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Radu Duda, Prinţ de Hohenzollern-Veringen. Radu Duda, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen.
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Radu Duda Biography

ROM - Radu, Principe al României, Prinţ de Hohenzollern-Veringen (n. 7 iunie 1960, Iaşi, România, ca Radu Duda). În anul 1996 s-a căsătorit cu ASR Principesa Margareta de România. La data de 1 ianuarie 1999 a fost numit "prinţ de Hohenzollern-Veringen" de către ASR prinţul Friedrich Wilhelm, şeful casei princiare de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, numele său legal devenind Radu Hohenzollern Veringen Duda. Prinţul Radu nu are blazon, deoarece nu i-a fost specificat vreunul prin decretul princiar care i-a acordat noul nume. De asemenea, decretul nu i-a acordat lui Radu nici apelativul de "Alteţă". Alte familii regale, însă, i-au recunoscut folosirea de către acesta a apelativului de "Alteţă Serenissimă". Prin noul Statut al Casei Regale semnat de Regele Mihai al României la 30 decembrie, 2007, Radu a primit titlul de "Principe al României" cu apelativul de "Alteţă Regală" şi urmează să poarte titlul de "Alteţa Sa Regală Principele Consort al României" începând de la moartea lui Mihai. - Have you voted in the poll Radu Duda ? -

E membru al Familiei Regale Române. Fie acompaniat de soţia sa, Principesa Margareta, fie cel mai adesea singur, prinţul reprezintă Familia Regală cu diverse ocazii.
 
Carieră politică
În septembrie 2002 a fost numit Reprezentant Special al Guvernului Român pentru Integrare, Co-operare şi Dezvoltare Durabilă. Radu mai e şi Consilier al MS Regelui Mihai I, Patron al Camerei de Comerţ Româno-Britanice, Membru al Comitetului de Directori ai Asociaţiei "Casa NATO" din Bucureşti şi Membru de Onoare al Senatelor Universităţii "Aurel Vlaicu" din Arad şi al Universităţii din Oradea.

Din 2005 e colonel al Armatei Romane şi şi-a obţinut un doctorat în Ştiinţe Militare de la Academia Naţională Militară din Bucureşti.
Conferinţele Prinţului Radu discută subiecte legate de integrarea României în structurile Euro-Atlantice, apărare şi securitate, geopolitică şi diplomaţie, cultură, economie şi educaţie. A vorbit deasemenea şi despre problema minorităţilor etnice, în particular despre cea rromă, un subiect important pentru România şi Europa de Sud Est de azi, în cadrul unor conferinţe din România şi Europa.

Pe data de 9 aprilie 2009 principele şi-a anunţat candidatura pentru funcţia de preşedinte al României la alegerile din noiembrie 2009. - Has changed the detail your opinion on Radu Duda ? -
 
Scandalul titlului

În august 2004, reprezentanţi ai ASS Karl Friedrich, Prinţ Moştenitor de Hohenzollern -Sigmaringen, l-au acuzat pe Radu de folosirea numelui Hohenzollern fără permisiune, cât şi de a fi cerut sume "considerabile" de bani de la persoanele care ar fi interesate în cumpărarea acestui titlu. Prinţul Moştenitor l-a atenţionat pe Radu deasemenea că familia Hohenzollern va lua "măsuri legale" în cazul că aceste lucruri se vor repeta şi i-a cerut să nu mai folosească titlul de "Prinţ de Hohenzollern-Veringen". Prinţul Moştenitor e fiul ASS Friedrich Wilhelm, Prinţul de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, care i-a acordat lui Radu "numele" ad personam de "Prinz von Hohenzollern-Veringen" la 1 ianuarie, 1999. Scandalul se crede că ar fi fost instigat de către un descendant al regelui Carol al II-lea şi prieten al Prinţului Moştenitor, Paul Lambrino, cunoscut deasemenea în UE şi ca Paul Hohenzollern, ca urmare a două procese din Portugalia şi Franţa care i-au recunoscut tatăl drept fiu legitim al regelui Carol al II-lea, fără drepturi dinastice sau de titlu. Radu a dat în judecată revista "Royalty Monthly" din Londra pentru calomnie pentru publicarea acestor acuze într-un articol. - Have you read details about Piperea Gheorghe ? - Prinţul Radu n-a încetat să poarte numele şi titlul de "Prinţ de Hohenzollern-Veringen" şi nu există dovadă că s-ar fi luat măsuri legale contra sa de către familia de Hohenzollern.
 
Suport politic
Între septembrie 2002 şi septembrie 2008, Prinţul Radu a fost Reprezentant special al Guvernului României sub două administraţii succesive, atât cea a guvernului de coaliţie al PSD, cât şi cea a alianţei de centru-dreapta "Dreptate şi Adevăr", ulterior a alianţei PNL-UDMR. Între timp, principalul partid monarhist PNŢCD, în prezent extra-parlamentar, a respins orice rol pentru el sau principesa Margareta într-o monarhie restaurată.
Într-un sondaj de opinie din 2004 al PSD, din a cărui guvern de coaliţie făcea parte ca Reprezentant Special, Radu a obţinut doar 3.4% ca potenţial candidat la următoarele alegeri prezidenţiale. Într-un sondaj mai recent, din 2006 realizat de un institut afiliat cu Casa Regală în administrarea atât a evenimentelor publice ale acesteia, cât şi a şcolii de management a ospitalităţii patronată de aceasta, 48.80% din cei chestionaţi au fost de acord ca prinţul Radu să accepte o funcţie în stat, în timp ce 46.41% au fost contra. - Can Radu Duda have an infuence on Gheorghe Piperea ? - Acelaşi sondaj din 2006 a arătat că 66% dintre românii sondaţi ar dori să vadă o implicare mai activă a Casei Regale în democratizarea şi dezvoltarea României. Într-un sondaj de opinie din 2008, Radu a obţinut 2.6% ca potenţial candidat la alegerile prezidenţiale din România.
 
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ENG - Radu Duda, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen was born on 7 June 1960 in Iaşi, Romania, as Radu Duda. In 1996 he married Princess Margarita of Romania. On 1 January 1999 he was named Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen by Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, the Head of the Sigmaringen branch of the Hohenzollern family. This action has no diplomatic or legal status however. The new Statute of the Romanian Royal Family, which also lacks any diplomatic or legal status, signed by King Michael I of Romania on December 30, 2007, made public Radu's title of "Prince of Romania" with the style of "Royal Highness," which King Michael had bestowed upon him earlier on January 5, 2005. Through the same Statute Radu is to bear the title "His Royal Highness The Prince Consort of Romania" upon Michael's death. He represents the Royal Family on various occasions.

Personality

In an interview for "Observator Plus," Prince Radu talks frankly about himself. - Did you know that Radu Duda is popular at 83% of voters? - He says that during Communism he had lived in an amoral world which lacked models and in which it was difficult to have principles. He discovered the latter only when he met King Michael, when he realized that "life can be marked, here and there, by principles." Before that fateful meeting, Radu had had only ideals and "exercises of admiration" towards European or international personalities. In another interview, Radu enumerates some of the personalities from Eastern Europe he admires, such as Pope John Paul II, Lech Wałęsa, Václav Havel, and Nelson Mandela. During Communism, his family represented a source of inspiration for him, because in those corrupt times they remained honest people. Also, Radu believes that he could not have done things better than he has done in his life so far. He also says that he has very few friends. One of his favorite films is Brokeback Mountain,which he describes as "one of the most moving and emotional, full of inspiration and of truth movies of the last years," and he is an admirer of the movie's "exceptional" star, Heath Ledger, whose premature death he decries. His favorite singers are Pavarotti, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Elton John.
 
Corruption accusations

BAE Systems, one of the donors to Princess Margarita's charity, and its representatives, have been involved in a corruption scandal regarding the purchase by the Romanian Government of two decommissioned UK Royal Navy frigates refurbished by BAE, for which an alleged £ 7 million bribe was paid. Some of this money, it is also alleged, "ended up in the pockets of the royal family of Hohenzollern". The "Gardianul" newspaper, noting that both Margarita and Radu, as Special Representative of the Government, had met a number of times formally or informally with the BAE Systems representatives before and after the signing of the governmental contract, inquired whether the royal family was involved in any lobbying on behalf of the company. In an official communique sent to the newspaper, Radu denied any such lobbying activities, stating that as patron of the British-Romanian Chamber of Commerce in which BAE Systems is a member, he met with this as well as other British companies' representatives.
 
The title scandal
In August 2004, representatives of HSH Karl Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, accused Radu of using the Hohenzollern name without permission as well as of having demanded "considerable" sums of money The Insignia of Prince Radufrom whomever may be interested in buying it. The Hereditary Prince also warned Radu that the Hohenzollern family would take "legal measures" in case these things were to happen again and demanded him not to use the title of "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" any longer. The Hereditary Prince is the son of HSH Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who had granted Radu an ad personam "name" of "Prinz von Hohenzollern-Veringen" on January 1, 1999. The scandal is believed to have been instigated by a descendant of King Carol II and friend of the Hereditary Prince, Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern, whose father Carol won two lawsuits in Portugal and France which recognised him as the legitimate son of Carol II, without any dynastic or title rights. Radu has sued the London based "Royalty Monthly" magazine for libel for publishing these allegations in an article. Prince Radu has not ceased to use the name and title "Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen" and there is no evidence that further legal measures have been taken by the Hohenzollern family.
 
The military rank

Some have contested the legality of Radu's meteoric rise in the Romanian Army from a reserve non-comissioned officer to the rank of active colonel in much less time than that prescribed for ordinary advancements. The former Chief of Army Staff has argued that his activation was done at Radu's own request, while his promotion was granted for "extraordinary" merits, such as Radu's lobby for Romania's admission into NATO. Radu's official response argues, however, that his own activation was not as result of any unilateral request, but of a joint request of both the Royal House and the Defence Ministry.

 

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15.04.2009

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