Aurelia Cäcilia Katharina Frick[1] commonly known as Aurelia Frick (born 19 September 1975) is a Liechtensteiner politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture from 2009 to 2019.
Aurelia Frick | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Culture | |
| In office 25 March 2009 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Monarch | Alois (Regent) |
| Prime Minister | Klaus Tschütscher Adrian Hasler |
| Preceded by | Rita Kieber-Beck |
| Succeeded by | Katrin Eggenberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aurelia Cäcilia Katharina Frick 19 September 1975 St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Political party | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| Spouse |
Oliver Muggli
(m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Fribourg University of Basel |
Early life and education
editAurelia Frick was born in St. Gallen, Switzerland. From 1995 to 1999, Frick studied law at the University of Fribourg. She was admitted to the Bar of the Canton of Zürich in 2004. In 2005, she received her Doctor of Law from University of Basel.[2]
Career
editBetween 2001 and 2003 she was working as an auditor at the district court of Zurich in civil, labor, tenancy and criminal law. She received a doctorate from the University of Basel, with a thesis on "The Termination of the Mandate", and passed the bar examination in the Swiss Canton of Zurich. After graduation, Frick worked at a Zurich law firm, and then as legal director for a London-based human resources company. From November 2006 she worked as a consultant for Bjørn Johansson Associates, an executive search company. Part-time she was working as an associate professor at the University of Liechtenstein. She briefly worked for the hedge fund K2.[3]
Frick has started her independent advisory practice, UNLOCK Advisory, in Vaduz after resignation as a minister.[4]
Political career
editFrick, a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party in Liechtenstein (Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei in Liechtenstein, or FBP), was at age 34 appointed to the ministerial justice, foreign affairs, and cultural affairs portfolios following the March 2009 parliamentary election in Liechtenstein in . Frick became one of Liechtenstein's five ministers in the Klaus Tschütscher cabinet, and one of two women in the cabinet. She was expected, on appointment, to pursue reforms of Liechtenstein's civil and criminal law.
After the 2013 parliamentary election, Frick was appointed to serve under the new government Prime Minister Adrian Hasler as head of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture.[5][6][7]
Causa Frick
editIn 2019, Frick was subject to an embezzlement scandal where she was accused of misappropriating funds as a part of her duties.[8] She refused to cooperate with the Landtag of Liechtenstein's audit commission, and on 2 July 2019 it passed a motion of no confidence against her, and she was expelled from her position.[9][10] She was succeeded by Katrin Eggenberger.[11]
Personal life
editIn 2011, Frick married Oliver Muggli,[12][13] a Swiss financier and former banker. Muggli is currently a partner of 1291 Private Office, a financial services company, based in Liechtenstein.[14]
They have two children and reside in Vaduz.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bildkollektion". Visual (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ministerin für Äußeres, Bildung und Kultur. Dr. Aurelia C.K. Frick" (PDF). bilaterales.bmbwf.gv.at (in German). August 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Liechtenstein minister worked for K1 hedge fund". Reuters. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "START". Unlockadvisory (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "LLV" (PDF). www.llv.li. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Erster offizieller Besuch des neuen Regierungschefs des Fürstentums Liechtenstein in der Schweiz". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Ikr: Aurelia Frick an UNO: Liechtenstein als verlässlicher Partner". 29 September 2013.
- ^ Schädler, Patrik; Stahl-Frick, Bettina (1 April 2021). "Causa Frick: Kein Urteil, aber neue Details". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Frick, Aurelia". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Meier, Günther (2 July 2019). "Liechtensteiner Parlament entzieht Aussenministerin Frick das Vertrauen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Interview with Dr Katrin Eggenberger, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein". EFTA. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Regierungsrätin Aurelia Frick hat "Ja" gesagt, 6 July 2011, retrieved 1 March 2023
- ^ "Aurelia Frick hat geheiratet - Liechtenstein". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Muggli in Vaduz - Reports". Moneyhouse. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Aurelia Frick und Oliver Muggli präsentieren ihr Familienglück - Liechtenstein - Liechtensteiner Volksblatt, die Tageszeitung für Liechtenstein". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
External links
edit- Aurelia Frick at the official website of the government of Liechtenstein.