STOP PRESS! Bilderberg 2005 Participant List
appleman | 12.05.2005 15:43 | Analysis | Globalisation | Indymedia
B, Davignon, Etienne, Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel (Honorary Chairman)
GB, Taylor, J. Martin, International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International (Honorary Secretary General)
NL, Aartsen, Jozias J. van, Parliamentary Leader, Liberal Party (VVD)
PNA, Abu-Amr, Ziad, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council; President of the Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations; Professor of Political Science, Birzeit University
D, Ackermann, Josef, Chairman, Group Executive Committee. Deutsche Bank AG
INT, Almunia Amann, Joaquin, Commissioner, European Commission
GR, Alogoskoufis, George, Minister of Economy and Finance
TR, Babacan, Ali, Minister of Economic Affairs
P, Balsemão, Francisco Pinto, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
INT, Barroso. José M. Durão, President, European Commission
S, Belfrage, Erik, Senior Vice President, SEB
I, Bernabè, Franco, Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe
F, Beytout, Nicolas, Editor-in-Chief, Le Figaro
A, Bronner, Oscar, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
GB, Browne, John, Group Chief Executive, BP plc
D, Burda, Hubert, Chairman of the Board of Management, Hubert Burda Media
IRL, Byrne, David, WHO Special Envoy on Global Cornmunicable Diseases; Former Commissioner, European Commission
F, Camus, Philippe, CEO, EADS
F, Castries, Henri de Chairman of the Board, AXA
E, Cebrián. Juan Luis, CEO, PRISA
USA, Collins, Timothy C., Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
F, Collomb, Bertrand, Chairman, Lafarge
CH, Couchepin, Pascal, Head, Department of Home Affairs
GR, David, George A., Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
F, Delpech, Thérèse, Director for Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission
GR, Diamantopoulou, Anna, Member of Parliament
NL, Docters van Leeuwen, Arthur W.H., Chairman of the Executive Board, Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
USA, Donilon, Thomas E., Partner, O’Melveny & Myers
D, Döpfner, Mathias, CEO, Axel Springer AG
DK, Eldrup, Anders, President, DONG A/S
I, Elkann, John, Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
USA, Feldstein, Martin S, President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research
USA, Ford, Jr., William C., Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Company
USA, Geithner, Timothy F., President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
TR, Gencer, Imregul, Member of the Board, Global Investment Holding
ISR, Gilady, Eival, Strategic Advisor to Prime Minister Sharon
IRL, Gleeson, Dermot, Chairman, AIB Group
USA, Graham, Donald E., Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
N, Grydeland, Bjørn T., Ambassador to the EU
P, Guterres, António, Former Prime Minister; President, Socialist International
USA, Haass, Richard N., President, Council on Foreign Relations
NL, Halberstadt, Victor, Professor of Economics, Leiden University
B, Hansen, Jean-Pierre, CEO, Suez-Tractebel S.A.
A, Haselsteiner, Hans Peter, CEO, Bauholding Strabag SE (Societas Europea)
DK, Hedegaard, Connie, Minister for the Environment
USA, Holbrooke, Richard C., Vice Chairman, Perseus
INT, Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de Secretary General, NATO
USA, Hubbard, Allan B., Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council
B, Huyghebaert, Jan, Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
USA, Johnson, James A., Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC
INT, Jones, James L., Supreme Allied Commander Euope, SHAPE
USA, Jordan, Jr.,Vernon E., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
USA, Keane, John M., President, GSI, LLC; General, US Army, Retired
GB, Kerr, John, Director, Shell, Rio Tinto, Scottish Americal Investment Trust
USA, Kissinger, Henry A., Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
D, Kleinfeld, Klaus, President and CEO, Siemens AG
TR, Koç, Mustafa V., Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
D, Kopper, Hilmar, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, DaimlerChrysler AG
F, Kouchner, Bernard, Director, "Santé et développement", CNAM
USA, Kravis, Henry R., Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA, Kravis, Marie-Josée, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
INT, Kroes, Neelie, Commissioner, European Commission
CH, Kudelski, André, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kudelski Group
F, Lamy, Pascal, President, Notre Europe; Former Commissioner, European Commission
USA, Ledeen, Michael A., American Enterprise Institute
FIN, Liikanen, Erkki, Govemor and Chairman of the Board, Bank of Finland
N, Lundestad, Geir, Director, Norwegian Nobel Institute; Secretary, Norwegian Nobel Committee
USA, Luti, William J., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
DK, Lykketoft, Mogens, Chairman, Social Democratic Party
CDN, Manji, Irshad, Author/Founder of "Project Ijtihad”
USA, Mathews, Jessica T., President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CDN, Mau, Bruce, Bruce Mau Design
CDN, McKenna, Frank, Ambasssador to the US
USA, Medish, Mark C., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
USA, Mehlman, Kenneth B., Chairman, Republican National Committee
D, Merkel, Angela, Chairman, CDU; Chairman CDU/CSU-Fraction
SVK, Miklos, Ivan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
F, Montbrial, Thierry de, President, French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)
INT, Monti, Mario, President, Bocconi University; Former Commissioner for Competition, European Commission
CDN, Munroe-Blum, Heather, Principal and Vice Chancellor, McGill University
N, Myklebust, Egil, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SAS
D, Nass, Matthias, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
RUS, Nemirovskaya, Elena, Founder and Director, Moscow School of Political Studies
NL, Netherlands, H.M. tihe Queen of The
PL, Olechowski, Andrzej, Leader Civic Platform
FIN, Ollila, Jorma, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Nokia Corporation
INT, Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
E, Palacio, Loyola de, President, Council on Foreign Relations, Partido Popular
GR, Papandreou, George A., President, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)
USA, Pearl, Frank H., Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
USA, Pearlstine, Norman, Editor-in-Chief, Time Inc.
FIN, Pentikäinen, Mikael, President, Sanoma Corporation
USA, Perle, Richard N., Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
D, Pflüger, Friedbert, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion
B, Philippe, H.R.H. Prince
CDN, Prichard, J. Robert S., President. Torstar Media Group and CEO, Torstar Corporation
IN'T, Rato y Figaredo, Rodrigo de, Managing Director, IMF
CDN, Reisman, Heather, President and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
USA, Rockefeller, David, Member, JP Morgan International Council
USA, Rodin, Judith, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
E, Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander
USA, Ross, Dennis B., Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
F, Roy, Olivier, Senior Researcher, CNRS
P, Sarmento, Nuno Morais, Former Minister of State and of Presidency; Member of Parliament
I, Scaroni, Paolo, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Enel S.p.A.
D, Schily, Otto, Minister of the Interior
A, Scholten, Rudolf, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
D, Schrempp , Jürgen E., Chairman of the Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler AG
D, Schulz, Ekkehard D., Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG
E, Sebastián Gascón, Miguel, Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister
ISR, Sharansky, Natan, Former Minister for Jerusalem & Diaspora Affairs
I, Siniscalco, Domenico, Minister for Economy and Finance
GB, Skidelsky, Robert, Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University
E, Spain, H.M. the Queen of
IRL, Sutherland, Peter D., Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, BP p.l.c.
PL, Szwajcowski, Jacek, CEO, Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna
FIN, Tiilikainen, Teija H., Director, University of Helsinki, Network for European Studies
NL, Tilmant, Michel, Chairman, ING N.V.
INT, Trichet, Jean-Claude, Governor, European Central Bank
TR, Ülsever, Cüneyt, Columnist, Hürriyet
CH, Vasella, Daniel L., Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
NL, Veer, Jeroen van der, Chairman Committee of.Managing Directors, Royal Dutch Shell Group
USA, Vinocur, John, Senior Correspondent, International Herald Tribune
S, Wallenberg, Jacob, Chairman of the Board, Investor AB; Vice-Chairman, SEB
USA, Warner, Mark R., Governor of Virginia
GB, Weinberg, Peter, CEO, Goldman Sachs International
D, Wissmann, Matthias, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU Fraktion
GB, Wolf, Martin H., Asscociate Editor and Economics Commentator, The Financial Times
INT/USA, Wolfensohn, James D., President, The World Bank
USA, Wolfowitz, Paul, President designate, The World Bank
USA, Zakaria, Fareed, Editor, Newsweek International
D, Zumwinkel, Klaus, Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Post AG
*** Rapporteurs ***
GB, Micklethwait, R., John, United States Editor, The Economist
GB, Wooldridge, Adrian D., Foreign Correspondent, The Economist
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It never ceases to amaze me....
12.05.2005 19:53
I feel it is time to rally the troops....
Andrew
But is this for real or not? That's the question...
13.05.2005 10:26
Some of the stories you hear are so far-fetched that they're just embarassing.
At the European Social Forum, I was in the audience for one talk, about Climate Change, and after the talk I made a short speech about how all the different issues are linked by globalisation and how neo-liberalism, and possibly capitalism itself is the underlying cause that we should be fighting, and we need to keep up our individual campaigns against climate change, war, sweatshop labour, biassed media, etc... but link these campaigns in solidarity with eachother with an understanding of the deeper structural problems associated with corporate power and state appeasement of corporate power, etc.
And after me, some other bloke got up and started banging on about how we've got to take on the Bilderberg Organisation and the Illuminati and the Free Masons and the New World Order. AGGGHHHH!!!
Sounds harsh but I just want to DISOWN people like that because they must do so much damage for the credibility of radical politics.
And yet, aside from all the mad conspiracy theories, I have heard from various 'sensible' people, that a Bilderberg Organisation does exist - it's not some sinister conspiracy to take over the world, as such, but rather it's a cosy "fire-side chat", a "networking opportunity" for the rich and powerful. Like a sort of less formal World Economic Forum. As such, it helps facilitate the 'management' of international affairs, and corporate globalisation in particular.
But is there really such a thing as a Bilderberg Organisation.
I rather suspect the person who wrote the original post here, just made those names up. Otherwise they would have provided SOURCES right? You can't just make some big claim without backing it up with sources.
Right well that's my tuppence worth on this rather bizarre subject.
Ozymandias
bilderberg reference
13.05.2005 13:06
there is also a bit more info if you take the "liste.htm" away.
for english bilderberg websites see
BBC :
wikipedia :
nuff allready
as to the likelyhood of a "new world order" "illuminati" etc it is easy to interpret the capilaist/neo liberalist casue as a conspiracy, as it seems to make everything work hand in hand even if these hands dont know each other. so to stand back and rationally view all these wars for oil, one must assume that somehow the folks that run the petrol companys must have got chatting to the folks who run the invasion force, who in turn got chatting to the media clowns so that "the war" may be explained away via weapons of mass deception and or any other medical facility one can think of.
tada, so you apparently have this bilderberg group who since the late 40's early 50's have been meeting to first establish the World Bank from which point "they" could carry on their world domination game by having low key meetings every now and again with a rather impressive list of attendees and no press-conferences before or after to tell the rest of us mortals about whats going on.
so there, love peace and happiness
ROCK THE BOAT
jojo
BBC
13.05.2005 16:28
Well, according to the BBC they exist although they do their upmost to persuade you not to object or question it's existence by letting you know you will be in such company as "...Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, the London nail-bomber David Copeland and Osama Bin Laden..." if you do!
Ozymandias wrote: "I have heard from various 'sensible' people, that a Bilderberg Organisation does exist - it's not some sinister conspiracy to take over the world, as such, but rather it's a cosy "fire-side chat" "
Sensible equals not shattering your world view? Why plot to take over the world if you already run it and why can't this be done from a cosy fire-side?
Ozymandias wrote: "I made a short speech about how all the different issues are linked by globalisation"
So how are they all linked then, by pure coincidence or by design?
I assume "sensible" people think it's just pure coincidence that those people who gain from capitalism/war etc. like to meet up for secretive "fire-side chats" ?
Well, the white vans here...do you need a ride anywhere?
Oi!
No Middle East names!
13.05.2005 16:42
TP
no middle eastern names
14.05.2005 00:14
Yasser Arafat Bilderberged in about 1998
These are undoubtedly corporate fascists engaging in a superficially non-ritualistic talk-up of the latest geo-political wheels and deals
The left keeps well in line with its inattention because it blows the ideology of how the world operates
The Illuminati system of secret society gatherings is burgeoning into full view
While we only respond to the surface open gatherings like the G8, we are only hanging on Bono's shirttail
dh
I heard that....
14.05.2005 06:31
fishbone
proper resource on the bilderberg group here
14.05.2005 13:45
Theres a great resource on this here which covers all angles :
be careful of websites like www.bilderberg.org - to paparaphrase the source watch website;
"The www.bilderberg.org site is a prime example of right-wing populist conspiracism. It's owner is worried that we are approaching the Biblical "End Times" and thinks the Bilderberger group might be part of the plot by Satan to build a one world government. This material is a mixture of fact, speculation, and apocalyptic demonization...Why are people recycling a right-wing anti-communist conspiracy theory? People need to be less credulous and gullible. Not everyone who has an anti-elitist framework is our ally..."
pete
let's be frank....
14.05.2005 20:13
The more important question should be of a philosophical nature. For example, let's assume that I am the chairman of a major multinational oil company. I decide to stage a business/social engagement at a country hotel for the weekend, and I invite all the people on the above list.
Here's the point:-
Do I and my guests, and all the concepts and conversations which are exchanged there have a right to privacy? (Given the nature of the power of all these people).
The answer I believe, is yes, because anything else would be degradation of the basic human rights and would have implications for the whole of society: "When is group of people deemed powerful enough to have their actions monitored by the general public?" - It can't be measured.
The irony, and tragedy, is that this situation therefore gives powerful people (businesspeople, politicians, bankers and royalty) the green light to engage socially with one another whilst simultaneously furthering their own personal (or collective) political agendas, and done so behind the safety of closed doors.
If the consequence of any one of the conceptual exchanges that takes place at one of these meetings is that it changes the global (or local) political/business/social landscape and therefore affects the lives of ordinary civilians/workers, then what you have is effectively an all-powerful unaccountable authority.
And THAT is an errosion of basic democratic principles.
riklo