Dominique Hasler
{{short description|Liechtensteiner politician (born 1978)}}
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| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport
| term_start = 25 March 2021
| term_end = 10 April 2025
| monarch = Hans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
| primeminister = Daniel Risch
| predecessor = Katrin Eggenberger
| successor = Sabine Monauni
| office1 = President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
| term_start1 = 15 November 2023
| term_end1 = 19 May 2024
| predecessor1 = Krišjānis Kariņš
| successor1 = Gabrielius Landsbergis
| office2 = Minister of the Interior, Education and Environment
| term_start2 = 30 March 2017
| term_end2 = 25 March 2021
| monarch2 = Hans-Adam II
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| primeminister2 = Adrian Hasler
| predecessor2 = Thomas Zwiefelhofer
| successor2 = Sabine Monauni
| birth_name = Dominique Matt
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| birth_place = Mauren, Liechtenstein
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Dominique Hasler (née Matt, formerly Gantenbein; born 6 October 1978) is a Liechtensteiner politician who has served as a government councillor for Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport from 2021 to 2025. She was also the President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from 2023 to 2024. She previously served as a government councillor for the Interior, Education and Environment from 2017 to 2021.
Early life and education
Hasler was born Dominique Matt on 6 October 1978 in Mauren as the daughter of teacher Peter Gantenbein and Monika Matt as one of three children. Her parents divorced and she subsequently took the family name of Gantenbein. She attended cantonal school in Sargans and obtained a primary school teacher diploma in 2000. {{Cite web |date=27 April 2021 |title=Hasler, Dominique |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Hasler,_Dominique?marker=Dominique+Hasler |access-date=6 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}
From 2003 to 2006 she studied at the Intercantonal University of Special Needs Education in Zurich. From 2013 to 2015 she studied at the University of Liechtenstein in business administration and entrepreneurial management.
Career
From 2000 to 2008 she worked as a special needs teacher in Wartau and Schaan. From 2008 to 2010 she was a member of the board of directors and head of the special education school in Schaan. From 2000 to 2017 she was a manager at the Liechtenstein Old Age and Nursing Care, and also ran a nursing home in Eschen until December 2016.
File:74th birthday reception of Hans-Adam II (36).jpg in 2019]]
Gantenbein was nominated as a government candidate by the Patriotic Union on 17 June 2016.{{Cite news |date=17 June 2016 |title=VU präsentiert Regierungsteam für Wahlen 2017 |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/vu-praesentiert-regierungsteam-fuer-wahlen-2017-art-209601 |access-date=29 November 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}} As part of the coalition agreement established between the party and the Progressive Citizens' Party following the 2017 Liechtenstein general election, she was appointed as a government councillor for the Interior, Education and Environment on 30 March 2017.{{Cite news |date=13 March 2017 |title=Koalitionsvertrag steht |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/koalitionsvertrag-steht-art-257666 |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=30 March 2017 |title=Landtag hat neue Regierung gewählt |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/landtag-hat-neue-regierung-gewaehlt-art-261054 |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}} As education minister, Hasler was faced with the challenge the COVID-19 pandemic in Liechtenstein.{{cite web |date=24 June 2021 |title=Hasler, Adrian |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Hasler,_Adrian |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} Due to school closures as a result of the pandemic, she pioneered the transformation of Liechtenstein's education to a digital platform.{{Cite news |date=24 March 2020 |title=Fernunterricht: Gewisse Abstriche unumgänglich |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/live-ab-17-uhr-informationen-zum-bildungsbereich-art-414737 |access-date=24 August 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
File:President Volodymyr Zelensky with Liechtenstein Foreign Minister Dominique Hasler, March 2024.jpg in March 2024]]
Hasler was re-nominated a government candidate on 10 September 2020.{{Cite news |date=10 September 2020 |title=Hasler, Risch, Marok-Wachter: Das VU-Regierungsteam |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/vu-praesentiert-heute-ihr-regierungsteam-art-429527 |access-date=6 December 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}} Following the 2021 Liechtenstein general election, she was appointed as a government councillor for Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport under a new coalition agreement on 25 March 2021.{{Cite news |date=18 March 2021 |title=Dominique Hasler wird neue Aussenministerin |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/dominique-hasler-wird-neue-aussenministerin-art-444267 |access-date=6 December 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}{{cite web |date=26 March 2021 |title=New Government Sworn In |url=https://www.liechtensteinusa.org/article/new-government-sworn-in |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=liechtensteinusa.org |publisher=Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington D.C.}}
She was the President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from 15 November 2023 to 17 May 2024.{{Cite web |title=Presidency of Liechtenstein |url=https://www.europarat.li/ |access-date=12 March 2025 |website=Presidency of the Council of Europe |language=de}} During this time, the Council of Europe passed the Artificial Intelligence Act.{{cite web |date=14 March 2024 |title=World's first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313120308/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |archive-date=13 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024 |work=CNBC}} Hasler, together with Daniel Risch, started the government-funded Book of Europe project in spring 2024, during Liechtenstein's presidency of the Council of Europe. In the book, the heads of government of the 46 members of the council were asked to write their thoughts and vision of Europe, which 33 did so. The book was published in February 2025.{{Cite news |date=26 February 2025 |title=Liechtensteins Regierung gibt Buch heraus |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/liechtensteins-regierung-gibt-buch-heraus-art-591349 |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
In February 2024, she announced that she was not seeking re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.{{Cite news |date=19 February 2024 |title=Alle drei VU-Regierungsräte kandidieren 2025 nicht mehr |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/aus-diesen-gruenden-tritt-das-bisherige-vu-regierungsteam-2025-nicht-mehr-an-art-557856 |access-date=19 February 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland | language=de}} She was succeeded on 10 April 2025.{{Cite news |date=10 April 2025 |title=Neue Regierung ist im Amt |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/neue-regierung-ist-im-amt-art-595778 |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
Personal life
She married Daniel Hasler (born 18 May 1974) on 12 October 2018. As a result, she took his family name of Hasler.{{cite news |date=12 October 2018 |title=Dominique Gantenbein und Daniel Hasler gaben sich das Jawort |url=https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=vb&id=218012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190744/https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=vb&id=218012 |archive-date=21 October 2018 |accessdate=21 October 2018 |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |language=German}} She lives in Mauren.
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Category:21st-century Liechtenstein government councillors
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