Sabine Monauni

{{Short description|Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| image = Sabine Monauni 2025 (cropped).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|04|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Feldkirch, Austria

| death_date =

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| party = Progressive Citizens' Party

| predecessor = Daniel Risch

| term_start = 25 March 2021

| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

| monarch = Hans-Adam II
Alois (regent)

| primeminister = Daniel Risch
Brigitte Haas

| caption = Official portrait, 2025

| spouse = {{marraige|Gian-Reto Monauni|2009}}

| children = 2

| birth_name = Sabine Tömördy

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Sabine Monauni (née Tömördy; born 10 April 1974) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 2021. Since 2025, she has also been the minister of foreign affairs of Liechtenstein.

Career

From 2003 to 2010, Monauni was the deputy head of the EEA staff unit of the Liechtenstein government in Vaduz. She was the ambassador of Liechtenstein to Belgium and the European Union from July 2016 to 2021.{{cite web |title=CV |url=https://www.regierung.li/media/attachments/Lebenslauf_Sabine_Monauni_636258573928653216.pdf |accessdate=4 November 2020 |website=Diplomatic mission in Brussels }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |date=September 21, 2016 |title=New Ambassadors to the Benelux countries |publisher=Diplomat Magazine |url=http://www.diplomatmagazine.eu/2016/09/21/new-ambassadors-to-the-benelux-countries-5/ |accessdate=4 November 2020}}

File:EU2024BE 240115 Informal meeting of Environment Ministers Egmont Palace JNZT 0007 (53465533840).jpg in January 2024]]

In August 2020 she was announced as the Progressive Citizens' Party's candidate for Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, being the first female to do so.{{cite news |date=18 August 2020 |title=Sabine Monauni als FBP-Spitzenkandidatin nominiert |url=https://www.volksblatt.li/nachrichten/Liechtenstein/Politik/vb/257085/sabine-monauni-als-fbp-spitzenkandidatin-nominiert |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |language=de}} The party took a joint-best ten seats in the 2021 general election.{{cite news |last1=Daragahi |first1=Borzou |date=9 February 2021 |title=Liechtenstein's women only got the vote in 1984. Now the country could get its first female prime minister |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/liechtenstein-woman-leader-vote-b1799192.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=The Independent}} As a result, the Progressive Citizens' Party and the Patriotic Union formed a coalition under Daniel Risch as prime minister, with Monauni serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 25 March 2021. Additionally, she is also the minister of the interior, economy and environment.{{cite web |title=New Government Sworn In |url=http://liechtensteinusa.org/article/new-government-sworn-in |website=Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington, D.C. |access-date=29 March 2021}}

As environment minister, she is an advocate for climate protection in Liechtenstein.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2022 |title=Interview with deputy prime minister and minister of home affairs Sabine Monauni - Sustainable government action |url=https://www.liechtenstein-business.li/en/economic-area/success-stories/interview-monauni-sustainable-government-action |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Liechtenstein Business}} In August 2024, she was announced as a government candidate in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.{{Cite news |date=13 August 2024 |title=Präsentation des FBP-Regierungsteams für die Landtagswahlen 2025 |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liveticker/liveticker-fbp-regierungsteam-13082024-191/ |url-access=registration |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}} The election resulted in a win for the Patriotic Union and Monauni retained her position as deputy prime minister in a renewed coalition agreement, under the government of Brigitte Haas. In this position, she holds the roles of foreign affairs, environment and culture.{{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 Gian-Reto Monauni (born 5 April 1968) on 27 March 2009, and they have two children. She lives in Mauren.{{Cite web |last= |date=10 May 2021 |title=Monauni, Sabine |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Monauni,_Sabine?marker=Sabine+Monauni |access-date=18 April 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}