Bettina Petzold-Mähr

Bettina Petzold-Mähr (born 20 August 1982) is a Liechtensteiner politician and former volleyball player who is a Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.

Bettina Petzold-Mähr
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Assumed office
2019
ConstituencyOberland
Personal details
Born (1982-08-20) 20 August 1982
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Political partyFBP
Volleyball career
Beach volleyball information
Years Teammate Tours (points)
2009 Petra Walser 15[1]
Career
YearsTeams
?VBC Galina
National team
?Liechtenstein

Biography

Bettina Petzold-Mähr was born on 20 August 1982 in Vaduz, the daughter of Andrea (née Beck) and Anton Mähr, and raised in Planken. She has a brother.[2]

Petzold-Mähr played for the Liechtenstein women's national volleyball team and for the volleyball club VBC Galina.[3][4] In May 2008, she played for the national team in a match they won against an all-star team from the similarly-named Lichtenstein, a town in the German state of Saxony.[5] She and her partner Petra Walser participated in the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe, where they almost won the bronze medal before losing both sets at the match to Luxembourg.[6] The two later participated in the August 2009 European Volleyball Confederation Challenger and Satellite tournament in Vaduz, losing both of their matches.[1]

In the 2019 Liechtenstein local elections, Petzold-Mähr was elected to the Planken communal council as the highest-ranked candidate overall (let alone for the FBP), receiving 148 votes.[7] In the 2023 Liechtenstein local elections, she did not run for re-election to the council and instead ran for mayor of Planken, but lost to Patriotic Union incumbent Rainer Beck, receiving only 94 votes (41.8%).[8] She has also served as vice-provost of Planken and as president of the school board.[3]

In October 2020, Petzold-Mähr received the FBP's nomination for the 2021 Liechtenstein general election.[9] She was elected to the Landtag as the sixth-highest-ranked FBP candidate for the Oberland constituency, receiving 3,223 votes.[10] For the 2021-2025 term, she participates in the Landtag's EEA/Schengen and Foreign Affairs Commissions.[11] On 1 September 2022, she reportedly smiled when a 2.4 earthquake struck while she was participating in a Landtag debate on earthquake insurance.[12]

Petzold-Mähr also works at the National Bank of Liechtenstein,[3] having done so before being elected to the Landtag.[9] She is married to Ralf Petzold and has two children.[3][2]

References
  1. "Bettina Mähr". Beach Volleyball Database. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. "Petzold-Mähr, Bettina". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. Batliner, Alexander (21 November 2022). "Bettina Petzold-Mähr stellt sich als FBP Vorsteherkandidatin vor". www.fbp.li (in German). Progressive Citizens' Party. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. "GRATULATION: Damen und Herren schaffen den Aufstieg in die NLB". VBC Galina (in German). Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. "Länderspiel und Sachsenpokalendspiele" (in German). SSV Fortschritt Lichtenstein. 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. "Bronze For Andorra, Luxembourg On The Beach". XIII Games of the Small States of Europe - Cyprus 2009. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. "Gemeindewahlen 2019 - Planken". www.gemeindewahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  8. "Gemeindewahlen 2023 - Planken". www.gemeindewahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. "FBP Planken nominiert Bettina Petzold-Mähr und Sascha Quaderer". Radio Liechtenstein (in German). 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. "Landtagswahlen 2021 - Kandidatenübersicht". www.landtagswahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. "Abgeordnete". www.landtag.li (in German). Landtag of Liechtenstein. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. Holroyd, Matthew (1 September 2022). "Watch: Earthquakes hit parliament... during quake insurance debate". Euronews. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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