Maria Marxer

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Willi Marxer
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(m. 1952;died 1976)​
Maria Marxer
Mayor of Gamprin
In office
February 1991 –February 1995
Children5

Maria Marxer (born 11 February 1931) is a former politician from Liechtenstein who served as the mayor of Gamprin from 1991 to 1995. She is the first female Liechtenstein mayor.

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Life

Marxer was born on 11 February 1931 in Gamprin as the daughter of Albert Müller and Agnes (née Eberle) as one of four children. She attended school in the municipality and then worked in ceramics design at Schaedler Keramik AG in Nendeln until 1951. After her marriage, she became a housewife. [2]

She was elected as a member of the Gamprin municipal council in 1983 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party, being one of the first three women elected to such a position. [2] Marxer was deputy mayor of the municipality from 1987 to 1991, and then mayor from 1991 to 1995, being the first woman to be mayor of a Liechtenstein municipality. [2] [3] She narrowly lost re-election to Donath Oehri in 1995. [4]

She was the only female mayor of Liechtenstein until Maria Kaiser-Eberle was elected as mayor of Ruggell in 2015. [5] Marxer was the president of the Unterland Samaritan Association from 1978 to 1991, and then a member of the board of trustees at the Liechtenstein National Museum. [2]

She married Willi Marxer (15 September 1924 – 6 September 1976), a teacher, and they had five children together. [2] She lives in Gamprin. [3]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Gruppenbild mit Dame: Vorsteher und Vizevorsteher im Alten Landtagssaal". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 16 February 1991. p. 3. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Marxer, Maria". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 14 February 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Bis heute eine fröhliche Kämpfernatur". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gemeindewahlen 1995". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 30 January 1991. pp. 3–5. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Liechtenstein hat zweite Frau als Vorsteherin". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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