First Mario Frick cabinet

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First Mario Frick cabinet
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Government of Liechtenstein
Mario Frick (politician) (cropped).jpg
Date formed15 December 1993 (1993-12-15)
Date dissolved14 April 1997 (1997-04-14)
People and organisations
Head of state Hans-Adam II
Head of government Mario Frick
Deputy head of government Thomas Büchel
Total no. of members5
Member parties FBP
VU
Status in legislature Coalition
24 / 25(96%)
Opposition party Free List
History
Election Oct 1993
Predecessor Markus Büchel cabinet
Successor Second Mario Frick cabinet

The First Mario Frick cabinet was the governing body of Liechtenstein from 15 December 1993 to 14 April 1997. It was appointed by Hans-Adam II and was chaired by Mario Frick.

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History

October 1993 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a win for the Patriotic Union. [1] As a result, the Markus Büchel cabinet was dissolved with Mario Frick succeeding Markus Büchel as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein. [2] [3] He became Europe's youngest head of government at the time at 28 years old. [4]

During the government's term, Liechtenstein entered the European Economic Area after a successful referendum in 1995, and also joined the World Trade Organization the same year. [5] [6] However, it also faced problems in its foreign relations, such as a dispute with the Czech Republic begun in 1992 over the confiscation of Princely properties estates in 1945.

The 1997 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a win for the Patriotic Union. [7] As a result, the cabinet was dissolved and succeeded by the Second Mario Frick cabinet. [2] [8]

Members

PictureNameTermRoleParty
Prime Minister
Mario Frick (politician) (cropped).jpg Mario Frick 15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
  • Finance
  • Justice
Patriotic Union
Deputy Prime Minister
Thomas Büchel 15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
  • Interior
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Agriculture
  • Forestry
Progressive Citizens' Party
Government councillors
Andrea Willi (cropped).jpg Andrea Willi 15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
  • Foreign affairs
  • Culture
  • Sports
Patriotic Union
Michael Ritter (cropped).jpg Michael Ritter 15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
  • Business
  • Family
  • Health
  • Social services
Patriotic Union
Cornelia Gassner 15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
  • Construction
  • Transport
Progressive Citizens' Party


See also

References

  1. Liechtenstein: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. 1 2 "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021" (PDF). www.regierung.li. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. "Heute: Wahl der Regierung". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 15 December 1993. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. "Frick, Mario". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. Dataset: Liechtenstein: Referendum on the European Economic Area membership 1995 Archived 2019-01-26 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database
  6. "AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA". European Free Trade Association . 19 August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  8. "Neue Regierung gewählt". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 15 April 1997. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2025.