Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
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Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Hans-Adam II is the Prince of Liechtenstein, reigning since 1989. As a member of the Liechtenstein princely family, he also holds the title of Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietberg.
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politics · Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989 · business manager · monarch · art collector · aristocrat · also Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, John-Adam II, Hans-Adam II, Hans Adam II, Hans-Adam II Fürst von und zu Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
Born 14 February 1945 · Q57454
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2026· 2 entries
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
The Guardian: Liechtenstein’s archaic abortion laws need to be modernised. But a prince is standing in the way | Gabriella Alvarez-Hummel
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2020· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Became the president of the Vienna International School Association
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2015· 1 entry
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Awarded honorary doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University (2015).
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2011· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Won Great Gold Medal of Masaryk University (2011).
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2004· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Hans-Adam formally handed the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions to his eldest son Hereditary Prince Alois as regent, as a way of beginning a dynastic transition to a new generation
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2000· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
To found the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University's Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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1999· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
The ECHR ruled that a violation had taken place and the state of Liechtenstein was convicted
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1995· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Hans-Adam was the subject of a complaint to the European Convention on Human Rights against the state of Liechtenstein for the violation of freedom of speech and right to an effective remedy
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1989· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Career landmark: Prince of Lichtenstein (1989).
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1984· 2 entries
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince Franz Joseph II, while legally remaining head of state and retaining the title of sovereign prince, formally handed the power of making day-to-day governmental decisions to his eldest son as a way of beginning a d
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Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Prince Franz Joseph handed over power and everyday duties of the monarch to Hans-Adam, with Hans-Adam thus becoming regent, while his father remained monarch
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1960· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Transferred to the Lyceum Alpinium Zuoz in Switzerland, earning a Swiss Matura and a German Abitur in 1965
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1956· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Entered the Schottengymnasium in Vienna
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1945· 2 entries
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Born 1945-02-14.
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Career landmark: heir apparent (1945–1989).
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1938· 1 entry
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Upon the death of his childless grand-uncle, Prince Franz I, and Hans-Adam was thus hereditary prince from birth
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