Markus Büchel (14 May 1959 – 9 July 2013) was a former
head of government
The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...
of
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
.
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Büchel was in office as
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
This is a list of heads of government of Liechtenstein.
The current () is Daniel Risch, since 25 March 2021.
Head of government Provincial administrator (1861–1921)
The () was the title of the head of government from 1861 to 1921.
Prim ...
from May to December 1993.
He won the elections in 1993 as a candidate for the conservative FBP (
Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei
The Progressive Citizens' Party in Liechtenstein (german: Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei in Liechtenstein, FBP) is a national-conservative political party in Liechtenstein. The FBP is one of the two major political parties in Liechtenstein, alo ...
) (Progressive Citizens' Party).
Later life
In 2002, Büchel became Honorary Consul of
Russia
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in Liechtenstein.
He died in 2013, aged 54. Büchel was survived by his wife, Elena, and his son David.
Todesanzeige der Familie Büchel
Liechtensteiner Volksblatt
The ''Liechtensteiner Volksblatt'' is the older of the two daily newspapers in Liechtenstein. It is published by the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt AG, and as of 2015, had a circulation of 9,000 copies. The Thursday edition is distributed as a large ...
, 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013
See also
* Politics of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein is a principality governed under a constitutional monarchy. It has a form of mixed constitution in which political power is shared by the monarch and a democratically elected parliament. There is a two-party system (though there are t ...
References
Heads of government of Liechtenstein
1959 births
2013 deaths
Honorary consuls of Russia
Progressive Citizens' Party politicians
University of Bern alumni
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