Mauro Pedrazzini (born 15 June 1965) is a

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from

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who served as Minister of Social Affairs in the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021. Pedrazzini has a PhD in physics and lives in

Eschen Eschen (; High Alemannic: ''Escha'') is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein. It covers an area of , and is one of the five communes in the Unterland electoral district. As of 2024, it has a population of 4,629 inhabitants. Etymolog ...

Career

Mauro Pedrazzini received his ''

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'', the general qualification for university entrance, in 1985 at the Liechtenstein grammar school in

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. Subsequently he started studying physics, chemistry and astronomy at the

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. There he was employed as a research assistant at the Laboratory for High Energy Physics. He earned his PhD in physics in 1996 at the Center for Research in Plasma Physics of the

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (, EPFL) is a public university, public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 1969 with the mission to "train talented engineers in Switzerland". Like its sister institution E ...

. From 1992 until 2001 he was also employed in various positions at the ''Balzers AG'', including the positions of a project manager, head of engineering and head of the department for research and development. At the same time Pedrazzini successfully completed an executive master study of economics at the

University of St. Gallen The University of St. Gallen (HSG) is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, that specialises in business administration, economics, law, international affairs, and computer science. It was established in 1898. It consistent ...

. From 2001 until his appointment as a member of the government in 2013 he worked as a financial analyst and fund manager at the

National bank of Liechtenstein Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, trading as LLB (stylised as llb), is a financial institution located in Liechtenstein, based in the capital city Vaduz. Since 1993 it has been listed as a company at the SIX Swiss Exchange, with the majority of ...

. From 2003 on he was employed at the subcompany ''LLB Asset Management AG'', where he was head of equity management from 2006 on. In the legislative period from 2005 to 2009 Mauro Pedrazzini was alternate minister for the prime minister,

Otmar Hasler Otmar Hasler (; born 28 September 1953) is a former politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2009. He was previously the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1995 and served in the Landtag o ...

, from 2009 to 2013 alternate minister for deputy prime minister Martin Meyer. After the 2013 parliamentary election, Pedrazzini was appointed to serve under the new government

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Adrian Hasler Adrian Hasler (; born 11 February 1964) is an economist and politician from Liechtenstein who served as List of heads of government of Liechtenstein, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2021. He previously served in the Landtag of Liecht ...

as head of the Ministry of social affairs, which includes the portfolios for social affairs, health care, family and equality of opportunities.

External links

Mauro Pedrazzini
at the official website of the government of Liechtenstein. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedrazzini, Mauro Progressive Citizens' Party politicians 1965 births Living people University of St. Gallen alumni Social affairs ministers of Liechtenstein People from Eschen 21st-century Liechtenstein government councillors