Albert Frick (politician)

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Albert Frick
File:Albert Frick, President of the Landtag (cropped).jpg
Frick in 2023
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Assumed office
March 2013
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Vice PresidentViolanda Lanter
Gunilla Marxer-Kranz
Preceded byArthur Brunhart
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
Assumed office
2009
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 who has served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2013.

Career

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 deputy head.[1]

File:Ilham Aliyev and Albert Frick, 2015.jpg
Frick (left) with Ilham Aliyev in 2015

Frick was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 2009.[3] He is a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party.[4] Since March 2013, he is the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.[5] On 9 October 2023 Frick announced that he will not be running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.[6] He has been the head of the Liechtenstein delegation at the International Parliamentary Union since 2021.[1]

Personal life

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.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Frick, Albert". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in Deutsch). 2 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. "Liechtenstein an den Olympischen Spielen". Liechtenstein Olympic Committee (in Deutsch). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahlen 2009". FÜRSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN LANDTAGSWAHLEN (in Deutsch). 8 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. "Albert Frick". Landtag of Liechtenstein (in Deutsch). Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  5. "Mitglieder - Präsidenten". March 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
  6. "Landtagspräsident tritt nicht mehr an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in Deutsch). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  7. Quaderer, Elias (4 July 2022). "Wenn der Landtagspräsident die Leiterin der Finanzkontrolle heiratet". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in Deutsch). Retrieved 30 September 2023.