Maria-Pia Kothbauer
{{Infobox ambassador
| name = Maria-Pia Kothbauer
| honorific-prefix = Her Serene Highness
| honorific-suffix = Princess of Liechtenstein
Countess of Rietberg
| image = Maria-Pia Kothbauer (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kothbauer in 2024
| office = Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium and to the European Union
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1996
| office1 = Ambassador of Liechtenstein to Austria
| term_start1 = 11 December 1997
| office2 = Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic
| term_start2 = 11 April 2011
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|6|df=yes}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Max Kothbauer|1995}}
| children = Hieronymous Kothbauer
| parents = Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein
Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria
| alma_mater = Columbia University|
}}
{{Liechtensteiner Princely Family}}
Maria-Pia Ludovika Ulrika Elisabeth Paschaline Katharina Ignazia Lucia Johanna Josefa Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein (born 6 August 1960), is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to Austria and the Czech Republic, formerly also to Belgium and the European Union. She also serves as Liechtenstein's Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and to the United Nations.
Personal life
Born in Vienna as Princess Maria-Pia of Liechtenstein, Kothbauer is the fifth child and second daughter of Prince Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein and his wife, Archduchess Agnes Christina of Austria. A member of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, she is a first cousin of the present monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II. On 4 August 1995, she married Max Kothbauer, then vice president of Creditanstalt-Bankverein and later vice president of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB). The couple's only child, a son named Hieronymus, was born on 26 January 1997.{{cite book|title=Almanach de Gotha: Annual Genealogical Reference, Volume 1|last1=Kennedy|first1=John|last2=James|first2=John E.|publisher=Almanach de Gotha|year=2004}} Since her marriage, she has been officially styled as "Her Serene Highness Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein".{{cite web|url=http://www.regierung.li/ministerien/ministerium-fuer-aeusseres-bildung-und-kultur/diplomatische-vertretungen/englisch/vienna-a/staff-contacts/|title=Diplomatic Representation of Vienna (A)|publisher=regierung.li|accessdate=2013-08-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912042341/http://www.regierung.li/ministerien/ministerium-fuer-aeusseres-bildung-und-kultur/diplomatische-vertretungen/englisch/vienna-a/staff-contacts/|archivedate=2013-09-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ipinst.org/about/board.html?tmpl=component&print=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811200918/http://www.ipinst.org/about/board.html?tmpl=component&print=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-11|title=The Vienna Advisory Council|publisher=ipinst.org|date=|accessdate=2013-08-06}}
Education and career
Princess Maria-Pia graduated from the Schule der Dominikanerinnen, run by Dominican nuns, in Vienna in 1978. She then enrolled in Columbia University, attaining the degree of Master of Arts in Political Science.
From 1984 until 1986, she worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and then from 1987 until 1988 for the Foreign Department of Caritas in Vienna. Since 1989, Princess Maria-Pia has been in diplomatic service of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and started working for the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Vienna in 1990. From 1993 until 1996, she served as Liechtenstein's Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union.{{Cite web |title=Lebenslauf |url=https://www.llv.li/serviceportal2/diplomatische-vertretungen/wien/cv_i.d.-botschafterin_maria-pia-kothbauer.pdf |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=de}}
In August 1996, she became Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Vienna, as well as Ambassador and Head of Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), where she is the longest-serving ambassador. In December next year, Kothbauer assumed the office of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to Austria. Since July 2000, she has served as Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the United Nations.{{cite web|url=http://www.ewi.info/maria-pia-kothbauer|title=Maria-Pia Kothbauer|publisher=ewi.info|accessdate=2013-08-06|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202235415/http://www.ewi.info/maria-pia-kothbauer|archivedate=2012-02-02}} In April 2011, she became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic. She resides in Vienna.{{cite web|url=http://www.regierung.li/fileadmin/dateien/botschaften/personal/Wien_Lebenslauf_Botschafterin_2011_english.pdf|title=Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Princess of Liechtenstein|publisher=regierung.li|date=|accessdate=2013-08-06}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Kothbauer speaks German, English and French, and has basic knowledge of Spanish.
Gallery
File:Maria-Pia Kothbauer with Vaclav Klaus.jpg|Kothbauer presenting her credentials to Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic
File:Michael Reiterer with Maria-Pia Kothbauer and Klaus Tschütscher.jpg|Kothbauer with Michael Reiterer and Klaus Tschütscher in 2011
File:Maria-Pia Kothbauer with Rita Kieber-Beck and Emil Brix.jpg|Kothbauer with Rita Kieber-Beck and Emil Brix in 2006
File:Ernst Walch and Maria-Pia Kothbauer.jpg|Kothbauer and Ernst Walch in December 2002
See also
- Prince Stefan of Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See
- Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein - Former Liechtenstein's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Holy See
References
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Category:Ambassadors of Liechtenstein to Belgium
Category:Ambassadors of Liechtenstein to Austria
Category:Ambassadors of Liechtenstein to the Czech Republic
Category:Ambassadors of Liechtenstein to the European Union
Category:Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Category:Permanent representatives of Liechtenstein to the United Nations
Category:United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees officials
Category:Liechtenstein women ambassadors
Category:Austrian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Liechtenstein people of Portuguese descent