| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Number: | 6 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Count Richard Nicolas Coudenhove-Kalergi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1894 |
| Year, Death: | 1972 |
| Profession: | Count |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
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| Motivation: | For his work in the cause of European unity. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Erich Mende |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | M.P. |
| City: | Bonn |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| 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. |
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