Thomas Rehak

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Thomas Rehak
Leader of the Democrats for Liechtenstein
Incumbent
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21 September 2018
Children1
ProfessionTelecommunications engineer

Thomas Rehak (born 21 January 1971) is an engineer and politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017. He is the current leader of the Democrats for Liechtenstein, since 2018.

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Early life

Rehak was born on 21 January 1971 in Chur, Switzerland as the son of heating engineer Franz Rehak and his mother hairdresser Agnes Kindle as one of three children. He attended primary school in Triesen from 1978 to 1983 and then high school from 1983 to 1987. [1]

He held an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer from 1987 to 1991 then from 1992 to 1995 he studied at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons in Chur. [1]

Career

From 1996 to 1999 he worked as a service engineer at the Alcatel-Lucent in Zurich, then TeleNet project manager at Telecom Liechtenstein. Since 2001 he is a self-employed telecommunications consultant and from 2004 to 2017 he was the managing director of the data centre operator ICT-Center AG in Vaduz and Zurich. [1]

In 2013, Rehak was a founding member of The Independents party and from 2013 to 2017 he was a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, and also a member of the Liechtenstein European Economic Area commission. He was a member of the audit commission from 2015 to 2021. [1] Rehak has been a full member of the Landtag since the 2017. [2]

In August 2018 Landtag member Erich Hasler was expelled from The Independents under controversial circumstances. Rehak, along with Herbert Elkuch, sided with Hasler and left the party. [3] The following month, the three men founded the Democrats for Liechtenstein. [4] Rehak has been the leader of the party since its founding in 2018. [3] In the 2021 Liechtenstein general election he was re-elected to the Landtag as a member of the party in his own right. [1] He is running for re-election to the Landtag in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election. [5] In this election, the party nominated him as a government candidate on 16 December 2024, being the first time the party has presented government candidates since its formation. [6]

Personal life

Rehak married Michaela Beck (22 September 1970) on 19 October 2002 and they have one child together. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ "The 2017 elections in Liechtenstein: Slight changes and a stronger parliamentary opposition". Party Systems & Governments Observatory. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Marxer, Wilfred (10 March 2020). "Democrats for Liechtenstein (DpL)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Die neue Partei heisst DPL". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Blank, Valeska (30 November 2024). "Vier Frauen und sechs Männer treten für die DpL an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "DpL nominieren Rehak und Hasler als Regierungskandidaten". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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