Editing Arnold Schwarzenegger (section)

=== Citizenship ===
[[File:Arnold Schwarzenegger 2004-01-30.jpg|thumb|right|Schwarzenegger in 2004]]
Schwarzenegger became a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]] on September 17, 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 17, 1983 |title=Actor Becomes U.S. Citizen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/17/us/actor-becomes-us-citizen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122051700/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/17/us/actor-becomes-us-citizen.html |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |access-date=January 22, 2015 |work=The New York Times |agency=[[United Press International]]}}</ref> Shortly before he gained his citizenship, he asked the Austrian authorities for the right to keep his [[Austrian citizenship]], as Austria does not usually allow [[dual citizenship]]. His request was granted, and he retained his Austrian citizenship.<ref>Leamer, p. 199-200</ref>

In 2005, [[Peter Pilz]], a member of the [[Austrian Parliament]] from the [[Austrian Green Party]], unsuccessfully advocated for Parliament to revoke Schwarzenegger's Austrian citizenship under Article 33 of the Austrian Citizenship Act, which states: "A citizen, who is in the public service of a foreign country, shall be deprived of his citizenship if he heavily damages the reputation or the interests of the Austrian Republic.". Pilz felt that Schwarzenegger's decision not to intervene in the executions of [[Donald Beardslee]] and [[Stanley Williams]] had done so.<ref name="BBC News-2005" /> The death penalty in Austria had been abolished in 1968.