Hans Blix
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Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and former chief UN weapons inspector best known for leading inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion and for his advocacy of nuclear disarmament and peaceful conflict resolution.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Hans Blix as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC | 1 |
Statements (50)
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| instanceOf |
author
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civil servant ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in law ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
arms control
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international security ⓘ nuclear disarmament ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Polar Star ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-06-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
Uppsala University ⓘ |
| employer |
Swedish government
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surface form:
Government of Sweden
International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ United Nations ⓘ |
| endTime |
1997 (as Director General of the IAEA)
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2003 (as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC) ⓘ |
| familyName | Blix ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of nuclear disarmament
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leading UN weapons inspections in Iraq before the 2003 invasion ⓘ support for peaceful conflict resolution ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Liberal People's Party (Sweden) ⓘ |
| name | Hans Blix self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Disarming Iraq
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Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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diplomat ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Uppsala ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ⓘ Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission ⓘ Head of the Swedish delegation to the Conference on Disarmament ⓘ Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ⓘ |
| residence | Stockholm ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
1981 (as Director General of the IAEA)
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2000 (as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC) ⓘ |
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Hans Blix as Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC