Aurelia Frick (born 19 September 1975) is a Liechtensteiner

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who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture from 2009 until 2019. Frick is a

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Personal life

She is married, has a son and a daughter and lives with her family in

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Career

Frick studied law at the

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, Switzerland and graduated in 1999. Between 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

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, with a thesis on "The Termination of the Mandate", and passed the

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in the Swiss Canton of Zurich. After graduation, Frick worked at a Zurich law firm, and then as legal director for a London-based

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company. From November 2006 she worked as a consultant for Bjørn Johansson Associates, an

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company. Part-time she was working as an associate professor at the

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. Frick, a member of the

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(''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. Frick became one of Liechtenstein's five ministers, 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

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Adrian Hasler Adrian Hasler (born 11 February 1964) is a Liechtensteiner politician and trained economist who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021. Early life, family and education Born to Arthur and Liselotte Hasler, Adrian Hasler wa ...

as head of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture. On 2 July 2019 the parliament of Liechtenstein concluded a motion of no confidence against Aurelia Frick. After the reigning prince, Alois of Liechtenstein, confirmed her dismissal the same day, Frick lost her office as government minister.

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