Hans Blix, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hans Blix

Swedish politician

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1928

Place of Birth: Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Profession: politician, jurist, diplomat

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hans Martin Blix (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 led the agency 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.
In 2002, the commission began searching Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, ultimately finding none.
In February 2010, Blix became head of the United Arab Emirates' advisory board for its nuclear power program.