2005 Bilderberg Meeting
Appearance
The 2005 meeting of the Bilderberg Group took place at the Dorint Sofitel Seehotel Überfahrt, in Rottach-Egern, Germany, from May 5 to May 8 2005.[1] Among the guests were the German chancellor at the time, Gerhard Schröder, and his successor, Angela Merkel, who was elected as chancellor later that year.
According to Daniel Estulin, these topics were discussed during this Bilderberg meeting: Iran, Iraq, The Middle East, Non-Proliferation, Asia, Economic Problems, Russia, European-American relations.[2]
Alphabetic list of participants
Occupations and nationality appear in this list as appeared on the press release, which was transcribed on several websites.[3] ==
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- Jozias J. van Aartsen, Netherlands, Parliamentary Leader, Liberal Party (VVD)
- Ziad Abu-Amr, Palestine, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council; President of the Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University
- Josef Ackermann, Germany, Chairman, Group Executive Committee. Deutsche Bank AG
- Joaquin Almunia Amann, International, Commissioner, European Commission
- George Alogoskoufis, Greece, Minister of Economy and Finance
- Ali Babacan, Turkey, Minister of Economic Affairs
b
- Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portugal, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
- José M. Durão Barroso, International, President, European Commission
- Erik Belfrage, Sweden, Senior Vice President, SEB
- Franco Bernabè, Italy, Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe
- Nicolas Beytout, France, Editor-in-Chief, Le Figaro
- Oscar Bronner, Austria, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
- John Browne, UK, Group Chief Executive, BP plc
- Hubert Burda, Germany, Chairman of the Board of Management, Hubert Burda Media
- David Byrne, Ireland, WHO Special Envoy on Global Communicable Diseases; Former Commissioner, European Commission
c
- Philippe Camus, France, CEO, EADS
- Henri de Castries, France, Chairman of the Board, AXA
- Juan Luis Cebrián, Spain, CEO, PRISA
- Timothy C. Collins, USA, Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
- Bertrand Collomb, France, Chairman, Lafarge
- Pascal Couchepin, Switzerland, Head, Department of Home Affairs
d
- George A. David, Greece, Chairman, Coca-Cola HBC S.A.
- (Honorary Chairman) Etienne Davignon, Belgium, Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel
- Thérèse Delpech, France, Director for Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission
- Anna Diamantopoulou, Greece, Member of Parliament
- Arthur W.H. Docters van Leeuwen, Netherlands, Chairman of the Executive Board, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
- Thomas E. Donilon, USA, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLC
- Mathias Döpfner, Germany, CEO, Axel Springer AG
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- Anders Eldrup, Denmark, President, DONG A/S
- John Elkann, Italy, Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
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- Martin S. Feldstein, USA, President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research
- William C. Ford, Jr., USA, Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company
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- Timothy F. Geithner, USA, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Imregul Gencer, Turkey, Member of the Board, Global Investment Holding
- Eival Gilady, Israel, Strategic Advisor to Prime Minister Sharon
- Dermot Gleeson, Ireland, Chairman, AIB Group
- Donald E. Graham, USA, Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
- Bjørn T. Grydeland, Norway, Ambassador to the EU
- António Guterres, Portugal, Former Prime Minister; President, Socialist International
h
- Richard N. Haass, USA, President, Council on Foreign Relations
- Victor Halberstadt, Netherlands, Professor of Economics, Leiden University
- Jean-Pierre Hansen, Belgium, CEO, Suez-Tractebel S.A.
- Hans Peter Haselsteiner, Austria, CEO, Bauholding Strabag SE (Societas Europea)
- Connie Hedegaard, Denmark, Minister for the Environment
- Richard C. Holbrooke, USA, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
- Jaap G. de Hoop Scheffer, International, Secretary General, NATO
- Allan B. Hubbard, USA, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
- Jan Huyghebaert, Belgium, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
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- James A. Johnson, USA, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
- James L. Jones, International, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., USA, Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
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- John M. Keane, USA, President, GSI, LLC; General, US Army, Retired
- John Kerr, UK, Director, Shell, Rio Tinto, Scottish American Investment Trust
- Henry A. Kissinger, USA, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
- Klaus Kleinfeld, Germany, President and CEO, Siemens AG
- Mustafa V. Koç, Turkey, Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
- Hilmar Kopper, Germany, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, DaimlerChrysler AG
- Bernard Kouchner, France, Director, "Santé et développement", CNAM
- Henry R. Kravis, USA, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
- Marie-Josée Kravis, USA, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
- Neelie Kroes, International, Commissioner, European Commission
- André Kudelski, Switzerland, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kudelski Group
l
- Pascal Lamy, France, President, Notre Europe; Former Commissioner, European Commission
- Michael A. Ledeen, USA, American Enterprise Institute
- Erkki Liikanen, Finland, Governor and Chairman of the Board, Bank of Finland
- Geir Lundestad, Norway, Director, Norwegian Nobel Institute; Secretary, Norwegian Nobel Committee
- William J. Luti, USA, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
- Mogens Lykketoft, Denmark, Chairman, Social Democratic Party
m
- Irshad Manji, Canada, Author/Founder of "Project Ijtihad”
- Jessica T. Mathews, USA, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Bruce Mau, Canada, Bruce Mau Design
- Frank McKenna, Canada, Ambassador to the US
- Mark C. Medish, USA, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Kenneth B. Mehlman, USA, Chairman, Republican National Committee
- Angela Merkel, Germany, Chairman, CDU; Chairman CDU/CSU-Fraction
- (Rapporteur) R. John Micklethwait, UK, United States Editor, The Economist
- Miklos, Ivan, Slovakia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Thierry de Montbrial, France, President, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
- Mario Monti, International, President, Bocconi University; Former Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
- Heather Munroe-Blum, Canada, Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University
- Egil Myklebust, Norway, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SAS
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- Matthias Nass, Germany, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
- Elena Nemirovskaya, Russia, Founder and Director, Moscow School of Political Studies
- H.M. the Queen of The Netherlands
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- Andrzej Olechowski, Poland, Leader Civic Platform
- Jorma Ollila, Finland, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Nokia Corporation
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- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, International, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Loyola de Palacio, Spain, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Partido Popular
- George A. Papandreou, Greece, President, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
- Frank H. Pearl, USA, Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
- Norman Pearlstine, USA, Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc.
- Mikael Pentikäinen, Finland, President, Sanoma Corporation
- Richard N. Perle, USA, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Friedbert Pflüger, Germany, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion
- H.R.H. Prince Philippe, Belgium
- J. Robert S. Prichard, Canada, President. Torstar Media Group and CEO, Torstar Corporation
r
- Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, International, Managing Director, IMF
- Heather Reisman, Canada, President and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
- David Rockefeller, USA, Member, JP Morgan International Council
- Judith Rodin, USA, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Matias Rodriguez Inciarte, Spain, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander
- Dennis B. Ross, USA, Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Olivier Roy, France, Senior Researcher, CNRS
s
- Nuno Morais Sarmento, Portugal, Former Minister of State and of Presidency; Member of Parliament
- Paolo Scaroni, Italy, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Enel S.p.A.
- Otto Schily, Germany, Minister of the Interior
- Rudolf Scholten, Austria, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Jürgen E. Schrempp, Germany, Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG
- Ekkehard D. Schulz, Germany, Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG
- Miguel Sebastián Gascón, Spain, Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister
- Natan Sharansky, Israel, Former Minister for Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs
- Domenico Siniscalco, Italy, Minister for Economy and Finance
- Robert Skidelsky, UK, Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University
- H.M. the Queen of Spain
- Peter D. Sutherland, Ireland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, BP p.l.c.
- Jacek Szwajcowski, Poland, CEO, Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna
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- (Honorary Secretary General) J. Martin Taylor, UK, International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International
- Teija H. Tiilikainen, Finland, Director, University of Helsinki, Network for European Studies
- Michel Tilmant, Netherlands, Chairman, ING N.V.
- Jean-Claude Trichet, International, Governor, European Central Bank
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- Cüneyt Ülsever, Turkey, Columnist, Hürriyet
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- Daniel L. Vasella, Switzerland, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
- Jeroen van der Veer, Netherlands, Chairman Committee of.Managing Directors, Royal Dutch Shell Group
- John Vinocur, USA, Senior Correspondent, International Herald Tribune
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- Jacob Wallenberg, Sweden, Chairman of the Board, Investor AB; Vice-Chairman, SEB
- Mark R. Warner, USA, Governor of Virginia
- Peter Weinberg, UK, CEO, Goldman Sachs International
- Matthias Wissmann, Germany, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion
- Martin H. Wolf, UK, Asscociate Editor and Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
- James D. Wolfensohn, International/USA, President, The World Bank
- Paul Wolfowitz, USA, President designate, The World Bank
- (Rapporteur) Adrian D. Wooldridge, UK, Foreign Correspondent, The Economist
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- Fareed Zakaria, USA, Editor, Newsweek International
- Klaus Zumwinkel, Germany, Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG
References
- ^ "Asia Times Online :: Asian News, Business and Economy". Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ Estulin, Daniel (2005-05-27). "Daniel Estulin: Infiltrating Bilderberg 2005". Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "Bilderberger Teilnehmerliste 5.-8.5.2005". Retrieved 2007-08-23.
External links
- Bilderberg 2005 meeting exclusive footage (Dr._Johannes_Koeppl)
- Bilderberg 2005 Pictures - Thursday 05_05_2005, Picture taken from an observer of the Bilderberg meeting
- Bilderberg Group Meeting 2005: Rottach-Egern, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, May 5–8, 2005, prisonplanet.com archive of the meeting 2005
- Project Ijtihad