Albert Frick (politician)

Albert Frick
Frick in 2023
President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2013
Monarchs	Hans-Adam II Alois (regent)
Vice President	Violanda Lanter Gunilla Marxer-Kranz
Preceded by	Arthur Brunhart
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2009
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-21) 21 October 1948 (age 76) Schaan, Liechtenstein
Political party	Progressive Citizens' Party
Spouse	Elisabeth Schwab ​ ​ (m. 1971; died 2009)​ Cornelia Lang ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	3

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]

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. "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. "Ergebnisse Landtagswahlen 2009". FÜRSTENTUM LIECHTENSTEIN LANDTAGSWAHLEN (in German). 8 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
4. "Albert Frick". Landtag of Liechtenstein (in German). 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 German). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
7. Quaderer, Elias (4 July 2022). "Wenn der Landtagspräsident die Leiterin der Finanzkontrolle heiratet". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2023.