Hans Martin Blix (About this sound 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 lead the agency response to them.
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active years end date
1979-10-12, 1997-12-01, 2003-06-30
active years start date
1978-10-18, 2000-03-01
birth date
1928-06-28
birth place
Uppsala
order in office
Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1st Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission, 3rd Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
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