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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Томас Клесціль – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Томас Клесціль" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Томас Клестил – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Томас Клестил" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84" title="تامس کلستیل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تامس کلستیل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4_%ED%81%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%A4%ED%8B%B8" title="토마스 클레스틸 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="토마스 클레스틸" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD_%D5%94%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AC" title="Թոմաս Քլեստիլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թոմաս Քլեստիլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C" title="תומאס קלסטיל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תומאס קלסטיל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="თომას კლესტილი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="თომას კლესტილი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2" title="थॉमस क्लेस्टिल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="थॉमस क्लेस्टिल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84" title="توماس كلستيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="توماس كلستيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB" title="トーマス・クレスティル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="トーマス・クレスティル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C,_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Клестиль, Томас – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Клестиль, Томас" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB" title="Томас Клестил – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Томас Клестил" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Klestil" title="Thomas Klestil – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Thomas Klestil" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5" title="โทมัส เคล็สทีล – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โทมัส เคล็สทีล" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg/220px-Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg/330px-Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg/440px-Thomas_Klestil_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="939" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Klestil in 1999</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">President of Austria</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />8 July 1992 – 6 July 2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chancellor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Vranitzky" title="Franz Vranitzky">Franz Vranitzky</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Klima" title="Viktor Klima">Viktor Klima</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%BCssel" title="Wolfgang Schüssel">Wolfgang Schüssel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Fischer" title="Heinz Fischer">Heinz Fischer</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-11-04</span>)</span>4 November 1932<br /><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, Austria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">6 July 2004<span style="display:none">(2004-07-06)</span> (aged 71)<br />Vienna, Austria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multiple_organ_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple organ failure">Multiple organ failure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Austrian_People%27s_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">People's Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td 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href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thomas Klestil's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg/127px-Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="127" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg/190px-Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg/253px-Thomas_Klestil_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="74" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Klestil</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output 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href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0e/De-at_Thomas_Klestil.ogg/De-at_Thomas_Klestil.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:De-at_Thomas_Klestil.ogg" title="File:De-at Thomas Klestil.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; 4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a> and politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">president of Austria</a> from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a> family — his father was a tramway employee — Klestil went to school in <a href="/wiki/Landstra%C3%9Fe" title="Landstraße">Landstraße</a> where he made friends with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Zawinul" title="Joe Zawinul">Joe Zawinul</a>. He studied at the <a href="/wiki/Vienna_University_of_Economics_and_Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration">Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration</a> and received his doctorate in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20040707_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20040707-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After entering the <a href="/wiki/Civil_service" title="Civil service">civil service</a> he worked in Austria as well as abroad, e.g. for <a href="/wiki/OECD" title="OECD">OECD</a>. In 1969, he established the Austrian <a href="/wiki/Consul_(representative)" title="Consul (representative)">consulate-general</a> in Los Angeles, where he befriended <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20040707_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20040707-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fluent in English, Klestil served as the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Austria_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations">Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations</a> (1978–1982) and Ambassador to the United States (1982–1987) prior to his election as president.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency">Presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being nominated by the conservative <a href="/wiki/Austrian_People%27s_Party" title="Austrian People's Party">Austrian People's Party</a> to run for president, he succeeded <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a> on 8 July 1992. However, in the course of his two terms of office, Klestil's alienation from his own party became increasingly obvious, so much so that there was open antagonism between <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%BCssel" title="Wolfgang Schüssel">Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel</a> and Klestil when, in 2000, the latter had to swear in the newly formed coalition government with <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Haider" title="Jörg Haider">Jörg Haider</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Freedom_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Austrian Freedom Party">Austrian Freedom Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20040707_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20040707-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Klestil, who during his election campaign had vowed to be an "active" president, repeatedly criticized the Austrian government and, in an interview with a Swiss <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">daily</a> given in 2003, stated that, theoretically speaking, it was in his power to dismiss the government any time he found it necessary to do so.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As a matter of fact, the Austrian constitution gives far-reaching powers to the president, but these had never been exercised by any of Klestil's predecessors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_of_Kiryat_Mattersdorf">Support of Kiryat Mattersdorf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Support of Kiryat Mattersdorf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Klestil gave his support to the development of <a href="/wiki/Kiryat_Mattersdorf" title="Kiryat Mattersdorf">Kiryat Mattersdorf</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Haredi_Judaism" title="Haredi Judaism">Haredi</a> Jewish neighborhood in northern <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> founded by the <a href="/wiki/Mattersburg" title="Mattersburg">Mattersdorfer</a> <a href="/wiki/Rav" title="Rav">Rav</a>, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Shmuel_Ehrenfeld" title="Shmuel Ehrenfeld">Shmuel Ehrenfeld</a>, in 1959 in memory of the <a href="/wiki/Siebengemeinden" title="Siebengemeinden">Siebengemeinden</a> (Seven Communities) of <a href="/wiki/Burgenland" title="Burgenland">Burgenland</a> that were destroyed in the <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">Holocaust</a>, Mattersdorf being one of them.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ehrenfeld's son, Rabbi <a href="/wiki/Akiva_Ehrenfeld" title="Akiva Ehrenfeld">Akiva Ehrenfeld</a>, who served as president of the neighborhood, established close ties with the Austrian government to obtain funding for several institutions, including a kindergarten and the Neveh Simcha nursing home. Following Klestil's official state visit to Israel in 1994, which included a side tour of Kiryat Mattersdorf, Klestil hosted Ehrenfeld at an official reception at the <a href="/wiki/Hofburg_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Hofburg Palace">Hofburg Palace</a> in Vienna on 24 January 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Klestil met his future wife Edith Wielander (1932–2011) at the age of 17 in 1949. The marriage took place in 1957 and until the election as Austrian president in 1992, the couple had three children together. The couple separated in 1994, when Klestil made public that he had a love affair with diplomat <a href="/wiki/Margot_Klestil-L%C3%B6ffler" title="Margot Klestil-Löffler">Margot Löffler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple divorced in September 1998, and Klestil married Löffler three months later.<sup id="cite_ref-EdithObit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EdithObit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Klestil died in 2004, Wielander attended the funeral service. </p><p>Klestil suffered from health issues related to his lungs, including a serious illness in 1996. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flaggen_halbmast_Wien.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flaggen_halbmast_Wien.jpg/220px-Flaggen_halbmast_Wien.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Flaggen_halbmast_Wien.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>The Austrian flag flying at half-staff before the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Parliament_Building" title="Austrian Parliament Building">Austrian Parliament Building</a> due to the death of Klestil on 7 July 2004</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_(Order_of_the_Seraphim).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg/330px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg/440px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Thomas_Klestil_%28Order_of_the_Seraphim%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Klestil's arms as knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Seraphim" title="Order of the Seraphim">Order of the Seraphim</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 5 July 2004, three days before he was to leave office, he suffered a <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attack</a> or <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a>, probably caused by his long-term lung problems, and was left in critical condition. He died on 6 July at 23:33 local time at the AKH (<i>Allgemeines Krankenhaus</i> – General Hospital) in Vienna from <a href="/wiki/Multiple_organ_dysfunction_syndrome" title="Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome">multiple organ failure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt20040707_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt20040707-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July 2004, his state funeral service was held in <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Cathedral,_Vienna" title="St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna">St. Stephen's Cathedral</a> in Vienna, and he was interred in the presidential crypt at Vienna's Central Cemetery (<a href="/wiki/Zentralfriedhof" class="mw-redirect" title="Zentralfriedhof">Zentralfriedhof</a>). Among the notable dignitaries who attended his funeral were Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, former Austrian president and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> secretary-general <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a>, and Austrian-born <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">Governor of California</a> <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Klestil was the fifth president of Austria to die in office since 1950. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_awards">Honours and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klestil&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> : Great Star of Honour for <a href="/wiki/Decoration_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria">Services to the Republic of Austria</a> (20 December 1992)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> : Grand Cross with Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a> (27 January 1993)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> : Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion" title="Order of the Netherlands Lion">Order of the Netherlands Lion</a> (22 February 1994)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> : Grand Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Liberator_General_San_Mart%C3%ADn" title="Order of the Liberator General San Martín">Order of the Liberator General San Martín</a> (1995)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> : Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Michael_and_St._George" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St. Michael and St. George">Order of St. Michael and St. George</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> : Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sun_of_Peru" title="Order of the Sun of Peru">Order of the Sun of Peru</a> (1996)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> : Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Order of St. Olav</a> (8 April 1996)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> : Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_the_Seraphim" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Order of the Seraphim">Royal Order of the Seraphim</a> (5 February 1997)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> : Knight of the Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic" title="Order of Isabella the Catholic">Order of Isabella the Catholic</a> (8 July 1997)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> : Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> (21 August 1998)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> : <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> (23 September 1998)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> : Grand Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prince_Yaroslav_the_Wise" title="Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise">Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise</a> (13 October 1998)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> : Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Double_Cross" title="Order of the White Double Cross">Order of the White Double Cross</a> (1 November 1998)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> : Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_Romania" title="Order of the Star of Romania">Order of the Star of Romania</a> (22 January 1999)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> : Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Order_of_King_Tomislav" title="Grand Order of King Tomislav">Grand Order of King Tomislav</a> ("For outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and development co-operation between the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Austria." – 2 March 2001)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> : Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Elephant" title="Order of the White Elephant">Order of the White Elephant</a> (MPCh) (2002)</li> <li>Grand Gold Medal with Star for services to the city of Vienna (3 October 2002)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> : <a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Merit_(Algeria)" title="National Order of Merit (Algeria)">Order of the Athir</a> (13 March 2003)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> : Collar of the <a 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