Sabine Monauni

Sabine Monauni
Sabine Monauni
	Monauni in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 March 2021
Monarchs	Hans-Adam II; Alois (regent)
Prime Minister	Daniel Risch
Preceded by	Daniel Risch
Personal details
Born	10 April 1974 (age 50); Feldkirch, Austria
Political party	Progressive Citizens' Party
Spouse	Gian-Reto Monauni (m. 2009)
Children	2

Sabine Monauni (née Tömördy; born 10 April 1974) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 2021.

Career

From 2003 to 2010, Monauni was the deputy head of the EEA staff unit of the Liechtenstein government in Vaduz.^[1] She was the ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium and the European Union from July 2016 to 2021.^[2]^[3]

Monauni (centre) with Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger and Petra Schneebauer in September 2021

Since August 2020, she has been the leader of the Progressive Citizens' Party.^[4] The party took a joint-best ten seats in the 2021 general election.^[5] As a result, the Progressive Citizens' Party and the Patriotic Union formed a coalition under Daniel Risch as prime minister, with Monauni serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 25 March 2021, where she is also the minister of the interior, economy and environment. She is the first female to hold this position.^[6]

As environment minister, she is an advocate for climate protection in Liechtenstein.^[7]

Education

2000–2001 Postgraduate studies in European law (LL.M.), College of Europe Bruges, Belgium
1994–1999 Studied law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (lic.iur.HSG) (received the Walter R. Schluep Prize for the best thesis in the 1998/99 academic year)
1986–1994 High school Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Matura type B)^[2]

Personal life

She married Gian-Reto Monauni (born 5 April 1968) on 27 March 2009, and they have two children. She lives in Mauren.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Monauni, Sabine". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "CV" (PDF). Diplomatic mission in Brussels. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "New Ambassadors to the Benelux countries". Diplomat Magazine. September 21, 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "Sabine Monauni als FBP-Spitzenkandidatin nominiert". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Daragahi, Borzou (9 February 2021). "Liechtenstein's women only got the vote in 1984. Now the country could get its first female prime minister". The Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "New Government Sworn In". Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington, D.C. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS SABINE MONAUNI - SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT ACTION". Liechtenstein Business. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[:0-1] "Monauni, Sabine". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 10 May 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

[CV-2] "CV" (PDF). Diplomatic mission in Brussels. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[Magazine-3] "New Ambassadors to the Benelux countries". Diplomat Magazine. September 21, 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[4] "Sabine Monauni als FBP-Spitzenkandidatin nominiert". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 18 August 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[5] Daragahi, Borzou (9 February 2021). "Liechtenstein's women only got the vote in 1984. Now the country could get its first female prime minister". The Independent. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[Embassy-6] "New Government Sworn In". Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington, D.C. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[7] "INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS SABINE MONAUNI - SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT ACTION". Liechtenstein Business. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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