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	LIECHTENSTEIN PRINCELY FAMILY
		His Serene Highness Prince Hans-Adam II was born on 14 February 1945, as the eldest son of His Serene Highness Prince Franz Josef II von und zu Liechtenstein and Her Serene Highness Princess Gina.
		Prince Alois, the eldest son of the then Hereditary Princely Couple Hans-Adam and Hereditary Princess Marie of Liechtenstein was born on 11 June 1968 in Zurich and was given the names Alois Philipp Maria.
		As the eldest son of the Ruling Prince, Hereditary Prince Alois is destined to be the Successor to the Throne, in accordance with the laws of the House of Liechtenstein.
	personales.ya.com /fororeal/enfrlie.htm (1479 words)

	Namnlöst dokument
		Prince Hans Adam II and King Juan Carlos I are fifth cousins.
		Prince Hans Adam II and Queen Beatrix are fifth cousins.
		Prince Hans Adam II and Rainier III are fifth cousins.
	www.warholm.nu /FAQli.html (1020 words)

	Liechtenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Liechtenstein is a parliamentary democracy, headed by the prince, or Fürst;, currently Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, who succeeded his father after his death in 1989.
		Prior to the referendum, Prince Hans-Adam had announced that he and his family would relocate to Vienna, Austria leaving Liechtenstein to become a republic if the House's constitutional rights were curbed.
		Apart from the prince, the most famous person from Liechtenstein is Hanni Wenzel, of German origin, who won two Olympic titles in 1980 in alpine skiing.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/liechtenstein.html (1256 words)

	Liechtenstein -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Hans Adam II succeeded to the throne in 1989 after the death of his father, Francis Joseph II, and has had a number of conflicts with the parliament due to his attempts to have a significant role in running the government, particularly its economic policy.
		Le prince Hans-Adam II du Liechtenstein Le prince Hans-Adam II du Liechtenstein, 58 ans, a annoncé vendredi qu'il quittera.
		Le prince Hans Adam II du Liechtenstein Dans un an exactement, le 15 août 2004, le prince Hans Adam II, 58 ans, qui règne.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/liechten_history.asp (635 words)

	Princely Family - Liechtenstein Tourismus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Princely Family of Liechtenstein is one of the oldest existing aristrocratic families.
		The Prince is the ruler of the Princely House and, according to House Law, he safeguards “the reputation, the honor and the prosperity” of the Princely House.
		Prince Hans Adam II and Princess Marie, née Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, have four children: heir to the throne Prince Alois, born June 11th, 1968, Prince Maximilian, born May 16th, 1969, Prince Constantin, born March 15th, 1972, and Princess Tatjana, born April 10th, 1973.
	www.tourismus.li /Detailseite.asp?lg=2&id=276 (251 words)

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		Prince Hans-Adam II: The Principality of Liechtenstein was one of the few European states which did not recognize the Munich Treaty and later the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Third Reich.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: Yes, the Bratislava court decided that the Prince of Liechtenstein is of German nationality and that this is a fact of common knowledge which has not to be proved anymore.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: I have always been in favour of our membership in the EEA despite the fact that this membership was rejected by Switzerland in fall 1992 in a popular vote and despite the opposition of influential groups here in Liechtenstein against our membership in the EEA.
	www.volny.cz /kahounuvcirkus/Hans-Adam-II-eng.htm (3881 words)

	Liechtenstein Government Information
		Prince Hans Adam II is the Head of State.
		On the basis of the names put forward by parliament, the Prince nominates the government, district and high court judges, the judges of the Supreme Court, and the presidents and their deputies of the Constitutional Court and of the Administrative Court of Appeal.
		The Liechtenstein electorate on March 16, 2003 endorsed Prince Hans-Adam II's proposal for a revision of the Liechtenstein Constitution with 64.3 percent of votes.
	www.traveldocs.com /li/govern.htm (1156 words)

	Excite - News
		Cat and pig remains left on doorsteps of the prince's critics have added a macabre twist to the proceedings, while the prince himself has vowed to leave his tiny capital Vaduz for Vienna if his proposals are not upheld.
		Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein is adamant that his suggested changes to Liechtenstein's 1921 constitution will merely legitimize his position as ruler.
		But Hans Adam II and his heir Alois have held their ground, threatening to leave the country if neighboring states demand they back down.
	news.excite.com /world/article/id/309783\|world\|03-15-2003::21:03\|reuters.html (427 words)

	Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein - Princely House - Prince Hans-Adam II
		Prince Hans Adam II was born on 14 February 1945 as the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II
		Prince Hans-Adam I, who reigned from 1699 to 1712, was the founder of the Principality Liechtenstein, thanks to his purchases of the Lordship of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712).
		In 1970, Reigning Prince Franz Josef II entrusted his son with the reorganization of the administration of the assets of the Princely House.
	www.liechtenstein.li /en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-fueh-fuerstenhaus/fl-fueh-fuerstenfamilie/fl-fueh-fuerstenfamilie-hansadam2.htm (442 words)

	Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein: Prince Hans-Adam II (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Hans-Adam II Prince Hans-Adam II was born on 14th February 1945, the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II von und zu Liechtenstein and Princess Gina.
		The name Hans-Adam forms an apt link between past and present: Prince Johann (Hans) Adam I — he reigned from 1699 until 1712 — was the founder of the Principality of Liechtenstein through his purchases of the Lordship of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712).
		In autumn 1965 Prince Hans-Adam II embarked on a degree course in Management and Economics at the University of St. Gallen, completing it in 1969 with the degree of Licentiate.
	www.fuerstenhaus.li /256.0.html?&lang=en (254 words)

	Untitled Document
		The application of the Bene decrees to the Liechtenstein property remained an unresolved issue between Liechtenstein and Czechoslovakia until the dissolution of the latter, and it continues to be an unresolved issue as between Liechtenstein and the Czech Republic, on whose territory the vast majority of Liechtenstein property is located.
		Prince Hans Adam II the applied to the Cologne Regional Court for an interim injunction ordering the municipality of Cologne to hand over the painting at the end of the exhibition.
		The Prince submitted that the painting had not been subject to expropriation measures in the former Czechoslovakia and that in any event such measures were invalid or irrelevant on account of violation of the ordre public of the Federal Republic of Germany.
	www.law.harvard.edu /faculty/martin/art_law/hans_adam.htm (694 words)

	Guardian \| European prince wins new powers
		One of Europe's most bizarre and bitter electoral campaigns ended in victory yesterday for Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein, after his subjects bowed to his will and voted to grant him sweeping powers over the tiny alpine kingdom.
		In a referendum which draws a line under a decade-long power struggle in the world's sixth-smallest country, a majority of voters ignored warnings that they were ushering in a dictatorship and agreed to give Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein, Duke of Trappau and Jägerndorf and Count of Rietburg, far-reaching new powers.
		The prince, whose family has ruled the wealthy micro-state at the heart of Europe for almost 300 years, had threatened to abandon his rambling medieval mountaintop castle and move to Austria unless the nation's 33,000 citizens gave him his way.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4626473-103681,00.html (318 words)

	About Liechtenstein - Hereditary Prince Alois von Liechtenstein profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Alois, the eldest son of the Prince Hans Adam and Princess Marie von Liechtenstein was born on 11 June 1968 in Zurich and was given the names Alois Philipp Maria.
		As the eldest son of the reigning Prince, Hereditary Prince Alois is destined to be the successor to the throne, in accordance with the laws of the House of Liechtenstein.
		On 15 August 1990, on the occasion of the declaration of allegiance, Prince Hans Adam II and Hereditary Prince Alois jointly swore to uphold the Constitution.
	www.about-liechtenstein.co.uk /his/roy/f16.html (495 words)

	About Liechtenstein - Prince Hans Adam II von Liechtenstein profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Hans Adam II was born on 14 February 1945 as the eldest son of Prince Franz Joseph II von Liechtenstein and Princess Gina.
		Prince Hans Adam I, who reigned from 1699 to 1712, was the founder of the Principality of Liechtenstein, thanks to his purchases of the Duchy of Schellenberg (1699) and the County of Vaduz (1712).
		In 1970, Prince Franz Josef II entrusted his son with the reorganisation of the administration of the assets of the Princely House.
	www.about-liechtenstein.co.uk /his/roy/f15.html (669 words)

	Prince of tiny nation will hand reins to son - The Washington Times: World - August 15, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		VADUZ, Liechtenstein — Prince Hans-Adam II has power other European leaders can only dream of, and he's handing over much of it to his son today at a garden party for his subjects — all 33,000 of them.
		The younger prince is no dictator; he had a lengthy dialogue with the government to thrash out a compromise on constitutional reform, which was eventually presented to voters for approval in March last year.
		But Prince Hans-Adam, who presides over a personal fortune estimated at up to $5.6 billion, went as far as to threaten to leave Liechtenstein if voters didn't approve the changes in a referendum.
	washingtontimes.com /functions/print.php?StoryID=20040814-093842-2375r (473 words)

	Freedom in the World 2000 - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The political standoff between Prince Hans Adam II and the government continued in 2000, with the prince threatening to leave the country for Austria.
		Prince Hans Adam II faced a reprimand by the European Court of Human Rights in 1999 for abusing his subjects’ freedom of speech.
		The court fined the prince for refusing to reappoint a judge he had dismissed for suggesting that the supreme court, and not the prince, should have the last word in constitutional matters.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2001/countryratings/liechtenstein.htm (595 words)

	Royal News: August 2002
		Prince Hans Adam II and Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein have announced a popular initiative for a vote about the changing of the constitution.
		The Prince and the Hereditary Prince say that after a talk yesterday with the constitutional commission they were not sure that the 19 votes in the Diet (Landtag) that are necessary to change the constitution, could be expected.
		Prince Claus of the Netherlands was transferred to the intensive care unit again because of mucous secretion in his bronchial tubes.
	nettyroyal.nl /newsaug02.html (2832 words)

	CNN.com - Prince wins Liechtenstein powers - Mar. 16, 2003
		Liechtenstein's Prince Hans Adam II clinched a royal victory on Sunday as subjects rallied behind the 300-year-old monarchy to back controversial political reforms in the alpine state.
		Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein had threatened to leave Vaduz for Vienna if voters rejected proposals he put forward that would grant him the right to sack the government, veto legislation and nominate judges.
		Cat and pig remains were left on the doorsteps of critics of Hans Adam amid high tensions in the build-up to the referendum.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/03/16/liechtenstein.reut (496 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Liechtenstein prince threatens to leave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Hans-Adam II has been running the country for nearly 20 years and appears to have run out of patience with its politicians.
		The prince has made threats like this before, but now his hurt tone might have to do with the results of a recent poll showing that only a small majority want to keep the monarchy and 56% oppose the prince's constitutional proposals.
		Last year the prince threatened to dismiss the government and impose emergency rule if it did not co-operate with an investigation into money-laundering.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/1713201.stm (412 words)

	Liechtenstein Prince Hans Adam II: I want my property back
		Prince Hans-Adam II: The Principality of Liechtenstein was one of the few European states which did not recognize the Munich Treaty and later the occupation of Czecho-slovakia by the Third Reich.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: Yes, the Bratislava court decided that the Prince of Liechten-stein is of German nationality and that this is a fact of common knowledge which has not to be proved anymore.
		Prince Hans-Adam II: The most important ones for the family were Feldsberg and Eisgrub which were more or less the official seat for the family from the 15th century on.
	www.blisty.cz /txt.php?id=17123&iid=1494 (4101 words)

	About Liechtenstein - The Future of the Liechtenstein Royals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Prince Hans Adam II, however, has not made many friends with the wide sweeping reforms he pushed through during his reign.
		It gave Prince Hans Adam the power to hire and fire the government, despite publicly expressed fears that the development could usher in dictatorship.
		General - Karl I - Karl Eusebius - Hans Adam I - Anton Florian - Josef Johann - Johann Nepomuk - Josef Wenzel - Franz Josef I - Alois I - Johann I - Alois II - Johann II - Franz - Franz Josef II - Hans Adam II - Alois
	www.about-liechtenstein.co.uk /his/roy/fut.html (316 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Voters give billionaire prince new powers
		Liechtenstein's ruling prince won overwhelming support from his subjects yesterday to become Europe's only absolute monarch, after a referendum campaign marred by hate mail and mutilated animal parts.
		The prince and his son, Crown Prince Alois, whose family have ruled the principality for 300 years, thanked voters "for their confidence" in a statement published on the Princely House website.
		Prince Hans-Adam had threatened to leave with his wife and heir, Prince Alois, for their palace in Vienna if voters failed to support them.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/17/wliech17.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/17/ixworld.html (338 words)

	TruthNews
		Prince Hans-Adam II, the outspoken ruler of Liechtenstein, this week threatened to withdraw from the Council of Europe, saying the allegiance was doing his country "more harm than good." RFE/RL looks at the contentious relationship between the continent's top human rights watchdog and the tiny, rich Alpine state.
		Under the previous constitution, the prince already had the authority to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.
		Liechtenstein's opposition Vaterlandische Union (Patriotic Union) has not commented on the prince's ultimatum, saying it is premature to speculate on a scenario that may or may not come true.
	truthnews.com /world/2003080003.htm (560 words)

	Political Overwiev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1699, Prince Johann Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein purchased the County of Schellenberg, and soon thereafter, in 1712, the County of Vaduz.
		Possession of this territory entitled the prince to membership in the Assembly of Princes at the Imperial Court of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Earlier, in 1938, Prince Franz Josef II ascended to the throne to rule the country.
	www2.bc.edu /~goetzbe/Homepage/Political_Overview.htm (379 words)

	News, Events&Media
		The prince will be in Newport on commencement weekend to accept his honorary degree and to enjoy a visit with his familyÂ’s longtime friends, former U.S. Sen. and Mrs.
		During his reign as prince, Hans-Adam has worked diligently toward his long-time goal of having Liechtenstein admitted to the United Nations, and one year after his coronation in 1990, the tiny country became the 160th - and smallest - member of the U.N. The prince has since cited this event as his greatest achievement.
		Prince Hans-AdamÂ’s efforts on behalf of world peace have led, among other things, to the establishment of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton UniversityÂ’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, which was inaugurated in December 2000.
	www.salve.edu /news/press_release/viewrelease.cfm?release_ID=302 (660 words)

	Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein - State - Reigning Prince
		On recommendation of Parliament, the Reigning Prince appoints the Government, judges of the Court of Justice, judges of the Court of Appeal, judges of the Supreme Court, and the presidents and vice-presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Administrative Court.
		All jurisdiction in the country is exercised by judges on behalf of and under obligation to the Reigning Prince.
		All judgments are pronounced on behalf of the Reigning Prince.
	www.liechtenstein.li /en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-staat-staat/fl-staat-landesfuerst.htm (441 words)

	Freedom in the World 1999 - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Liechtenstein’s Prince Hans Adam II, one of the last European monarchs whose powers are not merely ceremonial, is facing a constitutional crisis after the European Court of Human Rights reprimanded him for abusing his subjects’ freedom of speech.
		In a decision handed down in October, 1999, the court fined the prince for refusing to reappoint a judge he had dismissed for suggesting that the supreme court, and not the prince, should have the last word in constitutional matters.
		Prince Hans Adam has warned that he would rather abandon the country than be forced to accept limitations on his sweeping powers.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2000/countryratings/liechtenstein.htm (330 words)

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