- Born
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Hans Blix was born in 1928 in the Swedish university town, Uppsala, where his father served as a professor of chemistry. He followed in his father's academic footsteps and studied at the universities in Uppsala, Columbia (New York) and Cambridge where he received his Ph.D. Since 1963 he has served as a diplomat in the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations. In 2000 he was named the executive director of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Prior to the 2003 war in Iraq he headed the UN weapons inspectors who were sent to Iraq to find out if Saddam Hussein's regime had destroyed its weapons of mass destruction. Following the war he has left his position in the United Nations.
- IMDb mini biography by: henrik-nielsen
- SpouseEva Kettis(1962 - present) (2 children)
- He has an Honorary Doctorate from Moscow State University, is a recipient of the Henry de Wolf Smyth Award and of the Swedish Olof Palme Award.
- He became Doctor of Laws at the Stockholm University in 1959 and was appointed Associate Professor in International Law in 1960.
- He served as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1981 to 1997.
- His father was a professor of chemistry.
- Enjoys reading Joseph Conrad and listening to the music of Mozart and Louis Armstrong.
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