Manfred Kaufmann

Manfred Kaufmann
Kaufmann in 2024
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 February 2017
Personal details
Born (1978-10-09) 9 October 1978 (age 46)
Balzers, Liechtenstein
Political partyPatriotic Union
Spouse
Dahiana Garcia Vasquez
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(m. 2008)​
Children1

Manfred Kaufmann (born 9 October 1978) is an accountant and politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017.

Life

Kaufmann was born on 9 October 1978 in Balzers as the son of floor layer Hans Kaufmann and Hildegard Fehr as one of six children. He attended school in Balzers and from 1994 to 1997 he conducted a commercial apprenticeship at TTA Trevisa-Treuhand-Anstalt in Balzers. From 1997 to 2001 he was a accountant at TTA Trevisa-Treuhand-Anstalt. From 2001 to 2008 he worked as an auditor at KPMG in Schaan, and then at Bank Frick & Co. AG from 2008 to 2016. From 2016 to 2018 he was an accountant at VP Bank, and since 2021 he has been an auditor at BDO (Liechtenstein) AG at Vaduz.[1]

From 2011 to 2019 he was a member of the audit committee in Balzers. He was a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2017, and a full member since 2017 as a member of the Patriotic Union. He has been a member of the foreign committee since 2017 and its chairman since 2021.[1] He has been the Landtag's spokesman for the Patriotic Union since 2020.[2] During his time in the Landtag, he has called for stronger penalties against the sexual abuse of minors.[3] He is running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.[4]

Kaufmann married Dahiana Garcia Vasquez (born 13 July 1983) on 30 May 2008 and they have one child together.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kaufmann, Manfred". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Manfred Kaufmann neuer VU-Fraktionssprecher". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Strafe bei Missbrauch soll weiter erhöht werden". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  4. ^ Vogt, Desiree (24 November 2024). "VU-Balzers nominiert eine Frau und zwei Männer". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2024.