Andrea Willi
{{short description|Liechtenstein politician and government minister}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|05|25|df=yes}}
| primeminister = Mario Frick
| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term = 1993–2001
| party = Patriotic Union
| alma_mater = University of Zurich {{Small|(PhD)}}
| birth_place = Balzers, Liechtenstein
| image = Andrea Willi (cropped).jpg
| caption = Willi in 1997
}}
Andrea Willi (born 25 May 1955) is a politician from Liechtenstein, and was the first woman to hold the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was appointed to that role in the government of Prime Minister Mario Frick,and held it from 15 December 1993 to 5 April 2001. She is member of the Patriotic Union party. She was also the Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1991 to 1993.
Life
She was born in Balzers and was also the Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1991 to 1993.{{cite web |title=Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein – Diplomatic Representation of Geneva (CH) |url=https://www.regierung.li/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/diplomatic-representations/geneva-ch/bilateral-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710195556/https://www.regierung.li/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/diplomatic-representations/geneva-ch/bilateral-relations |archive-date=2019-07-10 |accessdate=2019-07-10 |website=regierung.li}}
Willi earned a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Zurich.{{cn|date=July 2019}}
She is member of the Patriotic Union party.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izJbDRpFdFUC&pg=PA19 |title=Liechtenstein Company Laws and Regulations Handbook |date=9 September 2012 |publisher=Int'l Business Publications |isbn=978-1-4330-7019-8 |pages=19–}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} She was appointed to that role in the government of Prime Minister Mario Frick,and held it from 15 December 1993 to 5 April 2001.{{Cite web |title=Political Leaders: Liechtenstein |url=http://zarate.eu/liechtenstein.htm |access-date=2019-07-11 |website=zarate.eu}} She was the first woman to hold the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Liechtenstein.{{cite book|author=Council of Europe|title=Proceedings: European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights and Commemorative Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (Rome, 3-4 November 2000).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6sf9GrYNVwC&pg=PA90|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=978-92-871-4746-2|pages=90–}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/1998/19980331.HRCN837.html|title=FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA AND LIECHTENSTEIN ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS {{!}} Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|website=www.un.org|access-date=2019-07-11}}
She was also the Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1991 to 1993.
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