Joaquín Almunia

Joaquín Almunia    (politician)
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Born	Joaquín Almunia Amann 1948-06-17 Bilbao, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Alma mater	University of Deusto, Practical School for Advanced Studies, Harvard University
Member of	Centre for European Reform, European Council on Foreign Relations, Friends of Europe
Party	Socialist Workers' Party
European Commissioner for Competition  In office 9 February 2010 - 1 November 2014 Preceded by Neelie Kroes Succeeded by Margrethe Vestager  European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs  In office 24 April 2004 - 9 February 2010 Served with Siim Kallas  Leader of the Opposition  In office 14 May 1999 - 1 July 2000  Leader of the Opposition  In office 22 June 1997 - 24 April 1998  Minister of Public Administrations In office 26 July 1986 - 12 March 1991  Minister of Labor and Nacional Health Service In office 1 December 1982 - 26 July 1986

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Bilderberg/2005	5 May 2005	8 May 2005	Germany Rottach-Egern	The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests
Bilderberg/2008	5 June 2008	8 June 2008	US Virginia Chantilly	The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
Bilderberg/2010	3 June 2010	6 June 2010	Spain Hotel Dolce Sitges Barcelona	The 122 guests met in the Hotel Dolce Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
Bilderberg/2011	9 June 2011	12 June 2011	Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz	59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests
Bilderberg/2012	31 May 2012	3 June 2012	US Virginia Chantilly	The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2008	23 January 2008	27 January 2008	World Economic Forum Switzerland	At the 2008 summit, Klaus Schwab called for a coordinated approach, where different 'stakeholders' collaborate across geographical, industrial, political and cultural boundaries."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2009	27 January 2009	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"

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