Georg Habsburg-Lothringen

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Georg Habsburg-Lothringen

Paul Georg Habsburg-Lothringen (Hungarian Habsburg György, in Germany , Hungary and in the media also (Paul) Georg von Habsburg; * December 16, 1964 in Starnberg as Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus Habsburg-Lothringen ) is a manager in the media industry and was from 16 December 1996 worked as Hungary's special ambassador for the EU negotiations .

Life

Origin and career

Paul Georg Habsburg-Lothringen is the youngest son of Otto and Regina Habsburg-Lothringen (von Habsburg). After graduating from high school in Tutzing ( Bavaria ) in 1984, he studied law, political science, history and Islamic studies in Innsbruck , Madrid and Munich from 1984 to 1993 . In retrospect, Władysław Bartoszewski described his former student as “rather right-wing conservative”. In addition to his studies, he worked for ZDF for contemporary history in 1987/88 and ran a TV production company from 1990 to 1992.

Georg Habsburg-Lothringen has lived in Sóskút near Budapest since 1993 , where he took on leading positions in television production companies and TV stations from 1995. The end of 1996 he was special envoy of Hungary and sat down for 2004 of inclusion of the country into the European Union a. In the 2009 European elections to the European Parliament , he ran on the list of the Magyar Demokrata Fórum (MDF). The moderately conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum achieved only 5.3% and only one mandate, which did not go to Georg Habsburg.

Unlike Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, who completely rejected Turkey's full accession to the EU and preferred a “privileged partnership”, his son Georg assures Turkey that he will support him if he estimates that it fulfills the accession criteria in 10 to 15 years. He speaks six languages, including his mother tongue German and Hungarian.

family

In 1995 the Catholic met the Protestant Eilika Duchess of Oldenburg (born August 22, 1972 in Bad Segeberg ) on a mountain hike in the Allgäu . The couple became engaged in February 1997 and married on October 18, 1997 in St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest. The couple has three children, Sophia, Ildikó and Karl-Konstantin.

Hungarian President Árpád Göncz and Prime Minister Gyula Horn took part in what the media dubbed the “dream wedding” . Árpád (v.) Klimó sees it in an essay on the Hungarian coming to terms with the past as a "concrete [es]" sign that "there would be no reappraisal in Hungary, but rather an extinction of the period from 1945-89", where now the “Holy St. Stephen's Crown ” “now again, as the Hungarian national coat of arms [adorns] at the time of Horthy ” “and one […] could speak of a very superficial re-Christianization and remonarchization of the state symbols”.

Georg Habsburg is third in the family ranking after his brother Karl Habsburg-Lothringen and his son Ferdinand .

Citizenships and Name

(Paul) Georg Habsburg-Lothringen is an Austrian citizen by birth . In 1991 he received the Hungarian citizenship. The question in an interview with the Budapester Zeitung in March 2009: “In contrast to your father, you rarely seem to use the suffix 'von'. Why? "He answered with:

“I myself don't use the 'from' at all. It does not appear in my two passports, the Austrian and the Hungarian. As a Habsburg, I actually don't need a 'von'. Anyone who cannot do anything with Habsburg cannot do anything with “von”. But again and again I am addressed by other people with 'von Habsburg' or announced at events. Of course, then I don't improve people or delete the 'from'. After all, it's the historical name. "

According to historical traditions, Georg Habsburg-Lothringen is often referred to in the media and society as the Archduke .

Affiliations and honorary positions

  • Since 1987: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece .
  • Since December 2004 he has been President of the Hungarian Red Cross .
  • Protector for Hungary of the Order of St. George - A European order of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen
  • Honorary Chairman of the Tüke Foundation.

Web links

Commons : Georg Habsburg-Lothringen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A picnic is like a history class. In: Der Standard , August 23, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c Georg von Habsburg. In: Thomas W. Schwarzer's "Authorized Honor Page" on "Otto von Habsburg" and his family. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c Boris Kálnoky: Experienced history. George of Habsburg via Hungary's route. In: Die Welt Online, March 12, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Władysław Bartoszewski: Poland and Germany. Community of interests and values. Program document for: “I. German-Polish Congress of Local Self-Governments, Piechowice, 26. – 27. November 2007 ", p. 17. ( PDF; p. 9. Accessed on June 22, 2011.)
  5. ↑ a b Boris Kálnoky: The emperor's grandson is a doer. In: Die Welt Online, October 18, 1997. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  6. ^ A b Jan Mainka: "Hungary needs every helping hand". Interview with Georg Habsburg. In: Budapester Zeitung, March 23, 2009.
  7. ↑ Patricia Driese, dpa: Dati and Basescu: The EU Parliament shimmers. In: EU-Info.Deutschland / dpa , June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  8. ^ Clemens Neuhold: A Habsburg goes to Brussels. (“The grandson of the last emperor could soon be a member of the European Union for Hungary.”) In: EUspresso, 2009 ( undated ). Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  9. ^ A b Habsburg: A European Family in the 21st Century. Georg Habsburg. In: DiePresse.com , October 4, 2010, accessed on May 10, 2019.
  10. ↑ Eilika Habsburg-Lothringen ( memento of April 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of your Habsburg-Eilika Foundation. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  11. ↑ a b Wedding in the footsteps of Sissi. Paul Georg von Habsburg married Eilika von Oldenburg in Budapest. In: Rhein-Zeitung / AP , October 19, 1997. Accessed June 22, 2011.
  12. ↑ Árpád von Klimó : Reflections on “ coming to terms with the past” in Hungary 1989-99. Elaboration of a contribution to the History Forum Berlin, May 30, 1999. In: Email from Klimo Arpad to H-Soz-u-Kult ( memento of October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), January 4, 2001. Accessed June 22, 2011.
  13. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, April 6, 1996: About Georg Habsburg-Lothringen's Hungarian citizenship. "... on his business card there is a simple, bourgeois 'Habsburg György' (Georg Habsburg)".
  14. ↑ Tüke Prize to Diocesan Bishop Michael Mayer Strengthening Christian Identity. ( Memento from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: Neue Zeitung. Ungarndeutsches Wochenblatt, February 6, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Habsburg-Lothringen, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Habsburg-Lothringen, Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus; Habsburg-Lothringen, Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus von (full name); Habsburg György (Hungarian name); Habsburg-Lothringen, Paul Georg; Habsburg, Georg; Habsburg, Georg von; Habsburg, Paul Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION youngest son of Otto von Habsburg
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Starnberg