Georg Kaufmann | |
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Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland | |
Assumed office 5 February 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bludenz, Austria | 22 November 1955
Political party | Free List |
Spouse |
Ingrid Sele (m. 1986) |
Georg Kaufmann (born 22 November 1955) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017.
Kaufmann was born on 22 November 1955 in Bludenz as the son of teacher Walter Kaufmann and Luzia Matt as one of five children. He attended secondary school in Vaduz before from 1975 he studied secondary school teaching at the University of Freiburg, where he graduated with a diploma in 1978. From 1979 to 1980 he studied English in Edinburgh and worked as a German language assistant at Boroughmuir High School. From 1981 to 1986 he worked as a secondary school teacher in Balzers, and then in Triesen from 1986 to 1998.[1]
From 2001 to 2009 he was a member of the state commission for gender equality. He was a board member of the Free List from 2005 to 2013 and since 2017 he has been a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the party. During this time, he has been the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the Liechtenstein EEA commission.[1] He was the Landtag's spokesman for the Free List from 2017 to 2021.[2][3]
Kaufmann married Ingrid Sele (born 12 June 1957), a secondary school teacher, on 29 June 1986. He lives in Schaan.[1]