conference was planned for April at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA. Due to the ongoing Lockheed scandal involving Prince Bernhard at the time, it had to be cancelled.
* 1977 (April 22-24) at the Paramount Imperial Hotel in Torquay, United Kingdom
* 1978 (April 21-23) at the Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
* 1979 (April 27-29) at the Grand Hotel Sauerhof in Baden bei Wien, Austria
* 1980 (April 18-20) at the Dorint Sofitel Quellenhof Aachen in Aachen, West Germany
* 1981 (May 15-17) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
* 1982 (May 14-16) at the Rica Park Hotel Sandefjord in Sandefjord, Norway
* 1983 (May 13-15) at the Château Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, Canada
* 1984 (May 11-13) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
* 1985 (May 10-12) at the Doral Arrowwood Hotel in Rye Brook, New York, United States
* 1986 (April 25-27) at the Gleneagles Hotel in Gleneagles, Auchterarder, United Kingdom
* 1987 (April 24-26) at the Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, Italy
* 1988 (June 3-5) at the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Telfs-Buchen, Austria
* 1989 (May 12-14) at the Gran Hotel de La Toja in Isla de La Toja, Spain
* 1990 (May 11-13) at the Harrison Conference Center in Glen Cove, New York, United States
* 1991 (June 6-9) at the Steigenberger Badischer Hof Hotel, Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe in Bühl (Baden) in Baden-Baden, Germany
* 1992 (May 21-24) at the Royal Club Evian Hotel, Ermitage Hotel in Évian-les-Bains, France
* 1993 (April 22-25) at the Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni, Greece
* 1994 (June 2-5) at the Kalastajatorppa Hotel in Helsinki, Finland
* 1995 (June 8-11) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
* 1996 (May 30-June 2) at the CIBC Leadership Centre aka The Kingbridge Centre in King City, Ontario, Canada
* 1997 (June 12-15) at the Pine Isle resort in Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States
* 1998 (May 14-17) at the Turnberry Hotel in Turnberry, United Kingdom
* 1999 (June 3-6) at the Caesar Park Hotel Penha Longa in Sintra, Portugal
* 2000 (June 1-4) at the Chateau Du Lac Hotel in Genval, Brussels, Belgium
* 2001 (May 24-27) at the Hotel Stenungsbaden in Stenungsund, Sweden
* 2002 (May 30-June 2) at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, United States
* 2003 (May 15-18) at the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles, France
* 2004 (June 3-6) at the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees in Stresa, Italy
* 2005 (May 5-8) at the Dorint Sofitel Seehotel Überfahrt in Rottach-Egern, Germany
* 2006 (June 8-11) at the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada See picture of meeting location at time of meeting.
* 2007 (May 31 - June 3) at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel,[2] in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey.
* 2008 (June 5-8) at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, United States
References
1. ^ The masters of the universe, Asia Times, May 22 2003, accessed on August 18 2007
2. ^ a b What was discussed at Bilderberg?, Turkish Daily News, June 5 2007, accessed on August 18 2007
3. ^ a b "Balkenende to Meet Bush in Washington". NIS News Bulletin (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
4. ^ a b "Bilderberg Announces 2008 Conference". BusinessWire (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
5. ^ Hatch, Alden (1962). "The Hôtel de Bilderberg", H.R.H.Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands: An authorized biography. London: Harrap. ISBN B0000CLLN4.
6. ^ a b Valerie Aubourg (June 2003). Organizing Atlanticism: the Bilderberg Group and the Atlantic Institute 1952-63.
7. ^ Hatch, Alden (1962). "The Hôtel de Bilderberg", H.R.H.Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands: An authorized biography. London: Harrap. ISBN B0000CLLN4. "The idea was to get two people from each country who would give the conservative and liberal slant"
8. ^ Rockefeller, David (2002). Memoirs. Random House, p.412. ISBN 0-679-40588-7.
9. ^ "Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group", BBC. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
10. ^ Why are we scared of Bilderberg? - Turkish Daily News Jun 01, 2007
11. ^ What was discussed at Bilderberg? - Turkish Daily News Jun 05, 2007
12. ^ John Birch Society: “the Bilderberg” http://www.publiceye.org/rightwoo/rwooz9-04.html
13. ^ [RIGHT WOOS LEFT http://www.publiceye.org/rightwoo/rwooz9.html#P8_45
14. ^ Origins of the Bilderberger conspiracy http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bilderberg
15. ^ Origins of the Bilderberger conspiracy http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bilderberg
16. ^ a b Jonathan Duffy (2004-06-03). "Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory". BBC News.
17. ^ High-security fences surround resort town in preparation for summit, Edmonton Journal, August 18 2007, accessed on August 19 2007
18. ^ "Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy.". Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
19. ^ Panetta, Alexander (2006). "Secretive Bilderbergers meet". www.thestar.com. Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Retrieved on 2006-06-12.
20. ^ Bilderberg 2007 - Towards a One World Empire?, Nexus Magazine, Volume 14, Number 5 (August - September 2007), accessed on August 18 2007
* Ronson, Jon (2001). THEM: Adventures with Extremists. London: Picador. ISBN 0-330-37546-6.
* Eringer, Robert (1980). The Global Manipulators. Bristol, England: Pentacle Books. ISBN 0906850046.
External links
Note: the Bilderberg Group does not have a website.
* "Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group", BBC News (2005-09-29). Retrieved on 2008-08-05.
* "Elite power brokers meet in secret", BBC News (2003-05-15). Retrieved on 2008-08-05. BBC News 15 May 2003
* Robert Eringer writing about Bilderberg, Carroll Quigley
* Extract from the official Bilderberg report on the Fiuggi Conference 4-6 October 1957
* Paper by Sociology Professor (LMU) Mike Peters: "The Bilderberg Group and the Project for European Unification" from Lobster: The Journal of Parapolitics
* Free Press International: Bilderberg video and info
* Guardian article on the group - an excerpt from Jon Ronson's book Them
* CTV.ca - Shadowy group meets amid secrecy in Ottawa
* Minutes from the 1999 Bilderberg meeting from SchNEWS website
* List of recent mainstream news articles and Bilderberg conspiracy gossip
* Historical information on the Bilderberg Group-mentions original location of 1976 meeting
* The world's most powerful secret society - 1998 article from Punch magazine
Bilderberg attendees
List of Bilderberg attendees is a list of prominent persons who have attended one or more conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group. The list is currently organized by category. It is not a complete list and it includes both living and deceased people. Where known, the year(s) they attended are denoted in brackets.
The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg conference is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, media, and politics.
The elite group meets annually at luxury hotels or resorts throughout the world, normally in Europe, once every four years in the United States or Canada. It has an office in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands. They met at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey for the June 2007 meeting. The 56th Bilderberg meeting took place June 6-8, 2008 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia.
Royalty
* Prince Philip (1965, 1966, 1967), Duke of Edinburgh
* Prince Charles (1986), Prince of Wales
* Prince Bernhard (Chairman of Bilderberg Meetings 1954-1976), father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
* Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands[3]
* Claus von Amsberg (1967, 1968, 1971, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986-1989), husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
* Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (1990, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008), Crown Prince of the Netherlands
* Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1989)
* Queen Sofia of Spain, wife of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996)
* Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, younger daughter of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
* Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (1992, 1993, 1996, 2008), Crown Prince of Belgium
* Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1995)
* Harald V of Norway, King of Norway (1984)
* Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1985, 1986, 1987)
* Prince Axel of Denmark (1955, 1957)
Politics
United States
* David L. Aaron (1977), former Deputy National Security Advisor
* Dean Acheson (1957, 1958, 1964, 1966), former United States Secretary of State
* Madeleine Albright (2008), former United States Secretary of State
* Keith B. Alexander (2008), current Director, National Security Agency
* Roger Altman (2008), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
* John B. Anderson (1977), former US Congressman
* Michael Armacost (1997), President, Brookings Institution
* Nancy Kassebaum Baker (1988), former US Senator
* George W. Ball (1954-1992),[4] former U.S. diplomat
* Evan Bayh (1999), current US Senator, former Democratic Leadership Council Chairman, also attended the Renaissance Weekend. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Member of the Alfalfa Club
* Lloyd Bentsen (1989, 1992, 1995 - 1997), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Sandy Berger (1997), former National Security Advisor (United States)
* James H. Billington (1992), former Librarian of Congress
* Eugene R. Black, Sr. (1957, 1966), former President of the World Bank
* John Bolton (2003)
* John Brademas (1966), former US Congressman
* Bill Bradley (1985), former US Senator
* Nicholas F. Brady (1984, 1986, 1988, 1991), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Edward Brooke (1968), former US Senator
* David K. E. Bruce (1966)
* Zbigniew Brzezinski (Guest, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1985), President Carter's National Security Advisor
* McGeorge Bundy (1956, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1980), former National Security Advisor (United States)
* William Bundy (1977)
* Clifford P. Case (1958), former US Senator
* John Chafee (1979, 1986, 1991, 1992), former US Senator
* Frank Church, former US Senator
* Harlan Cleveland (1967)
* Hillary Clinton (1997), current US Senator, also attended the World Economic Forum, the Munich Conference on Security Policy, the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Renaissance Weekend. Member of the Democratic Leadership Council
* Bill Clinton (1991),[5] former US President, 1993 - 2001
* Carlos M. Collazo (2003)
* Barber Conable, former President of the World Bank
* Richard N. Cooper (1975, 1977), former United States Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
* Jon Corzine (1995 - 1997[3], 1999, 2003, 2004), current Governor of New Jersey
* Kenneth W. Dam (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989-1997), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
* Richard Darman (1987), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
* Thomas A. Daschle (2008), former US Senator
* Lynn Davis (1995)
* John M. Deutch (1998), former CIA Director, former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
* Thomas E. Dewey (1956, 1957, 1966), former Governor of New York
* C. Douglas Dillon (1968), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Christopher Dodd (1999 - 2001), current US Senator
* John Edwards (2004), former US Senator
* Stuart Eizenstat (2002), former United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
* Mike Espy (1994), former United States Secretary of Agriculture
* Daniel J. Evans (1986, 1988), former US Senator, former Governor of Washington
* Dianne Feinstein (1991), current US Senator
* Douglas Feith (2004)
* Ralph Flanders (1955, 1966), former US Senator
* James Florio (1994), former Governor of New Jersey
* Tom Foley (1988, 1990, 1995, 2002), former Speaker of the US House of Representatives
* Gerald R. Ford (1964, 1966), former US President, 1974 - 1977
* Harold Ford, Jr. (2008), current Chairman, Democratic Leadership Council, former US Congressman, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
* Donald M. Fraser (1971), former US Congressman
* Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr. (1964, 1966, 1971), former US Congressman
* J. William Fulbright (1956, 1957, 1964), former US Senator
* Cornelius Edward Gallagher (1963, 1966), former US Congressman
* John Galvin, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
* Melinda Gates (2004), wife of Bill Gates
* Robert Gates (2008), current United States Secretary of Defense
* David Gergen (1992, 1995), political consultant and presidential adviser during the Republican administrations of Nixon, Ford, and Reagan, campaign staffer for George H.W. Bush and adviser to Democratic President Bill Clinton
* Roswell Gilpatric (1966)
* Dan Glickman (2001), former US Congressman
* Andrew Goodpaster (1968, 1974), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
* Lincoln Gordon (1957, 1966)
* Donald Gregg (1985), former United States Ambassador
* Marc Grossman (2007), former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
* Alfred Gruenther (1955, 1957, 1966), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
* Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004)[6], president, Council on Foreign Relations
* Philip C. Habib (1992)
* Chuck Hagel (1999 - 2001), current US Senator
* Alexander Haig (1978), former United States Secretary of State
* Lee H. Hamilton (1997)[3], former US Congressman
* Fred R. Harris (1966), former US Senator
* Arthur A. Hartman (1975), former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
* Brooks Hays (1957, 1966), former US Congressman
* H. John Heinz III (1978), former US Senator
* Christian Herter (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966),[7] former Secretary of State
* Bourke Hickenlooper (1963, 1966), former US Senator
* Carla Anderson Hills (2002), former United States Trade Representative
* Paul G. Hoffman (1955, 1957, 1966)
* Richard Holbrooke (1995 - 1999, 2004 - 2006, 2008), former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
* Chet Holifield (1964, 1966), former US Congressman
* Kay Bailey Hutchison (2000, 2002), current US Senator
* Henry M. Jackson (1964, 1966-1968), former US Senator
* Jacob Javits (1964, 1966), former US Senator
* Joseph E. Johnson (1954)[8], former President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
* Bennett Johnston Jr. (1991), former US Senator
* James Robert Jones (1985), former US Congressman
* Vernon Jordan (1979-1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2005, 2006, 2008)
* Robert Kagan (2004)
* Carl Kaysen (1967)
* Thomas Kean (1989), former Governor of New Jersey
* George Kennan (1955, 1957, 1966)
* David M. Kennedy (1968), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Robert M. Kimmitt (1995), current United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
* Lane Kirkland (1977), former President, AFL-CIO
* Jeane Kirkpatrick (1981), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
* Henry Kissinger (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977-2003, 2004,[6] 2005-2008), Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977
* John LaFalce (2002), former US Congressman
* Michael Ledeen (2005)
* Lyman L. Lemnitzer (1957, 1963, 1966), former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* Winston Lord (1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1996), former United States Ambassador to China
* William J. Luti (2004), Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy for the National Security Council
* Terry McAuliffe (2002), former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
* John J. McCloy (1958, 1964, 1966), former President of the World Bank
* Gale McGee (1966), former US Senator
* Donald F. McHenry (1986, 1996), former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
* Robert S. McNamara (1968, 1975), former US Secretary of Defense, former President of the World Bank
* Charles Mathias, Jr. (1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984-1993), former US Senator
* Ken Mehlman (2005), former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
* Cord Meyer (1957), CIA official
* George J. Mitchell, former US Senator
* Walter F. Mondale (1974, 1981), former US Vice President, 1977 - 1981
* A. S. Mike Monroney (1966), former US Senator
* Paul H. Nitze (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1966)
* Lauris Norstad (1967), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
* Sam Nunn (1996, 1997[3]), former US Senator
* William Odom (1993), former National Security Agency Director
* Dan Quayle (1990, 1991), former US Vice President, 1989 - 1993
* George Pataki (2006), former Governor of New York
* Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (2008), current United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Claiborne Pell (1992), former US Senator
* Richard Perle (1983, 1985, 2003, 2006, 2008), assistant Secretary of Defense, 1981 - 1987
* Rick Perry (2007), current Governor of Texas
* William J. Perry (1996), former United States Secretary of Defense
* Peter George Peterson (1978), former United States Secretary of Commerce
* Colin L. Powell (1997), former United States Secretary of State
* Larry Pressler (1993), former US Senator
* Lewis Thompson Preston, former President of the World Bank
* Joel Pritchard (1975), former US Congressman
* Marc Racicot (2002), former Chairman, Republican National Committee
* Ralph E. Reed, Jr. (2004), former first executive director of the Christian Coalition
* William K. Reilly (1989), former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
* Henry Reuss (1966, 1971), former US Congressman
* Walter P. Reuther (1966), former U.S. labour leader
* Condoleezza Rice (2008), current United States Secretary of State
* Bill Richardson (1999, 2000), current Governor of New Mexico
* Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (1971), former US Senator
* Alice Rivlin (1984)
* Charles W. Robinson (1975), former Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
* David Rockefeller, original U.S. founding member, life member, and member of the Steering Committee (1954-
* David Rockefeller, Jr. (1989)
* Jay Rockefeller (1971), current US Senator
* Nelson A. Rockefeller (1957, 1974), former US Vice President, 1974 - 1977, former Governor of New York, 1959 - 1973
* Dennis Ross (2004, 2006, 2008)
* Eugene V. Rostow (1967, 1968)
* Walt Whitman Rostow, former National Security Advisor (United States)
* Donald Rumsfeld (1975, 2002), Secretary of Defense, 2001 - 2006
* Dean Rusk (1955, 1957, 1966), former United States Secretary of State
* Mark Sanford (2008), current Governor of South Carolina, also attended the Renaissance Weekend
* Hugh Scott (1961, 1966), former US Senator
* Brent Scowcroft (1985, 1988, 1994), former National Security Advisor (United States)
* Kathleen Sebelius (2007, 2008), current Governor of Kansas
* George P. Shultz (2008), former United States Secretary of State, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Kristen Silverberg (2007), Bureau of International Organization Affairs, part of the State Department
* William E. Simon (1982), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* Walter Bedell Smith, former CIA Director
* Nancy Soderberg (1995)
* Helmut Sonnenfeldt (1974), former U.S. State Department Counselor, former member, National Security Council
* John Sparkman (1955, 1966), former US Senator
* James Steinberg (1994, 2000), former Deputy National Security Advisor
* Adlai Stevenson III (1971), former US Senator
* Robert Schwarz Strauss (1982, 1989, 1990, 1992), former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
* Lawrence Summers (1998, 2002, 2008), former United States Secretary of the Treasury
* John H. Sununu (1990), former Governor of New Hampshire
* Shirley Temple (1982), former United States Ambassador, former child actress
* Laura D'Andrea Tyson (1999)
* Cyrus Vance (1971), former United States Secretary of State
* John M. Vorys (1957, 1966), former US Congressman
* Mark Warner (2005), former Governor of Virginia
* Vin Weber (2007, 2008), former US Congressman
* John C. Whitehead (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989-1997), former United States Deputy Secretary of State
* Christine Todd Whitman (1998), former Governor of New Jersey
* L. Douglas Wilder (1991), former Governor of Virginia, current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
* Alexander Wiley (1957, 1966), former US Senator
* Ross Wilson (ambassador) (2007), current United States Ambassador to Turkey
* Paul Wolfowitz (1990, 1994-1998, 2008), former President of the World Bank
* George David Woods (1966), former President of the World Bank
* Philip D. Zelikow (2007), executive director of the 9/11 Commission and Counselor of the United States Department of State
* Robert Zoellick (1991, 2003, 2006, 2008), former Deputy Secretary of State and current President of the World Bank
Canada
* Lester B. Pearson (1964, 1966, 1968), former Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968
* Pierre Trudeau (1983, 1985), former Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979, 1980 to 1984
* Jean Chrétien (1982, 1996), Canadian Prime Minister, 1993 - 2003
* W. Edmund Clark (1982-2008), TD Ameritrade Bank
* Paul Martin (1996), Canadian Prime Minister, 2003 - 2006
* Stephen Harper (2003), Canadian Prime Minister, 2006 – Present
* Bernard Lord (2001), former Premier of New Brunswick
* Robert L. Stanfield (1968), former Premier of Nova Scotia
* Jason Kenney (2007), Canadian Member of Parliament
* Preston Manning (1998), former leader and founder of the Reform Party of Canada
* Lloyd Axworthy (1996), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
* Kevin G. Lynch (2004), Canadian civil servant
* Frank McKenna (1994, 2006, 2008), former Canadian Ambassador to the United States, former Premier of New Brunswick, current Deputy Chairman of Toronto-Dominion Bank
* Michael Wilson (politician) (1991), current Canadian Ambassador to the United States, former Minister of Finance (Canada), former Minister of International Trade (Canada)
* Marc Lalonde (1977), former Minister of Finance (Canada)
* Jacques Parizeau (1968), former Premier of Quebec
* Robert Bourassa (1971), former Premier of Quebec
* Jean Lesage (1966), former Premier of Quebec
* Mike Harris (1996), former Premier of Ontario
* David Peterson (1990), former Premier of Ontario
* Ralph Klein (1995), former Premier of Alberta
* Peter Lougheed (1973), former Premier of Alberta
* Gerald Regan (1977), former Premier of Nova Scotia
* Paul Joseph James Martin (1957, 1966-1968), former Canadian Senator, former Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada), former Minister of National Health and Welfare (Canada), former Secretary of State for External Affairs (Canada), father of former Prime Minister of Canada,Paul Martin
* Jeanne Sauvé (1974, 1986, 1989), former Governor General of Canada
* Donald S. Macdonald (1971, 1973, 1979-1986, 1988, 1993), former Minister of Finance (Canada), former Minister of National Defence (Canada)
* Allan MacEachen (1983), former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
* Heather Reisman (2006, 2007, 2008), Canadian businesswoman
* Andre Desmarais, Power Corporation of Canada
United Kingdom
* Antony Acland (1988), former British Ambassador to the United States
* Paddy Ashdown (1989), former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats
* Ed Balls (2001-2003), Economic Secretary to the Treasury 2006 - 2007
* John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (1980, 1984, 1986), former Chairman of British Petroleum
* Frederic Bennett (1963, 1964, 1966-1968, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1980, 1984)
* Tony Blair (1993),[5] former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[9]
* Rodric Braithwaite (1993)
* George Brown, Baron George-Brown (1966, 1978)
* Gordon Brown (1991), current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* James Callaghan (1963, 1966), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington (1978, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989-1998), former Secretary-General of NATO
* Kenneth Clarke (1993, 1998,[10] 2006[11] & 2007[12]), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Clement Davies (1954, 1955, 1957), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
* Richard Dearlove (2007), former head of MI6
* Edmund Dell (1978)
* Alec Douglas-Home (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton (1977)
* Charles Forte, Baron Forte (1977)
* Lawrence Freedman (1991), Professor, Oxford University
* Hugh Gaitskell (1954, 1955, 1958), former leader of the Labour Party (UK)
* Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1997)
* Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (2003)
* Jo Grimond (1958, 1966), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
* William Hague (1998), former leader of the Conservative Party (UK), current Shadow Foreign Secretary
* David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (1995, 1998)
* Roy Hattersley (1985)
* Denis Healey, former Secretary of State for Defence 1963-1970, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979 (founding member of Bilderberg)
* Edward Heath (1963, 1966, 1967), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Michael Heseltine (1984), former Secretary of State for Defence
* Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1967)
* John Horam (1975)
* Douglas Hurd (1980, 1981), former British Foreign Secretary
* Roy Jenkins, former President of the European Commission
* Keith Joseph (1977)
* John Keegan (1988), British military historian
* John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard (2004, 2008), member of the House of Lords, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell
* Norman Lamont (1995), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Nigel Lawson (1982, 1990), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester (1977, 1985), former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Reginald Maudling (1955, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1978), former Chancellor of the Exchequer
* John Monks (1996) , former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
* Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1965, 1966)
* Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones (2004)
* John Nott (1977), former Secretary of State for Defence
* David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1958, 1966), former British Ambassador to the United States
* George Osborne (2006)[13] Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2004-Present; member of the opposition 2001-Present
* David Owen (1973, 1982, 1993), former British Foreign Secretary
* Cecil Parkinson (1989), former Chairman of the Conservative Party
* Enoch Powell (1968)
* Christopher Price (UK politician), former Labour Party (UK) Member of Parliament, former member of the European Parliament
* Giles Radice, Baron Radice (1995)
* William Rees-Mogg (1993)
* Sir Malcolm Rifkind (1986, 1996), former British Foreign Secretary
* Geoffrey Rippon (1974)
* William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank (1974)
* Eric Roll (1964, 1966, 1967, 1973-1975, 1977-1999) (Bilderberg Steering Committee),[14] Department of Economic Affairs, 1964, later Bilderberg Group Chairman
* John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)
* Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations (1985, 1986, 1993)
* John Smith (UK politician) (1986, 1989, 1991), former leader of the British Labour Party
* David Steel (1986), former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
* Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1964, 1966)
* Norman Tebbit (1985)
* Margaret Thatcher (1975),[15] former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1971)
* Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
* William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (1987, 1988, 1990, 1995)
* George Weidenfeld (1992)
* Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (2002, 2003)
* Harold Wilson (1966), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* David Young, Baron Young of Graffham (1985, 1986)
* Kenneth Younger (1966)
Ireland
* John Bruton (1998), former Prime Minister of Ireland
* Garret FitzGerald (1975, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987), former Prime Minister of Ireland
* Paul Gallagher (2008), Attorney General of Ireland
* Michael McDowell (1992, 2007), founding member of the Progressive Democrats of Ireland
Germany
* Egon Bahr (1968, 1971, 1982, 1987), German Minister, creator of the Ostpolitik
* Rainer Barzel (1966), former German opposition leader
* Kurt Biedenkopf (1992), former Prime Minister of Saxony
* Max Brauer (1954, 1955, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Mayor of Hamburg
* Birgit Breuel (1973, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1994), chairwoman of Treuhandanstalt
* Andreas von Bülow (1978), former Minister of Research of Germany
* Karl Carstens (1971), former President of Germany
* Klaus von Dohnanyi (1975, 1977), former Mayor of Hamburg
* Ursula Engelen-Kefer (1998), former chairwoman of the German Confederation of Trade Unions
* Björn Engholm (1991), former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
* Ludwig Erhard (1966), former Chancellor of Germany
* Fritz Erler (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), Socialist Member of Parliament
* Joschka Fischer (2008), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Germany)
* Herbert Giersch (1975), Director, Institut fur Weltwirtschaft an der Universitat Kiel
* Helmut Haussmann (1979, 1980, 1990, 1996), former Minister of Economics of Germany
* Wolfgang Ischinger (1998, 2002, 2008), former German Ambassador to Washington
* Helmut Kohl (1980, 1982, 1988), former Chancellor of Germany
* Walter Leisler Kiep (1974, 1975, 1977, 1980), former Treasurer of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
* Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1955, 1957, 1966), former Chancellor of Germany
* Hans Klein (1986), Member of German Bundestag
* Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1980, 1983, 1984), former Minister of Economics of Germany
* Karl Lamers (1995), Member of the German Bundestag
* Angela Merkel (2005), current Chancellor of Germany
* Alois Mertes (1983, 1985)
* Siegmar Mosdorf (2001), Secretary of State for Economics in Germany
* Alfred Müller-Armack (1966), Secretary of State for Economics in Germany
* Volker Perthes (2008), Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
* Friedbert Pflüger (2005, 2006), Member of the German Bundestag
* Ruprecht Polenz (2002), Member of the German Bundestag
* Volker Rühe (1983, 1991-1994), former Defense Minister of Germany
* Rudolf Scharping, former Defense Minister of Germany
* Wolfgang Schäuble (2003), current Minister of Internal Affairs of Germany
* Walter Scheel (1981-84, 1986), former President of Germany
* Karl Schiller (1966), former Finance Minister of Germany
* Otto Schily (2003-2006), former Minister of Internal Affairs of Germany
* Carlo Schmid (1955, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Vice President of the Federal Parliament
* Helmut Schmidt (1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1986), former Chancellor of Germany
* Gerhard Schröder (CDU) (1971, 1974), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Germany), former Minister of Defence (Germany)
* Gerhard Stoltenberg (1966, 1968), former Minister of Germany and Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein
* Franz Josef Strauß (1963, 1966), former Minister of Germany and Prime Minister of Bavaria
* Lothar Späth (1993), former Prime Minister of Baden-Wurttemberg
* Erwin Teufel (1991), former Prime Minister of Baden-Wurttemberg
* Henning Voscherau (1996), former Mayor of Hamburg
* Richard von Weizsäcker (1978), former President of Germany
* Guido Westerwelle (2007), leader of the Free Democratic Party of Germany
* Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1971, 1973, 1974, 1978), former Secretary of State in the Chancellor's Office of Germany
* Matthias Wissmann (1998, 2004, 2005), former Minister of Research of Germany
Austria
* Otto von Habsburg, Archduke and Crown Prince of Austria
* Alfred Gusenbauer (2002, 2006), current Chancellor of Austria
* Wolfgang Schussel (1984), former Chancellor of Austria
* Franz Vranitzky (1975, 1979, 1986-1991, 1993, 1995-1999), former Austrian Chancellor
* Bruno Kreisky (1979), former Austrian Chancellor
* Thomas Klestil (1988), former President of Austria
* Martin Bartenstein (2006), Austrian Minister for Economy and Labour
* Josef Krainer (1989), former Governor of Styria
Switzerland
* Flavio Cotti (1994-1997), former President of the Swiss Confederation
* Pascal Couchepin (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005), current President of the Swiss Confederation
* Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1995), former President of the Swiss Confederation
* Max Petitpierre (1963, 1966), former President of the Swiss Confederation
* Jacob Kellenberger (1993), former Swiss State Secretary of Foreign Affairs
* Sigmund Widmer (1975), former Mayor of Zürich
* Denis de Rougemont (1954, 1955, 1966)
France
* Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1968, 2003), former President of the French Republic
* Lionel Jospin (1996), former Prime Minister of France
* Georges Pompidou (1966), former President of the French Republic
* Dominique de Villepin (2003), former Prime Minister of France
* Laurent Fabius (1994), former Prime Minister of France
* Michel Rocard (1986), former Prime Minister of France
* Pierre Bérégovoy (1992), former Prime Minister of France
* Edouard Balladur (1987), former Prime Minister of France
* Raymond Barre (1983), former Prime Minister of France
* Edgar Faure (1974), former Prime Minister of France
* René Pleven (1963, 1966), former Prime Minister of France
* Pierre Mendes-France (1968), former Prime Minister of France
* Antoine Pinay (1954, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1966), former Prime Minister of France
* Jean-Bernard Raimond (1994), former French Foreign Minister
* Jean Francois-Poncet (1982, 1985, 1988), former French Foreign Minister
* Michel Barnier (2007), former French Foreign Minister
* Hubert Védrine (1987, 1992, 2008), former French Foreign Minister
* Bernard Kouchner (2005), current Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)
* Manuel Valls (2008), French Member of Parliament
* Jean-Pierre Jouyet (2008), French Minister of European Affairs
* Jean-Pierre Chevenement (1984, 1990), former Minister of Defense (France)
* Jacques Attali (1975), French economist and scholar and former presidential adviser of France's socialist government
* Gaston Defferre (1964, 1966), former Mayor of Marseille
* Maurice Herzog (1974), former Mayor of Chamonix
* Philippe Seguin (1990), former Mayor of Epinal
* Jean-Pierre Cot (1977), French politician, former Mayor of Coise
* Olivier Guichard (1966, 1977), French politician, former French Minister of Justice
* Guy Mollet (1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1966), former Socialist Prime Minister of France
* Maurice Faure (1955, 1963, 1966)
* Jacques Rueff (1958, 1966)
Belgium
* Paul Van Zeeland (1955-1958, 1966), former Prime Minister of Belgium
* Theo Lefevre (1967), former Prime Minister of Belgium
* Leo Tindemans (1980), former Prime Minister of Belgium
* Wilfried Martens (1989-1991, 1993), former Prime Minister of Belgium
* Jean-Luc Dehaene (2004), former Prime Minister of Belgium
* Philippe Maystadt (1996), former Belgian Minister of Finance
Netherlands
* Jan-Peter Balkenende (2008), current Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 2002 - present
* Ruud Lubbers (1983, 1991, 1992, 1994), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982 - 1994
* Wim Kok (1993, 2003), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1994 - 2002
* Barend Biesheuvel (1968), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1971 - 1973
* Jelle Zijlstra (1966, 1975), former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1966 - 1967
* Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (1974, 1981), former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Max van der Stoel (1980), former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1973 - 1977, 1981 - 1982
* Jozias van Aartsen (2005), former Dutch Minister of Agriculture, 1994 - 1998, former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1998 - 2002
* Maxime Verhagen (2006, 2008), current Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2007 - present
* Frank Heemskerk (2007), Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade
* Frans Timmermans (2008), Dutch Minister of European Affairs
* Klaas de Vries (2003), Dutch Member of Parliament
* Ivo Samkalden (1963, 1966), former Mayor of Amsterdam
* Harold Goddijn (2008), CEO of TomTom
Italy
* Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1987), former President of the Italian Republic, former Governor of the Banca d'Italia
* Francesco Cossiga (1977), former President of the Italian Republic
* Amintore Fanfani (1955, 1956, 1966), former Italian Prime Minister
* Alcide de Gasperi (1954), former Italian Prime Minister
* Claudio Martelli, former Italian Minister of Justice
* Gianni De Michelis (1991), former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa (1986, 1998, 1999, 2008), former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance
* Romano Prodi (Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s), former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Commission
* Virginio Rognoni (1982, 1991), former Italian Minister of Defense
* Mariano Rumor (1966), former Italian Prime Minister
* Domenico Siniscalco (1998), former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance
* Giulio Tremonti (2000), current Italian Minister of Economy and Finance
* Walter Veltroni (1996), former Mayor of Rome
* Giorgio La Malfa (1974, 1975), former Member of Parliament
* Guido Colonna di Paliano (1974), former Italian politician and European Commissioner
Spain
* Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma (1999, 2000), president of Madrid
* Joaquin Almunia (1998, 2008), European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs
* Enrique Barón (1988), former President of European Parliament
* Jaime de Carvajal y Urquijo (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998), CEO, Ford Spain, Ericsson Spain and Banco Urquijo.
* Juan Luis Cebrián (1988, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), former director of newspaper El País, CEO, Grupo Prisa
* Guillermo de la Dehesa (1989, 1993), CEO, Banco Pastor
* Carlos Ferret Salat (1993), banker
* Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1977), politician, former Secretary General, Alianza Popular
* Felipe Gonzalez (1989), former Prime Minister of Spain (1982-1996)
* Loyola de Palacio (2005), former European Commissioner for Transport
* Jesús de Polanco (1989), CEO, media group PRISA
* Jordi Pujol (1991), former president of Catalonia
* Rodrigo Rato (1992, 1994), former Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance, and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
* Eduardo Serra Rexach (2004), former Minister of Defense
* Matías Rodríguez Inciarte (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001-2008), Deputy CEO, Grupo Santander
* Miguel Boyer Salvador (1989), former Finance Minister of Spain
* Miguel Sebastián Gascón (2005), former Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister and Minister of Industry (2008-...)
* Narcís Serra (1990, 1991, 1992), former Minister of Defense, former Vice President of Spain.
* Javier Solana (1985, 1998, 2000), Secretary-General of the Council of the EU, former Secretary-General of NATO
* Pedro Solbes Mira (1999), Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance
* Federico Trillo-Figueroa Martínez-Conde (1995), former Minister of Defense and former president of National Parliament of Spain
* Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996), Spanish Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
* Emilio de Ybarra y Clurruca (1988, 1989), former CEO, BBVA
* Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2004), Prime Minister of Spain (2004-...)
* Juan Carlos I de Borbón y Borbón (1989), King of Spain
* Queen Sofía de Grecia (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003-2005), Queen of Spain, wife of Juan Carlos I, King of Spain
Portugal
* Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995-2008) , former Prime Minister of Portugal, 1981 - 1983 and CEO of Impresa media group
* António Guterres (1990, 2005), former Prime Minister of Portugal, currently the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
* Pedro Santana Lopes (2004), former Prime Minister of Portugal
* José Sócrates (2004), current Prime Minister of Portugal
* Jorge Sampaio (1989, 1999), former President of Portugal
* Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (2003), former Leader of the Socialist Party
* António Costa (2008), current Mayor of Lisbon
* Rui Rio (2008), current Mayor of Porto
* Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco (2006),[16] Member of Parliament (PSD)
* Augusto Santos Silva (2006),[16] Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
* Rui Machete (1989), former Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal
* Joaquim do Amaral (1999), Member of Parliament
* Manuel Sarmento Rodrigues (1966)
Greece
* Kostas Karamanlis (1998), current Prime Minister of Greece
* Constantine Mitsotakis (1993), former Prime Minister of Greece
* Georgios Alogoskoufis (2008), current Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)
* Dora Bakoyannis (2003), current Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece), former Mayor of Athens
* Anna Diamantopoulou (2008), Member of Parliament in Greece and former EU Commissioner
* George Andreas Papandreou (1998), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece), President of the Socialist International
* Gerasimos Arsenis (1994), former Minister of Defense of Greece
* Stefanos Manos (1986, 1993, 2001), Greek politician
* Andreas Andrianopoulos (1988), former Mayor of Piraeus
Turkey
* Süleyman Demirel (1975), former Prime Minister of Turkey
* Bülent Ecevit (1975), former Prime Minister of Turkey
* Adnan Menderes (1956), former Prime Minister of Turkey
* Mesut Yilmaz (1990), former Prime Minister of Turkey
* Selim Sarper (1966), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
* İsmail Cem (1989, 1998), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
* Hikmet Çetin (1995, 2007), former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP)
* Emre Gönensay (1992, 1996, 2007), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
* Ali Babacan (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008), current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
Sweden
* Fredrik Reinfeldt (2006), Prime Minister of Sweden, 2006 - present
* Carl Bildt[3] (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006-2008), former Prime Minister of Sweden and current Minister for Foreign Affairs
* Olof Palme (1962, 1966, 1973, 1975, 1984), former Prime Minister of Sweden
* Percy Barnevik (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001), Businessman
* Mona Sahlin (1996), Chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Invited by Percy Barnevik)
* Thorbjörn Fälldin (1978), former Prime Minister of Sweden
* Tage Erlander (1962, 1966), former Prime Minister of Sweden
* Leif Pagrotsky (2001), former Swedish Minister for Education, Research and Culture [1];
* Anders Borg (2007), current Minister for Finance of Sweden
* Herbert Tingsten (1954, 1955, 1966), former Chief Editor, Dagens Nyheter
* Martin Waldenström (1955), Industrialist
* Björn Lundvall (1968, 1975, 1977-1980) (LM Ericsson)
* Anna Lindh (2003), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
* Göran Persson (2001), former Prime Minister of Sweden
* Gunnar Sträng (1973), former Minister for Finance of Sweden
* Krister Wickman (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
* Hans Blix (1989), former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
* Maud Olofsson (2008), Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Norway
* Gro Harlem Brundtland (1982, 1983), former Prime Minister of Norway
* Kåre Willoch (1966, 1968, 1982, 1987), former Prime Minister of Norway
* Trygve Bratteli (1977), former Prime Minister of Norway
* Jens Stoltenberg, (2002), current Prime Minister of Norway
* Siv Jensen (2006), Chairman Fremskrittspartiet
* Johann Olav Koss (2006)
* Halvard Lange (1964), former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
* Ole Myrvoll (1974), former Minister of Finance (Norway), former Mayor of Bergen
* Svein Gjedrem (2003), Chairman of Norges Bank 1999 - present
* Dagfinn Varvik (1975), former Chairman, Centre Party (Norway)
Denmark
* Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2000), current Prime Minister of Denmark
* Mogens Lykketoft (1998), former leader of the Social Democrats of Denmark
* Tøger Seidenfaden (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999), editor-in-chief of Danish newspaper "Politiken"
* Ritt Bjerregaard (1991, 1995), former Danish Secretary of Education, EU Commissioner and currently Mayor of Copenhagen
* Anders Eldrup (2001-2007, 2008), CEO, Danish Oil and Gas Corporation (DONG)[citation needed]
* Flemming Rose (2008), editor, Jyllands-Posten
Finland
* Jaakko Iloniemi (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990-1997)
* Ilkka Suominen (1988)
* Aatos Erkko (1991)
* Jarl Köhler (1992-1994)
* Ulf L. Sundqvist (1992)
* Johannes Koroma (1993)
* Jorma Ollila (1994, 1997-2008), former CEO of Nokia
* Krister Ahlström (1994)
* Georg Ehrnrooth (1994)
* Sirkka Hämäläinen (1994)
* Jaakko Ihamuotila (1994)
* Max Jakobson (1975, 1994)
* Gerhard M. H. Wendt (1994)
* Jukka Harmaja (1995)
* Björn Mattsson (1995)
* Pertti Voutilainen (1995)
* Janne Virkkunen (1998, 2001)
* Olli-Pekka Heinonen (2001)
* Christoffer Taxell (2002)
* Teija H. Tiilikainen (2002-2007)
* Olli Kivinen (2003)
* Björn Whalroos (2003)
* Paula Lehtomäki (2004)
* Erkki Liikanen (1999, 2005)
* Matti Vanhala (1999)
* Pentti Vartia (1999)
* Mikael Pentikäinen (2005)
* Eero Heinäluoma (2006)
* Sixten Korkman (2006)
* Atte Jääskeläinen (2007)
* Kalevi Sorsa (1990), former Prime Minister of Finland
* Esko Aho (1994), former Prime Minister of Finland
* Paavo Lipponen (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004), former Prime Minister of Finland
* Matti Vanhanen, current Prime Minister of Finland
* Martti Ahtisaari (1994, 1995, 1996), former President of Finland
* Sauli Niinistö (1997)[3], former Minister of Finance (Finland), Speaker of Parliament
* Jyrki Katainen (2007), current Minister of Finance (Finland)
Iceland
* Davíð Oddsson (1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999), former Prime Minister of Iceland, 1991-2004
* Geir Hallgrímsson (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984-1988, 1990), former Prime Minister of Iceland
* Björn Bjarnason (1977, 1978, 1982-1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995), vice editor of Morgunblaðið (1984 - 1991), Icelandic Minister of Education (1995 - 2002), current Minister for Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (since 2003)
Russia
* Anatoly Chubais (1998), Russian politician
* Grigory Alexeyevich Yavlinsky (2004), Russian politician
Slovakia
* Ivan Mikloš (2005), former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia
Czech Republic
* Karel Schwarzenberg (2008), Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Jiří Pehe (2001), Director, New York University in Prague; former advisor to President Václav Havel
* Michael Žantovský (1999), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security, Czech Senate, presently Czech Ambassador in Israel
* Karel Kovanda (1998), Head of Mission of the Czech Republic to NATO and the WEU, presently Deputy Director General responsible for CFSP, Multilateral Relations and North America, East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, EEA, EFTA
Poland
* Joseph Retinger (1954-1960), founder of Bilderberg Group
* Hanna Suchocka (1998), first woman Prime Minister of Poland
* Andrzej Olechowski (1994-1999, 2003), former leader of Civic Platform
* Aleksander Kwaśniewski (2008), former President of Poland
Hungary
* János Martonyi (2008), former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor of International Trade Law, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
* Gyorgy Suranyi (1996, 1997, 1999), former President, Hungarian National Bank
Israel
* Natan Sharansky (2005)
Iran
* Mahmood Sariolghalam (2006)
Iraq
* Ahmed Chalabi (2006)
New Zealand
* Thomas Clifton Webb (1955)
EU Commissioners
European Union Commissioners who have attended include:
* Joaquin Almunia (1998, 2008), European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs
* José Manuel Barroso (1994, 2003), current President of the European Commission
* Ritt Bjerregaard (1991, 1995), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen and former European Commissioner for Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection[9]
* Frederik Bolkestein (1996, 2003),[17] former European Commissioner
* Emma Bonino (1998)
* Leon Brittan (1992, 1998)
* Hans van den Broek (1986, 1988, 1991, 1995),[9] former European Commissioner
* David Byrne (politician) (2005), former European Commissioner
* Henning Christophersen (1979, 1982, 1983)
* Étienne Davignon (1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994-2008), Bilderberg conference chairman in 2005
* Jacques Delors (1992), former President of the European Commission
* Franz Fischler (2001), former European Commissioner
* Walter Hallstein (1955, 1958, 1966), former President of the European Commission
* Neelie Kroes (2005 - 2008), present Commissioner for Competition
* Pascal Lamy (2003)[17]
* Erkki Liikanen (1999, 2005)
* Franco Maria Malfatti (1964, 1966, 1974), former President of the European Commission
* Peter Mandelson (1999[18])
* Sicco Mansholt (1963, 1964, 1966), former President of the European Commission
* Robert Marjolin (1966), former European Commissioner
* Charlie McCreevy (2008), European Commissioner
* Karel Van Miert (1993), former European Commissioner
* Mario Monti (1983-1994, 1996, 1999, 2003[17]) ,former and/or present member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee[9]
* Francois-Xavier Ortoli (1977), former President of the European Commission
* Filippo Pandolfi (1989)
* Lord Patten of Barnes (2007)
* Andris Piebalgs (2006), European Commissioner for Energy
* Romano Prodi, Steering Committee Member of Bilderberg in the 1980s
* Olli Rehn (2007), European Commissioner for Enlargement
* Jean Rey (1966), former President of the European Commission
* Jacques Santer (1991), former President of the European Commission
* Henri Simonet (1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982), former Vice Chairman of the European Commission
* Javier Solana (1985, 1998, 2000), High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary-General of both the Council of the European Union (EU) and the Western European Union (WEU)
* Pedro Solbes (1999)
* Gaston Thorn, former President of the European Commission
* Günter Verheugen (1995)
* António Vitorino (1996)
UN, WTO, NATO and other International Organizations
* Josette Sheeran (2007), Executive Director of United Nations World Food Programme
* Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations Secretary-General
* Kemal Derviş (2002), current United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator
* Ad Melkert (1996), current UNDP Associate Administrator
* Thorvald Stoltenberg (1973, 1982, 1994, 1995), former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
* Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1955, 1966), Pakistani politician, diplomat and international jurist
* Knut Vollebæk (2008), OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
* Eric Wyndham White (1964, 1966), former Director-General of the World Trade Organization
* Arthur Dunkel (1991), former Director-General of the World Trade Organization
* Mike Moore (2000), former Director-General of the World Trade Organization
* Renato Ruggiero (1986, 1987, 1990-1996), former Director-General of the World Trade Organization
* Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (2003, 2008), current Secretary General of NATO
* George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1998), former Secretary General of NATO[9]
* Willy Claes (1994, 1995, 2003), former Secretary General of NATO
* Manfred Wörner (1982, 1985, 1990-1993), former Secretary General of NATO
* Joseph Luns (1964, 1966-1968, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977, 1978-1984), former Secretary General of NATO
* Manlio Brosio (1965-1967), former Secretary General of NATO
* Dirk Stikker (1964, 1966), former Secretary General of NATO
* Paul-Henri Spaak (1963, 1966), former Secretary General of NATO
* Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1955), former Secretary General of NATO
Military
* Terence Airey (1955, 1966), Military Governor of Trieste
* Colin Gubbins (1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966), head of the British SOE
* Hans Speidel (1964, 1966), former World War II and Cold War general
Corporate
Financial institutions
* Hermann Josef Abs (1958, 1966), former Chairman of Deutsche Bank
* Josef Ackermann (2005, 2008), CEO of Deutsche Bank
* Wilfrid S. Baumgartner (1963-1968, 1971, 1974, 1975), former Governor, Banque de France
* Ben S. Bernanke (2008), current Chairman of the Federal Reserve
* Michel Camdessus, former IMF Managing Director
* Guido Carli (1958, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1977, 1987), former Governor of the Banca d'Italia
* Tim Collins (financier) (2003, 2008), founder, Chief Executive Officer of Ripplewood Holdings LLC
* E. Gerald Corrigan (1994), former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, current Goldman Sachs Managing Director
* Mario Draghi (1994, 1995, 2004, 2008), current Governor of the Banca d'Italia
* Wim Duisenberg (1977, 1978-1983, 1986), former President of the European Central Bank
* Otmar Emminger (1966), former President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
* Timothy F. Geithner (2004, 2008), current President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* Dermot Gleeson (1995, 2008), Chairman of Allied Irish Banks
* Alan Greenspan (2002), former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
* Alfred Herrhausen (1978-1985, 1987, 1988), German banker, former Chairman of Deutsche Bank
* Kenneth Jacobs (2007, 2008), Deputy Chairman, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
* Per Jacobsson (1957), former IMF Managing Director
* James A. Johnson (businessman) (1998, 2008), Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
* Mervyn A. King (2003), current Governor of the Bank Of England
* Cyril Kleinwort (1966, 1971), former Chairman, Kleinwort Benson
* Hilmar Kopper (1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998-2003, 2005), former CEO of Deutsche Bank
* Alexandre Lamfalussy (1983, 1986, 1988, 1992), former General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements
* Thomas S. Lamont (1957), former Vice Chairman, Morgan Guaranty Trust
* Jacques de Larosière (1982), former Governor of the Banque de France
* Rene Larre (1974), former Director, Bank for International Settlements
* William J McDonough (1997)[3], former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* Tom McKillop (2008), Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
* Karl Otto Pöhl (1982, 1991), former President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
* Jürgen Ponto (1975), German banker, former Chairman of Dresdner Bank
* John Francis Prideaux (1974), former Chairman, National Westminster Bank
* Louis Rasminsky (1968), former Governor of the Bank of Canada
* Rodrigo Rato (1992, 1994), former IMF Managing Director
* Gordon Richardson (1966, 1975),[20] former Governor of the Bank of England
* David Rockefeller, CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank
* Robert Roosa (1966), former Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman
* Emma Rothschild (1995)
* Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (1983, 1998)
* Guy de Rothschild (1974)
* Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
* Lynn Forester de Rothschild (1998)
* Rudolf Scholten (1992, 1999-2001, 2003-2008), CEO of Oesterreichische Kontrollbank
* Pierre-Paul Schweitzer (1964, 1966), former IMF Managing Director
* George Soros (1990, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
* Dominique Strauss-Kahn (2000), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and member of the social-democrat Socialist Party of France