Wolfgang Marxer

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Wolfgang Marxer
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Born (1960-11-04) 4 November 1960 (age 64)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Political party Free List
Occupation Financial adviser

Wolfgang Marxer (born 4 November 1960) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1993 and again from 2013 to 2017.

Life

Marxer was born on 4 November 1960 in St. Gallen as the son of bricklayer Cirill Marxer and his mother Monika Heeb as one of two children. He attended secondary school in Eschen before attending business school from 1981 to 1984 in St. Gallen and then graduating in business administration in Zürich 1988. [1]

From 1980 to 1981 Marxer worked at a bank in Geneva. From 1984 to 1994 he worked at the VP Bank in Vaduz, where he was also the deputy director of the bank's branch at the British Virgin Islands. Since 2004, he has been a self-employed financial consultant in Eschen. [1]

From February 1993 to the October the same year and again from 2013 to 2017 he was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the Free List party. He also served as a deputy member of the Landtag from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2017 to 2021. During this time, he was also a member of the audit, finance and state committee. [1] Marxer, among other things, has advocated for the increasing of employer pension contributions. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marxer, Wolfgang". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Höhere Pensionskassenbeiträge verlangt". Liechtensteiner Vaterland . 6 October 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Absetzbarkeit von Pensionskassa-Beiträgen". Liechtensteiner Vaterland . 10 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
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