Blix during a debate about NATO in Stockholm, 2015
1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
In office 1 March 2000 – 30 June 2003
Preceded by
None
Succeeded by
Dimitris Perrikos
3rd Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
In office 1981 – 1 December 1997
Preceded by
Sigvard Eklund
Succeeded by
Mohamed ElBaradei
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 18 October 1978 – 12 October 1979
Prime Minister
Ola Ullsten
Preceded by
Karin Söder
Succeeded by
Ola Ullsten
President, World Federation of United Nations Associations
In office 2006 – 11 August 2009
Preceded by
Rhyl Jansen
Succeeded by
Park Soo-gil
Personal details
Born
Hans Martin Blix
(1928-06-28) 28 June 1928 (age 95) Uppsala, Sweden
Political party
Liberal People's Party
Hans Martin Blix (listenⓘ; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978–1979) and later became the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. As such, Blix was the first Western representative to inspect the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union on-site and led the agency's response to them. Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos. In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none. On 17 March 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush delivered an address from the White House announcing that within 48 hours, the United States would invade Iraq unless Saddam Hussein would leave. Bush then ordered all of the weapons inspectors, including Blix's team, to leave Iraq so that America and its allies could invade Iraq on 20 March. In February 2010, Blix became head of the United Arab Emirates' advisory board for its nuclear power program. He is the former president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
Hans Martin Blix (listen; born 28 June 1928) is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs...
mass destruction. UN Chief Inspector HansBlix, on 14 February 2003, presented a report to the Security Council. Blix gave an update of the situation in...
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Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) was complete. Chief weapons inspector HansBlix said in January 2003 that "access has been provided to all sites we have...
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), succeeding Dr. HansBlix in June 2003, and serving until UNMOVIC's dissolution in 2007. He is the...
to 1981, followed by former Swedish Foreign Minister HansBlix, who served from 1981 to 1997. Blix was succeeded as Director General by Mohamed ElBaradei...
November 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011. Blix, Hans; ElBaradei, Dr. Mohamed (9 February 2003). "Transcript of HansBlix Feb. 9, 2003, press conference" (PDF)...
of the IAEA, which is based in Vienna, on 1 December 1997, succeeding HansBlix of Sweden. The agency gradually came to take an active role in attempts...
enemies as friends', The Guardian, 6 September 2011 Nathan Gardels and HansBlix, 'America is not the world's policeman – in Syria or Iraq', Christian...
what they termed as factual inaccuracies, such as Miller's claim that "HansBlix, the former chief of the international weapons inspectors, bears some...
Resolution on 13 November. Weapons inspectors returned on 27 November, led by HansBlix of UNMOVIC and Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency...
grandfather of UN weapons inspector HansBlix. During his career he was a professor at the Universities of Uppsala and Lund. Blix was elected a member of the...
decides on military action in Iraq. January 9 – UN Chief Weapons Inspector HansBlix and International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohammed El Baradei give a...
Chairpersons: Alva Myrdal (1966–67) Gunnar Myrdal (1967–73) Rolf Edberg (1974–78) HansBlix (1978) Karin Söder (1978–79) Rolf Björnerstedt (1979–85) Ernst Michanek...
safety of Soviet nuclear reactors. As noted by IAEA Director General HansBlix, "A radiation cloud doesn't know international boundaries." The NRC showed...
was the son of professor Magnus Blix, father of politician HansBlix, and grandfather of journalist Erik Blix [sv]. Blix graduated from the Cathedral School...
Galloway, the intention of the trip was to persuade Saddam to re-admit HansBlix, and the United Nations weapons inspectors into the country. In a March...
stability in Iraq".[citation needed] Former UN chief weapons inspector HansBlix said the Allied coalition might ask Saddam meaningful questions about...
administrations. The play also includes international figures such as HansBlix and Dominique de Villepin. An ensemble cast plays over 40 roles during...
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