Albert Frick (politician)

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Elisabeth Schwab
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(m. 1971;died 2009)​
Cornelia Lang
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(m. 2022)​
Albert Frick
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Frick in 2023
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
In office
March 2013 –10 April 2025
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Albert Frick (born 21 October 1948) is a politician from Liechtenstein served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2025. He served in the Landtag from 2009 to 2025.

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Career

From 1972 to 1991 Frick was a sports teacher in various schools throughout Liechtenstein, including the state school in Vaduz. [1] He was a member of the chef de mission of the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 summer Olympics. [2]

From 1991 to 2011 he was a member of the Schaan municipal council and from 2003 to 2007 was deputy mayor of the municipality. [1]

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Frick (left) with Ilham Aliyev in 2015

Frick was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 2009 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party. From March 2013 he was the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein. [3] On 9 October 2023 Frick announced that he will not be running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election. [4] He was succeeded by Manfred Kaufmann on 10 April 2025. [5]

He was the head of the Liechtenstein delegation at the International Parliamentary Union from 2021 to 2025. [1]

Personal life

Frick married Elisabeth Schwab (24 July 1947 – 3 October 2009) on 9 October 1971 and they had three children together. [1] He remarried on 2 July 2022 to Cornelia Lang, head of financial control in Liechtenstein. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Frick, Albert". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Liechtenstein an den Olympischen Spielen". Liechtenstein Olympic Committee (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mitglieder - Präsidenten". March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Landtagspräsident tritt nicht mehr an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "FBP- und VU-Vorstandsgremien genehmigen Koalitionsvertrag". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Quaderer, Elias (4 July 2022). "Wenn der Landtagspräsident die Leiterin der Finanzkontrolle heiratet". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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