Prime Minister
Otmar Hasler
Portfolios:
Presidium
Prime Minister Otmar Hasler is responsible within the collegial
government for the operations of the presidential office. In accordance
with the government programme, the following points comprise the
objectives of the portfolio:
• Shaping and guiding the development
of the country in a sustainable manner
• Promoting transparency and trust
in the state institutions
• Preserving the democratic content
of the constitution
• Ensuring a publicly accessible
and results-oriented management
of the administration
The following offices support the Prime Minister in his presidential function:
• Office for Personnel and Organisation
• Press and Information Office
• Aliens Department
and Passport Office
• Government Chancellery
• Staff Office for Communications
and Public Affairs
• Staff Office for EEA
• Staff Protocol Office
• Public Prosecutor’s Office
Finances
Prime Minister Otmar Hasler, born in 1953, has been the Head of
Government since 2001 and in his second government term manages the
Presidium, Finances and Construction Departments. In accordance with
the government programme, the objectives of the
Finances Department are:
• Strongly positioning the financial cen-
tre and combating the abuse of the
financial centre for criminal purposes
• Creating future resources in order
to build potentials for the future
• Keeping the state finances healthy
• Distributing the tax and fee burden
in an equitable manner
The following offices are active on behalf of the Finances Department:
• Tax Administration
• Office for Financial Services
• Staff Office for Due Diligence
• Staff Office for Financial
Intelligence Unit
• Staff Office for Finances
• Budgetary Control
• National Treasury
• Housing Office
Construction
The Construction Department is assigned the duty within the government
to ensure that necessary state infrastructures are established. The
civil engineer-ing section is concerned with national roads, and the
structural engineering section is concerned with administrative
buildings. The construction projects and the planning status in the
realm of road construction can be gathered from the annual road
construction programme. The planning status as well as
the construction projects in the realm of
structural engineering can be gathered from the annual building
construction report. The acquisition of land which is necessary for the
preparation of these infrastructures also falls within
the purview of «construction». Construction
projects from the municipalities, but also partially from private
associations, are supported by means of state subsidies. The
Construction Department is sup-ported in the fulfilment of its duties
by the Civil Engineering Office, the Structural Engineering Office and
the Building Administration.