Minister
Dr. Martin Meyer
Portfolios:
Internal Affairs
Dr. Martin Meyer, born in 1971, is responsible as a member of the
government for the Internal Affairs, Health as well as Transport and
Communications portfolios.
On the one hand, Liechtenstein - partic-ularly as an internationally
recognised financial centre - is dependent upon the utmost internal
safety as well as stability, and on the other hand has to ensure
efficient public safety services vis-à-vis foreign
countries, for instance in the realm of white-collar crime.
Therefore, the key terms of reference for the Minister of the Interior
are first of all to continue to ensure the best possible degree of
safety for the Liechtenstein residential population, and
secondly, to further develop Liechtenstein’s safety services in the
form that they live up to tomorrow’s international requirements.
Health
Health needs are subject to cultural changes. The health system is,
therefore, a very dynamic system, the optimisation of which is a
permanent task. The quality of medical provision is one the
government’s highest priorities. All measures in the realm of
health policy are measured in this respect. The state health costs in
Liechtenstein have increased in the past ten years by nearly 175
percent. Thus the state contributions to the health insurance scheme
represent the greatest expenditure position in the governmental payment
of contributions. A health reform which has been introduced by the
predecessor government under Prime Minister Otmar Hasler will be
carried on in the years to come. The duty of the health minister is to
ensure to provide continued high-quality medical care that is able to
be financed by the government in Liechtenstein.
Transport and Communications
Whereas the Liechtenstein economy and society have fundamentally
changed in the past decades, the Liechtenstein transport system
has hardly changed. For instance, the Liechtenstein road network
today is still virtually identical with that of 1968. Thus it is
obvious that the Liechtenstein of former years required very different
infrastructures than the Liechtenstein of today. Consequently, it is
foreseeable that Liechtenstein must
fundamentally continue to develop the
present-day transport infrastructure. Based on this background and in
addition to the numerous short-term and medium-term projects, Transport
Minister Dr. Martin Meyer particularly has the duty to introduce the
necessary measures and preliminary works so that Liechtenstein’s
transport infrastructure is prepared in due time for the foreseeable
requirements of the future.