First Mario Frick cabinet

First Mario Frick cabinet
Government of Liechtenstein
Date formed	15 December 1993 (1993-12-15)
Date dissolved	9 April 1997 (1997-04-09)
People and organisations
Head of state	Hans-Adam II
Head of government	Mario Frick
Deputy head of government	Thomas Büchel
Total no. of members	5
Member parties	FBP VU
Status in legislature	Coalition 24 / 25 (96%)
Opposition party	Free List
History
Election	Oct 1993
Predecessor	Markus Büchel cabinet
Successor	Second Mario Frick cabinet

The First Mario Frick cabinet was the governing body of Liechtenstein from 15 December 1993 to 9 April 1997. It was appointed by Hans-Adam II and was chaired by Mario Frick.

History

October 1993 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a win for the Patriotic Union.[1] As a result, the Markus Büchel cabinet was dissolved with Mario Frick succeeding Markus Büchel as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein.[2][3] He became Europe's youngest head of government at the time at 28 years old.[4]

During the government's term, Liechtenstein entered the European Economic Area after a successful referendum in 1995, and also joined the World Trade Organization the same year.[5][6] However, it also faced problems in its foreign relations, such as a dispute with the Czech Republic begun in 1992 over the confiscation of Princely properties estates in 1945.

The 1997 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a win for the Patriotic Union.[7] As a result, the cabinet was dissolved and succeeded by the Second Mario Frick cabinet.[2]

Members

	Picture	Name	Term	Role	Party
Prime Minister
		Mario Frick	15 December 1993 – 9 April 1997	Finance Justice	Patriotic Union
Deputy Prime Minister
		Thomas Büchel	15 December 1993 – 9 April 1997	Interior Education Environment Agriculture Forestry	Progressive Citizens' Party
Government councillors
		Andrea Willi	15 December 1993 – 9 April 1997	Foreign affairs Culture Sports	Patriotic Union
		Michael Ritter	15 December 1993 – 9 April 1997	Business Family Health Social services	Patriotic Union
		Cornelia Gassner	15 December 1993 – 9 April 1997	Construction Transport	Progressive Citizens' Party

See also

• Politics of Liechtenstein

References

1. Liechtenstein: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021" (PDF). www.regierung.li. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
3. "Heute: Wahl der Regierung". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 15 December 1993. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. "Frick, Mario". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
5. Dataset: Liechtenstein: Referendum on the European Economic Area membership 1995 Archived 2019-01-26 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database
6. "AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA". European Free Trade Association. 19 August 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
7. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1181–1183 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7