And the cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross in 2020
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Karl von Habsburg
Karl von Habsburg is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the former royal house of the defunct Austro-Hungarian thrones. As a citizen of the Republic of Austria, his legal name is Karl Habsburg-Lothringen.
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culture · Austrian politician (born 1961) · politician · journalist · also Karl von Habsburg, Karl Thomas Erzherzog von Österreich, Habsburg
Born 11 January 1961 · Q78515
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2019· 2 entries
There were many events in honor of his ancestor Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I
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2018· 1 entry
As a pilot with his plane, concerned the centenary of World War I
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2008· 1 entry
Became the Grand Master of the Order of Saint George
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2004· 2 entries
Karl von Habsburg paid 37,000 euros to the new World Vision Austria branch
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In 2004, Karl von Habsburg paid 37,000 euros to the new World Vision Austria branch.
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1999· 1 entry
His father exacerbated the controversy when he complained that his son was being attacked unfairly and drew a parallel between the name "Habsburg" and a yellow badge. ÖVP did not nominate Karl von Habsburg again for the 1999 elections.
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1998· 2 entries
In July 1998 an Austrian court fined Karl von Habsburg 180,000 schillings ($14,300); he had failed to declare immediately to customs officials that he had an antique diadem in his luggage when he crossed the border from Switzerland in July 1996.
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Evidence emerged that during Habsburg's election campaign for membership in the European Parliament two years prior, his political party the ÖVP, had benefited from at least 30,000 Marks worth of World Vision donations v
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1996–1999).
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1991· 1 entry
Organized international aid against the destruction in Dubrovnik and in the former Yugoslavia
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1981· 1 entry
As a platoon commander of a Jäger (infantry) platoon as a one-year volunteer with the Austrian Armed Forces, where he later also completed his pilot training
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1961· 3 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1961).
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Born 1961-01-11.
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Karl's father, Otto von Habsburg, renounced all claims to the defunct Austrian throne, as a necessary legal condition to being allowed to return to Austria
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1919· 1 entry
And their usage is still illegal in those countries, media elsewhere occasionally refer to Karl Habsburg by his ancestral titles of Archduke of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia
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