王储阿洛伊斯在列支敦士登国庆日宣布，该国已改变王位继承规则以允许女性继承王位。[1]这一改变于周三获得王室必要的三分之二多数成员投票赞成。[1]
根据新规则，王位继承顺序将从男性优先制改为绝对长幼制，这意味着未来无论性别如何，最年长的子女将成为王位继承人。[1]现年58岁的王储阿洛伊斯有四个子女，其中最年长的是31岁的约瑟夫·温策尔王子。[1]汉斯-亚当二世仍为国家元首，但他自2004年起已将大部分权力移交给阿洛伊斯。[1]
这个拥有4万人口的富裕高山公国在1984年成为最后一个赋予女性全国选举权的欧洲国家。[1]去年，布里吉特·哈斯成为该国首位女性总理。[1]
Liechtenstein's royal family has reformed its succession laws to permit women to inherit the Alpine principality's throne, a change announced by Hereditary Prince Alois during the country's national day celebration [1]. The modification was approved on Wednesday by the required two-thirds majority vote among family members [1]. Under the new framework, the line of succession will shift from male primogeniture to absolute primogeniture, meaning the firstborn child, regardless of gender, will become the heir to the throne [1].
Prince Hans-Adam II continues as the nation's head of state, though he transferred most governing powers to Alois in 2004 [1]. Alois is now 58 years old and has four children, with his eldest being 31-year-old Prince Joseph Wenzel [1]. Liechtenstein is a prosperous nation of approximately 40,000 people [1]. The country did not grant women the right to vote in national elections until 1984, becoming the last European nation to do so [1]. Last year, Brigitte Haas became Liechtenstein's first female prime minister [1].