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Cornelia Gassner
Cornelia Gassner in 2014
Government Councillor of Construction and Transport
In office
26 May 1993 – 14 December 1993
MonarchHans-Adam II
Prime MinisterMarkus Büchel
In office
15 December 1993 – 14 April 1997
MonarchHans-Adam II
Prime MinisterMario Frick
Personal details
Born(1958-05-01)1 May 1958
Mauren
Died(2016-12-15)15 December 2016
Mauren
PartyProgressive Citizens' Party
EducationUniversity of Innsbruck (LL.D.)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M)
OccupationPolitician, lawyer, translator

Cornelia Alma Gassner (nee Matt;[1] 1 May 1958 – 15 December 2016) was a Liechtensteiner lawyer and politician.[2][3] She was the first woman to serve as a government councillor in Liechtenstein (equivalent to a minister in most parliamentary systems[4]).[5]

Biography

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Early career and education

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Gassner was born Cornelia Matt in Mauren, Unterland in 1958.[3][1] She had four siblings[6] including politician Andrea Matt[7] and was fluent in German, French, and English.[3] Before entering political life, she married lawyer Arthur Gassner, with whom she had three children.[6]

In 1985, Gassner graduated from the University of Innsbruck in Austria with a Doctor of Laws.[3] She completed a Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science in England the following year.[3]

Gassner entered politics as a member of the Progressive Citizens’ Party.[8]

Political career

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On 26 May 1993, the Progressive Citizens’ Party formed a coalition government with the Patriotic Union, led by Markus Büchel.[9] Gassner was appointed by the Landtag, Liechtenstein's legislature, to serve as Government Councillor of Construction and Transport in Büchel's cabinet.[10][11] She thereby became the first woman to hold a cabinet position,[9][12][5] around nine years after Liechtenstein first gave women the right to vote.[13] Her portfolio also oversaw telecommunications.[3]

Büchel soon failed a vote of no confidence in the Landtag, and new elections were held in October 1993.[14] Gassner was reappointed to her role under Prime Minister Mario Frick of the Patriotic Union party.[12][15] The second woman to serve as a government councillor, Andrea Willi, also joined Frick's cabinet.[8][5]

In May 1995, Liechtenstein joined the European Economic Area (EEA).[16] Glassner subsequently oversaw the adoption of EEA construction regulations.[17] In 1996, the government introduced the Telecommunications Act to regulate broadcasting in the country.[18][19]

Gassner was not reappointed to Frick's second cabinet, which formed on 9 April 1997.[3][20]

After politics

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After leaving politics, Gassner became a practising lawyer in 1999.[3] In October of that year, she established the partnership Gassner Treuhand- & Beratungs-Anstalt Trust & Consulting Company with fellow attorney Wolfgang Müller, which operated in Schaan.[21][22] The practice specialised in commercial law, taxation, offshore incorporation, contracts, and copyright.[3][21][22] She also worked with Wolfgang Müller at his litigation firm Müller & Partner,[23][24] and served as a translator and sworn interpreter.[3]

Gassner unsuccessfully ran in the 2009 Liechtenstein general election, again for the Progressive Citizens' Party.[25]

Death

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Gassner died on 15 December 2016 in Mauren after a long illness.[26]

Honours

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References

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  1. 1 2 Clements, John (1998). Clements' Encyclopedia of World Governments. Political Research, Incorporated. p. 226.
  2. ↑ Companies House. "Cornelia Alma GASSNER". gov.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Liechtenstein–Vaduz". Martindale-Hubbell Corporate Law Directory 2001. Chicago: Reed Elsevier. 2001. p. 1323. ISBN 978-1561604401.
  4. ↑ OECD (2019-03-18). Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes: Liechtenstein 2019 (Second Round) Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request: Peer Review Report on the Exchange of Information on Request. OECD Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-92-64-54586-1.
  5. 1 2 3 Beattie, David (2004). Liechtenstein: a modern history (1. publ ed.). London: Tauris. ISBN 978-1-85043-459-7.
  6. 1 2 3 "Gassner, Cornelia". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Matt, Andrea". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Liechtenstein's choice". The Independent. 1993-12-16. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  9. 1 2 "News Digest for May 1993". Keesing's Record of World Events. Vol. 39, no. 5. June 1993. p. 39484.
  10. ↑ Mundo, Instituto del Tercer (1999). The World Guide 1999/2000.: An alternative reference to the countries of our planet. Lamuv Verlag GmbH. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-869847-68-5.
  11. ↑ Martin, Mart (2000-05-18). The Almanac Of Women And Minorities In World Politics. Avalon Publishing. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8133-6805-4.
  12. 1 2 Whitaker's Almanack, 1997. J. Whitaker. 1996. p. 928.
  13. ↑ "Key facts about women's suffrage around the world, a century after U.S. ratified 19th Amendment". Pew Research Center. 2020-10-05. Archived from the original on 2026-06-30. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  14. ↑ Publications, Europa (2002-11-30). Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. ↑ The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's who: 1999. Bowker-Saur. 1998. p. 398.
  16. ↑ "Liechtenstein celebrates 25 years of EEA membership". European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Archived from the original on 2026-07-25. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  17. ↑ Pelkmans, Jacques; Böhler, Phillip (2013). The EEA Review and Liechtenstein's Integration Strategy (PDF). Center for European Policy Studies. p. 159. ISBN 978-94-6138-287-0.
  18. ↑ Observatory, European Audiovisual (1999). Legal Guide to Audiovisual Media in Europe: Recent Legal Developments in Broadcasting, Film, Telecommunications and the Global Information Society in Europe and Neighboring States : with Chapters on European Union and Council of Europe. European Audiovisual Observatory. p. 77. ISBN 978-92-871-4161-3.
  19. ↑ Cultural Policies (August 7, 2019). "Liechtenstein 4.2.6". Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  20. ↑ Bértoa, Fernando Casal; Dumont, Patrick (2022-11-30). Party Politics in European Microstates. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-351-79805-1.
  21. 1 2 Mosley, Charles; Zoë, Gullen (March 2006). Debrett's People of Today, Two Thousand and Six. Debrett's. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-870520-27-0.
  22. 1 2 "Firm". Gassner Treuhand. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014.
  23. ↑ Cogan, Ross (2006). Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2006, the Client's Guide. Chambers & Partners. p. 1189. ISBN 978-0-85514-365-7.
  24. ↑ "Law firm profile". Müller & Partner Rechtsanwälte (in German and English). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  25. ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2009 - Ergebnisse". www.landtagswahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 20 January 2026. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  26. ↑ Redaktion (2016-12-15). "In Memoriam Cornelia Gassner, alt Regierungsrätin (1958-2016)". lie:zeit online (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2026-09-07.
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