Dominique Hasler

Dominique Hasler
Hasler in 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport
Assumed office
25 March 2021
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Prime MinisterDaniel Risch
Preceded byKatrin Eggenberger
President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
In office
15 November 2023 – 17 May 2024
Preceded byKrišjānis Kariņš
Succeeded byGabrielius Landsbergis
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Environment
In office
30 March 2017 – 25 March 2021
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Prime MinisterAdrian Hasler
Preceded byThomas Zwiefelhofer
Succeeded bySabine Monauni
Personal details
Born
Dominique Matt

(1978-10-06) 6 October 1978 (age 45)
Mauren, Liechtenstein
Political partyPatriotic Union
Spouse
Daniel Hasler
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(m. 2018)​

Dominique Hasler (née Matt; formerly Gantenbein; born 6 October 1978)[1] is a Liechtensteiner politician, teacher and educator. She currently serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport for the Patriotic Union. She was appointed in March 2021 by Prime Minister Daniel Risch in March 2021, succeeding Katrin Eggenberger.[2]

Early life and education

Hasler was born Dominique Matt on 6 October 1978 in Mauren, Liechtenstein. She was raised there and attended the local public schools. Her parents divorced when she was a child and her mother remarried soon after. She took the surname of her stepfather which was Gantenbein.[citation needed]

She continued to studying Teaching at the Intercantonal College of Special Education in Zürich, Switzerland. Gantenbein then worked as a special education teacher at several schools, before studying herself for a master's degree in Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Management at the University of Liechtenstein.[3][4]

Career

Between 2000 and 2008, Hasler was a special needs teacher, at schools in Trübbach, Switzerland and Schaan. From 2008 to 2010, she was a member of the management of the curative schools center (HPZ) in Schaan where she headed the schooling department. Before assuming office she held other management positions, namely she led a retirement home.[5]

Politics

Following the 2017 general election in Liechtenstein, Gantenbein was named as the Minister of Home Affairs, Education and Environment in the new parliament on 30 March. She was one of two members of the Patriotic Union named as Ministers in the coalition Government.[6] She has since met with her education counterpart in the Government of Austria, Sonja Hammerschmid, regarding ongoing cooperation in work with school leavers.[7] Gantenbein has also taken up her seat at the European Union Home Affairs Council as part of her work as Interior Minister.[8]

She has announced her intention to not run for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.[9][10]

Personal life

After her wedding to Daniel Hasler in October 2018 she took her husband's family name.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Minister Dominique Hasler". www.regierung.li. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  2. ^ "Dominique Hasler wird neue Aussenministerin". 18 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  3. ^ "Regierungsrätin Dominique Gantenbein" (in German). Regierung.li. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Vaterland-Interview mit Dominique Gantenbein". VU (in German). 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Regierungsrätin Dominique Hasler". www.regierung.li. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  6. ^ "Liechtensteiners Vote for New Parliament, New Cabinet of Ministers Selected". Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Washington D.C. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Regierungsrätin Dominique Gantenbein zu einem Arbeitsgespräch in Wien". Lie Zeit (in German). 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Regierungsrätin Dominique Gantenbein beim Innenministerrat in Luxemburg". Lie Zeit (in German). 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Alle drei VU-Regierungsräte kandidieren 2025 nicht mehr". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. ^ Quaderer, Elias (19 February 2024). "Aus diesen Gründen tritt das bisherige VU-Regierungsteam 2025 nicht mehr an". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Dominique Gantenbein und Daniel Hasler gaben sich das Jawort". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

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