Nils Daniel Carl Bildt 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.
Carl Bildt in 2016
Bildt (right) and Richard Holbrooke before peace talks in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in October 1995
Bildt meeting former US President Bill Clinton at Grand Hotel in Stockholm on 15 May 2001
Bildt with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington, D.C., on 24 October 2006.
The Moderate Party, commonly referred to as the Moderates, is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Globally, it is a full member of the International Democracy Union and the European People's Party.
An election poster from the party in 1914 stating that military defense comes first.
The second cabinet of Arvid Lindman in 1928.
Jarl Hjalmarsson, leader of the party between 1950 and 1961.
Carl Bildt, leader of the party between 1986 and 1999, was Foreign Minister between 2006 and 2014.
