Peter Frick (born 29 November 1965) is a politician from

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

who served in the

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from 2021 to 2025. He has also served a s the mayor of Mauren since 2023.

Life

Frick was born on 29 November 1965 in

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as the son of Ernst Frick and Anna Della Ripa as one of six children. He attended primary school in Ebenholz, and the secondary school in

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. He studied social work at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen from 1999 to 2003, where he received a diploma in

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. From 1981 to 1999 he worked as a postman at Liechtensteinische Post, then as a social worker at the Pipoltr youth center in

Triesenberg Triesenberg () is a Municipalities of Liechtenstein, municipality in Liechtenstein with a population of 2,636. Its area of makes it the largest municipality in Liechtenstein. The center of the municipality rests at an elevation of . History Tri ...

from 1999 to 2006. He worked as a social worker at the Werdenberg Social Services in Buchs from 2009 to 2017 and then at the Unterland School Center 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 ...

from 2017 to 2023. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Liechtenstein civil protection service and also the head of the operations group for the state command area at the office for civil protection since 2004. He was a member of the Liechtenstein crisis intervention team from 2008 to 2023. Frick has been a board member of the Patriotic Union since 2017. From

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to 2021 he was a deputy member of the

and a member of Liechtenstein's delegation to the

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. From

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to 2025, he was a full member of the Landtag, and a member of the Liechtenstein delegation to the

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. Since

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, Frick has served as the mayor of Mauren. He was the first candidate to contest the Mauren mayoral election since

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and the first mayor belonging to the Patriotic Union in the municipality. Frick married Nadine Batliner (born 1 March 1971) on 22 June 2001 and they have three children together. He previously lived in

Balzers Balzers () is a municipality and village located in southern Liechtenstein. In 2024, the village had a population of 4,806. The main part of the village is situated along the east bank of the Rhine. History and culture Historically, the present- ...

, before moving to Mauren in 2018.

References

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