Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1956
Number:6 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Count Richard Nicolas Coudenhove-Kalergi
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1894
Year, Death:1972
Profession:Count
City:Tokyo
Country:JAPAN (JP)
 
Motivation:For his work in the cause of European unity.
 
Nominator:
Name:Erich Mende
Gender:M
Profession:M.P.
City:Bonn
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi was born in Tokyo as the son of the Austrian/Hungarian ambassador and a Japanese mother. He was the founder of the Paneuropean-union, the first movement for a united Europe. He died in Austria. After Coundehove-Kalergi's death the former Crown Prince of Austria/Hungary became the Paneuropeans-union's president.