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Hans Blix

1928 - Today

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Hans Martin Blix (Swedish: [hɑːns ˈblɪks] ; 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Blix is the 35th most popular diplomat (down from 29th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 187th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Hans Blix ranks 35 out of 90. Before him are Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, Irina Bokova, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, J. Christopher Stevens, and Giovanni Villani. After him are Édith Cresson, George Blake, Yukiya Amano, Dean Acheson, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Mikhail Borodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Hans Blix ranks 98. Before him are Pierre Mauroy, Jim Lovell, Colin Chapman, Erik Bruhn, Marco Ferreri, and Hubert Selby Jr.. After him are Arman, Roddy McDowall, Christa Ludwig, Ernest Simoni, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and Đorđe Martinović incident.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hans Blix ranks 198 out of 1,879. Before him are Ellen Key (1849), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Ann-Margret (1941), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), and Nicolai Gedda (1925). After him are Hugo Alfvén (1872), Gunilla Bielke (1568), Per Gessle (1959), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), and Joe Hill (1879).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Sweden

Among diplomats born in Sweden, Hans Blix ranks 5. Before him are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Raoul Wallenberg (1912), Alva Myrdal (1902), and Folke Bernadotte (1895).

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