Carl Bildt

Bildt was born in the southern city of Halmstad, Sweden. In 1969, he entered the Department of Politics at Stockholm University to study. After graduating in 1973, he served as the Political Secretary of the Swedish Conservative Party headquarters. In 1979, he was promoted to the position of Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, elected as a member of parliament in the same year, and served until 2001. In 1986, he was elected to replace Ulf Adelson as the chairman of the moderate party, in order to revitalize the then opposition moderate party and become Sweden's youngest political leader. Defeated the Swedish Social Democratic Party in the 1991 election. After the Swedish general election in September 1991, a four party coalition government led by the Conservative Party was formed. He was appointed as Prime Minister and resigned from his position until the failed election in September 1994. During his tenure as Prime Minister, the Bildt government implemented significant free economic reforms and negotiated and signed member state agreements with the European Union. The reforms he implemented in the early and mid-1990s laid the foundation for Sweden's subsequent economic development. Bildt was an early advocate of emerging information and communication technology (ICT). In 1994, he exchanged emails with President Clinton, marking the first communication between heads of government\/state in this form. On June 9, 1995, EU heads of government unanimously agreed to appoint Carl Bildt as the EU mediator for the former Yugoslavia, replacing Owen, who resigned due to disappointment at the lack of progress in international mediation of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Bildt has visited Bosnia and Herzegovina multiple times to mediate and coordinate the resolution of the Bosnia and Herzegovina issue. At the same time, he also served as one of the two chairpersons of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. In 1999, Bildt resigned as the leader of the Swedish moderate party and left parliament in 2000. Afterwards, he remained active on the boards of directors and different international think tanks in Sweden and the United States. On October 6, 2006, Sweden's new Prime Minister, Frederick Reinfeldt, formed his cabinet and appointed Carl Bildt as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. During his tenure, he was considered one of the most outstanding and outspoken foreign ministers in Europe. He is one of the initiators of the EU Eastern Partnership Program and has played a catalytic role in promoting the EU's resolution of the Middle East issue. Bildt holds advisory positions in numerous international organizations, including the European Reform Center, the Aspen Institute in Italy, and the European Rand Corporation. At the same time, he remains committed to promoting the role of social media in international diplomacy.