Mark Villiger

Mark E. Villiger (17 May 1950 – 10 December 2023) was a Swiss judge who served as Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein.^[1][2]

Mark E. Villiger
Villiger in 2023
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Liechtenstein
In office 1 September 2006 – 31 August 2015
Succeeded by	Carlo Ranzoni
Personal details
Born	(1950-05-17)17 May 1950 Louis Trichardt, South Africa
Died	10 December 2023(2023-12-10) (aged 73)
Nationality	Swiss, French
Website	https://markvilliger.com/

Biography

Villiger was born in Louis Trichardt, South Africa on 17 May 1950. He grew up in Mozambique and Feldkirch, Austria before he studied law at the University of Zurich.^[1] He began his career at the European Court of Human Rights in 1983 as a secretary in the Human Rights Commission and assumed as a judge of the ECHR in 2006.^[1] Villiger died on 10 December 2023, at the age of 73.^[2]