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In 2009, French president Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to abdicate as French co-prince if the principality did not change its banking laws to eliminate its longstanding status as a tax haven. [ 11 ] In 2014, Joan Enric Vives i Sicília said that he would abdicate as bishop of Urgell and co-prince of Andorra if the Andorran Parliament passed a law ...
French First Republic; France renounces the position of co-prince. [2] 1793–1806 Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros (1753–1821) 1797–1812 Emperor of the French House of Bonaparte; Napoleon I (1769–1821) 1806–1812 Andorra was briefly annexed to the First French Empire from 1812 to 1813. [2] Bishop of Urgell King of France House of ...
This article lists the representatives of the Co-Princes of Andorra —originally the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix; currently, the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France. The Co-Princes appoint the representatives to represent them in matters of the state, similar to the function of a governor-general or viceroy.
In Andorra, this is the Bishop of Urgell, Co-Prince of Andorra; in Iran, this is the Supreme Leader; and in Vatican City, this is the Pope. The list includes the names of recently elected or appointed heads of state and government who will take office on an appointed date, as presidents-elect and prime ministers–designate , and those leading ...
President-elect Donald Trump praised the future King of England during a historic meeting in France. Trump met with Prince William on Saturday (7 December) at the British Embassy in Paris after ...
The President of France acts as a co-Prince (along with the Spanish Bishop of Urgell) in Andorra. In 1993, France opened a resident embassy in Andorra la Vella. [1] In October 1967, French President (and co-Prince) Charles de Gaulle paid a visit to Andorra. It was the first visit by a French President to the nation. [2]
The first President of France to complete a full term, he was easily reelected in December 1885. He was nonetheless forced to resign, following an honours scandal in which his son-in-law was implicated. The Government of Maurice Rouvier deputized during the interim (2–3 December 1887). 5 Sadi Carnot [12] (1837–1894) 3 December 1887 25 June ...
On 21 December, he was elected President of France; he was inaugurated in January 1959. As head of state, he became ex officio the Co-Prince of Andorra. [129] De Gaulle oversaw tough economic measures to revitalise the country, including the issuing of a new franc. [130]