Thomas Vogt (politician)

Thomas Vogt (born February 24, 1976 in Altstätten ) is a Liechtenstein politician . He has been a member of the Liechtenstein Parliament since 2009 .

education and profession

Vogt attended elementary school in Schaan and the Liechtenstein grammar school in Vaduz . He then studied law at the University of Innsbruck . He worked for several years as a legal assistant in a Vaduz financial services company. In 2009 he passed the bar exam and is admitted to the bar in Liechtenstein. Vogt first worked as a lawyer in a renowned Vaduz law firm . In the same year, however, he began to work as an independent lawyer. 2010 passed the legal exam for admission in Austria . Vogt is married and has two sons.

Political career

In February 2009 , Vogt was elected to the Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein for the first time for the Fatherland Union . He was re-elected in February 2013 and February 2017 . From 2009 to 2013 he was one of the two secretaries in the state parliament and from 2009 to 2017 a member of the finance commission, one of the three standing commissions of the state parliament. He has been a member of the judges selection committee since 2013 and of the EEA Commission since 2017 .

Sports

Vogt is an enthusiastic table tennis player and represented Liechtenstein at world championships and European championships as well as at the games of small states . Among other things, he was a member of the Liechtenstein team at the World Cup in Malaysia in 2000 . At the national level, the Vogt, who is active in TTC Triesen, won several national championship titles.

Previous placements

• 2005: National champion in men's doubles: Ralf Scheer / Thomas Vogt
• 2005: National Champion in the Open
• 2007: National champion in men's doubles: Philipp Pfeiffer / Thomas Vogt
• 2008: National champion in men's doubles: Philipp Pfeiffer / Thomas Vogt
• 2009: National champion in men's doubles: Philipp Pfeiffer / Thomas Vogt
• 2010: National champion in men's doubles: Philipp Pfeiffer / Thomas Vogt
• 2010: 3rd place in the men's open

Web links

• Editor HLFL: Vogt, Thomas. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
• Entry on the side of the state parliament
• Vogt's official website: www.vogt-law.li

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Liechtenstein Table Tennis Association: table tennis team travels to Kuala Lumpur for the World Cup; February 14, 2000  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Liechtenstein table tennis association: Thomas Vogt new table tennis king; March 14, 2005  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Liechtensteiner Tischtennisverband: Tischtennis-LM; March 26, 2007  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Liechtenstein Table Tennis Association: National Champion 2008 in Eschen; March 10, 2008
5. ↑ Liechtenstein Table Tennis Association: Liechtenstein National Championship in Triesen; March 8, 2009
6. ^ ^{A b} Liechtenstein table tennis association: Marxer defeated Pfeiffer; March 8, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.