Nikolaus von und zu Liechtenstein

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Prince Nikolaus Ferdinand Maria Josef Raphael von und zu Liechtenstein (born October 24, 1947 in Zurich , Switzerland ) is a Liechtenstein diplomat .

biography

Nikolaus von Liechtenstein was born in Zurich in 1947 as the son of Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein (1906–1989) and his wife, Princess Gina (1921–1989). He grew up with his parents in the Princely House in Vaduz . He graduated from the primary school in Vaduz, before the Schottengymnasium in Vienna and later high school in Zuoz visited. From 1968 to 1972 he studied law at the University of Vienna . From 1973 to 1974 worked as a research assistant at the International Red Cross in Geneva . After that, from 1975 to 1976 he was a trainee at the Princely Regional Court and at the regional administration in Vaduz. From 1977 to 1978 he worked as a consultant in the Office for International Relations of the Government of the Principality.

In 1979 he became permanent representative of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and held this office until 1989. In 1986 he became the first non-resident ambassador to the Holy See. He was also ambassador to Switzerland from 1989 to 1996 and has been ambassador to Belgium and the European Union since 1996 . From 1990 to 1995 he was head of the Liechtenstein negotiating delegation for the agreement to join the European Economic Area.

Nikolaus von Liechtenstein is married to Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg, the youngest daughter of Jean of Luxembourg . The marriage had four children.

Like other members of the Princely House, Nikolaus is closely associated with the Scout Movement; from 1971 to 1989 he was the corps leader of the Liechtenstein Scout Corps. He is also a member of the Vienna Landsmannschaft Wallenstein in Koel and honorary member of the Vienna KÖHV Nordgau in ACA .

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Individual evidence

  1. Nikolaus Ferdinand Maria Josef Raphael Prince von und zu Liechtenstein on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070117191601/http://www.scout.li/verband/geschichte/geschichte_ppl.php
  3. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)