Mario Wohlwend

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Mario Wohlwend
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 February 2017
Personal details
Born (1973-01-12) 12 January 1973 (age 51)
Chur, Switzerland
Political party Patriotic Union
Spouse
Silke Bischof
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(m. 2000)​
Children2

Mario Wohlwend (born 12 January 1973) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017.

Life

Wohlwend was born 12 January 1973 in Chur as the son of Johann Wohlwend and Margrith Risch as one of five children. He attended secondary school in Eschen. He conducted an apprenticeship as a machine draftsman at Hilti in Schaan from 1989 to 1993, and from 1994 to 2000 he worked at as a project manager at Hofag AG in Schaan. Since 2000 he has worked as a trainer for designers at Hilti and since 2001 he has been an examination expert for intermediate and final apprenticeship examinations as a designer. [1]

From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Ruggell municipal council as a member of the Patriotic Union. [1] He was the party's candidate for mayor of Ruggell in 2015, but was defeated by Maria Kaiser-Eberle. [2] He has been a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017, and he has been a member of the audit committee since 2021. He was the head of the Liechtenstein delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2017 to 2021. [1] He is running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election. [3]

Wohlwend married Silke Bischof (born 30 April 1975) on 5 August 2000 and they have two children together. He lives in Ruggell. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wohlwend, Mario". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Liechtenstein hat zweite Frau als Vorsteherin". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 15 March 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Kaufmann, Gary (27 September 2024). "Die ersten Landtagskandidaten heissen Mario Wohlwend und Markus Schaper". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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