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Albert Frick (politician)

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Albert Frick
Frick in 2023
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
In office
March 2013 – 10 April 2025
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Vice PresidentViolanda Lanter
Gunilla Marxer-Kranz
Preceded byArthur Brunhart
Succeeded byManfred Kaufmann
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
In office
25 March 2009 – 9 February 2025
Personal details
Born (1948-10-21) 21 October 1948 (age 76)
Schaan, Liechtenstein
Political partyProgressive Citizens' Party
Spouse
Elisabeth Schwab
(m. 1971; died 2009)
Cornelia Lang
(m. 2022)
Children3

Albert Frick (born 21 October 1948) is a politician from Liechtenstein served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2025. He served in the Landtag from 2009 to 2025.

Career

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From 1972 to 1991 Frick was a sports teacher in various schools throughout Liechtenstein, including the state school in Vaduz.[1] He was a member of the chef de mission of the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 summer Olympics.[2]

From 1991 to 2011 he was a member of the Schaan municipal council and from 2003 to 2007 was deputy mayor of the municipality.[1]

Frick (left) with Ilham Aliyev in 2015

Frick was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 2009 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party. From March 2013 he was the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.[3] On 9 October 2023 Frick announced that he will not be running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.[4] He was succeeded by Manfred Kaufmann on 10 April 2025.[5]

He was the head of the Liechtenstein delegation at the International Parliamentary Union from 2021 to 2025.[1]

Personal life

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Frick married Elisabeth Schwab (24 July 1947 – 3 October 2009) on 9 October 1971 and they had three children together.[1] He remarried on 2 July 2022 to Cornelia Lang, head of financial control in Liechtenstein.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Frick, Albert". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Liechtenstein an den Olympischen Spielen". Liechtenstein Olympic Committee (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Mitglieder - Präsidenten". March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Landtagspräsident tritt nicht mehr an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ^ "FBP- und VU-Vorstandsgremien genehmigen Koalitionsvertrag". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. ^ Quaderer, Elias (4 July 2022). "Wenn der Landtagspräsident die Leiterin der Finanzkontrolle heiratet". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.