Anna Maria Corazza Bildt
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Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (born 1963 in Rome
Rome
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) is an Italian
Italy
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-Swedish
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 politician of the Moderate Party
Moderate Party
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.

In 1998, she married Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt
, Honorary KCMG is a Swedish politician, diplomat and nobleman. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006...

, former Prime Minister of Sweden
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, former leader of the Swedish Moderate Party
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 and present Foreign Minister. The two met in the Balkans
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 where she had been working for the United Nations
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 during the Yugoslav wars
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 and he served as the first High Representative in Bosnia
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. They now have one child together.

She now runs both the Internet company Italiantradition.com and the "hotel de charme" at tabianocastello.com.

Corazza Bildt successfully ran for MEP
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 in the 2009 elections
European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
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. She received 14.3% of Moderate personal votes; only surpassed by party top name Gunnar Hökmark
Gunnar Hökmark
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(15.2%).
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