Hans Blix

Hans Blix (born June 28, 1928 in Uppsala in Sweden) is a Swedish diplomat and politician. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1978-1979). Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from January 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Demetrius Perricos. In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction.

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Hans Blix studied at Uppsala University, Columbia University, and the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), from which he holds a doctorate in law. In 1959, he graduated in International Right at the University of Stockholm. In 1960, he was appointed Associate Professor in International Law.

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Between 1962 and 1978 he was a member of the Swedish delegation at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva. He also held several other positions in the Swedish administration between 1963 and 1976, and from 1961 to 1981 he was a member of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations. From 1978 to 1979, he was the Swedish Foreign Minister.

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Hans Blix related Images and Photos (experimental)

Portrait of Hans Holbein	Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen	Hans Holbein the Younger Engraved by Bartholomaus Huebner 1790	Portrait Miniature of Count Hans Axel Von Fersen (1755-1810)
The Artist at Work Painting Hans Sachs	The King Makes a Promise to Hans the Hedgehog	Apparatus For Healing Arm Fractures Feldtbuch Der Wundartzney Hans Von Gersdorff c.1540	Amputation Illustration from Feldtbuch Der Wundartzney by Hans Von Gersdorff c.1540
The Old Witch Combing Gerda's Hair in 'The Snow Queen' from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales	Edith Erastoff and Victor Sjöström: Berg-Ejvind Och Hans Hustru 1918	Meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold 7th June 1520 after Hans Holbein the Elder (1460/5-1524)