 hans martin blix (; born 28 june 1928) is a swedish diplomat and politician for the liberal people's party. he was swedish minister for foreign affairs (1978â1979) 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. 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, the government of the united arab emirates announced that blix will be the head of an advisory board for its nuclear power program. ==early life and career== blix was born in uppsala, sweden. he is the son of professor gunnar blix and hertha wiberg and grandson of professor magnus blix. he comes from a family of jamtlandic origin. blix studied at uppsala university and columbia university, earning his phd from the university of cambridge (trinity hall).2002 friedmann award given to dr. hans blix http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2002/friedmann_2002 . retrieved 21 march 2007. in 1959, he earned a juris doctor in international law at stockholm university, where he was appointed associate professor in international law the next year.http://www.wmdcommission.org/sida.asp?id=33 . retrieved 21 march 2007. between 1962 and 1978 blix was a member of the swedish delegation at the disarmament conference in geneva. he held several other positions in the swedish administration between 1963 and 1976, and from 1961 to 1981 served on the swedish delegation to the united nations. from 1978 to 1979, blix was the swe
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