Albert II de Monaco

See also: Albert, Albert II, Prince Albert

The prince Albert II de Monaco born Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi the March 14th 1958 with Monaco is sovereign prince of Monaco since the April 6th 2005

Biography

prince Albert Grimaldi (Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre Grimaldi) is born the March 14th 1958 with the Palais from Monaco from the prince Rainier III from Monaco and from the princess Grâce from Monaco (of American origin , born Grace Kelly). It has an older sister the Caroline princess of Monaco (princess of Hanover by marriage with the prince Ernest-Auguste of Hanover) and a younger sister the Stéphanie princess by Monaco. It has for godfather the prince Louis de Polignac and as a godmother the queen Victoria-Eugenie of Spain

Albert of Monaco makes his secondary studies with the college Albert I {{er}} of Monaco and passes his baccalaureat in June 1976.

He carries out then a formation of raise-officer to the French Naval college on board the Porte-hélicoptères Jeanne d' Arc as a Enseigne of vessel of second class of the tallies of reserve of the French Marine.

He continues then studies in Political sciences with the Université Amherst College of Amherst close to Boston, in the Massachusetts, from where he leaves with a license Political science in 1981 then he follows many training courses inter alia in one of largest the Banque S of the the United States to the JP Morgan Chase & Co of New York and at Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to Paris…

In 1982 whereas it is 24 years old, it loses his/her mother Grace Kelly in an car accident with Turbie. It takes again then the presidency of the Croix-Rouge Monegasque and is named vice-president of the Fondation Princess-Grace-of-Monaco.

Large multidisciplinary Sport accomplished yew in the disciplines of the Athletics, Football, Tennis, Judo, Oar, veil, Ski, Squash, Swimming, Bobsleigh, modern Pentathlon… it takes part as a Athlète Monegasque in the Winter Olympics of 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1998 in Bobsleigh, like with the Rallye Paris-Dakar in 1985 and 1986. It created the Fédération Monegasque of Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton of which he is president

Prince Albert is member of the International Olympic committee since 1985 and chair Fédération Monegasque of Swimming since 1983, of the Yacht Club of Monaco since 1984, of the Fédération Monegasque of Athletics since 1984, of the Olympic committee Monegasque since 1994 and of the Fédération Modern Monegasque of Pentathlon since 1999…

In the Military field, it is named the November 11th 1986 Colonel of the company of the police officers of Monaco, the August 18th 1988, Lieutenant of reserve in the body of the officers of French Marine. It is also godfather of the Patrouille of France since 1993

Prince Albert is member of the support group of the Worldwide organization of protection of nature (WWF-France), president of the Steering Committee of the International festival of Television of Monte Carlo and honorary president of Association Monaco Aide and Presence, of the Jeune Economic room of Monaco, of the Association of the Friends of the Opéra of Monte Carlo and the National committee Monegasque of the International association of the Visual arts of UNESCO…

During the admission of the principality of Monaco to UNO in 1993, his/her father appoints it president of the delegation Monegasque to the General meeting of the United Nations, organized each year in September with New York. Prince Albert is also member of honor of the International institute of Humanitarian right and Honorary doctor in Philosophie of the National university of Ireland de Maynooth in Ireland

Since the end of the Years 1980 beginning of the Years 1990, Prince Rainier III entrusted a progressive role to him growing in the administration and the life of the Principality of Monaco with a culminating point the October 5th 2004 where Albert represents Monaco at the time of the ceremony of adhesion of the principality to the the Council of Europe.

He inherited the throne the April 6th 2005 at the time of the death of his father, the prince Rainier III of Monaco, the continuations of a long hospitalization in a great state of general weakness.

During his first year of reign, prince Albert carried out, after the three months of mourning of the Court, of the visits of courtesy in France, Italy and to the the Vatican. He was also expressed before the General meeting of the United Nations. Its official establishment showed its simplicity and its great popularity near the Monégasques. In April 2006, it directs a forwarding in sledge to the North pole in order to alert the public opinion on the Climate warming. He then becomes the first Head of State in exercise to reach the North pole. One century before, its great-great-grandfather Albert Ier of Monaco had without success made the same attempt.

Extremely of this Scientific human adventure and , and in bond with the tradition of these ancestors, the prince Albert II decides in June 2006 to create its clean foundation: the Foundation Albert-II-OF-Monaco dedicated to the environmental protection and the Sustainable development. The Climate changes, the Biodiversity and the Eau will be the three fields of action of this foundation. Concretely, the first projects of the Albert II de Monaco Foundation should take shape with the beginning of the year 2007.

Private life and hereditary succession

On the plan of his private life, the prince Albert II officially recognized the paternity of two illegitimate children

Titulature

Its Highness Sérénissime the Prince Albert II, Prince Souverain of Monaco and Marquis of the Beams, is also:

See the article on Titles of Grimaldi.

Distinctions and Decorations

Titles

  • Sòci dou Felibrige (Associated member of Félibrige) in 1977

  • Knight about Malta (of Honor and Devotion) in June 1989

Decorations Monegasques

foreign Decorations

  • Large Officer of the National order of the Lion of the Senegal in May 1977

  • Knight Grand Cross of the equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem the January 27th 1983
  • Large Officer of the International Merit of Blood the March 12th 1994
  • Grand Cross of the National order of the Merit the July 25th 1997
  • Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign and Military Order of Malta the October 15th 1997
  • Rise in the Order in Darjah Kerabat Diraja Pahang the November 7th 1997 with Sultanate of Pahang in Malaysia
  • Grand Cross of the National order of Niger in March 1998
  • Large Collar about Jose Simeon Canias in 2002 with the Large El Salvador
  • Cross of the Order Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 2002 with the Large Panama
  • Cross about the Sun of Peru in 2003 with the Large Peru
  • Cross of the Order Juan Mora Fernandez in 2003 with the Large Costa Rica
  • Cross about the Legion of honor in 2006

Bond

  • List of the current leaders

  • Albert II de Monaco (stamp), on the stamps with its effigy.

  • Site of the princely palate
  • Official site of Monte Carlo
  • Government Monegasque
  • official Biography on the site of the princely palate

Nonofficial bond

  • Life of Prince in Monaco: the challenge Monegasque, chronicle of Rene Saens

Simple: Albert II, Prince off Monaco

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