Education
Graduate in Political Science, University of Geneva (Switzerland); Officer’s Brevet from the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy (Great Britain); Doctorate in Economics, Khon Kaen University (Thailand)
Career
Member of the Council of State (1980-1998); Honorary Chairman of the Board of Economic Development of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (1978-2000); Member of the Board of Trustees of the Mentor Foundation created by the World Health Organisation (WHO); Member of the Board of Directors of the Charles Darwin Foundation; Lieutenant-Representative of HRH Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1998-2000); Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000-)
Sports practised
Swimming, sailing, skiing, water-skiing, tennis
Sports administration
Member of the board of the Luxembourg National Olympic Committee
Awards and distinctions
Honorary Doctorate in the Humanities from the Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut (United States of America); Honorary Doctorate in Law from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (United States of America); Doctor rerum politicarum honoris causa from the University of Trier (Germany)
IOC History
Member of the Olympic Solidarity Commission (1999-)