Katrin Eggenberger
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Katrin Eggenberger | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Culture | |
| In office 11 November 2019 – 25 March 2021 | |
| Monarch | Alois (Regent) |
| Prime Minister | Adrian Hasler |
| Preceded by | Aurelia Frick |
| Succeeded by | Dominique Hasler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1982 |
| Party | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| Alma mater | University of Liechtenstein University of St. Gallen |
Katrin Eggenberger (born 8 September 1982) is a Swiss-Liechtensteiner academic and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Liechtenstein from November 2019 to March 2021.
Katrin Eggenberger was born in Werdenberg, Switzerland to a Swiss father and Liechtensteiner mother.[1] Her maternal uncle, Josef Biedermann, was a long-term member of the Liechtenstein parliament and former President of the Progressive Citizens' Party.[1] She is a dual citizen,[1] however she has spent the majority of her life living outside Liechtenstein.[2] She returned to live in Vaduz permanently in October 2019.[3]
Eggenberger completed a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2008 through the University of Liechtenstein, studying at Ohio State University where she also competed in synchronized swimming.[4][5] She competed in synchronized swimming for Switzerland alongside Ariane Schneider at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal.[6]
Eggenberger completed a Master of Science in Banking and Financial Management in 2012 at the University of Liechtenstein.[4] In 2019 she completed a PhD in International Affairs and Political Economy from the University of St. Gallen, supervised by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and has been a researcher at the London School of Economics, University of Cambridge, Princeton University and Harvard University.[4][7][8] She was a 2019 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.[9] In 2020, she completed a mid-career MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.[10]
