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==Executive branch==
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|[[List of Princes of Liechtenstein|Prince]]
|[[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Hans-Adam II]]
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|13 November 1989
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|[[List of Princes of Liechtenstein|Prince-regent]]
|[[Prince Alois of Liechtenstein|Alois]]
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|15 August 2004
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|[[List of Liechtenstein Heads of Government|Prime Minister]]
|[[Brigitte Haas]]
|[[Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)|Patriotic Union]]
|10 April 2025
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[[File:Hans-Adam II 2025 (cropped).jpg|256px|thumb|[[Hans-Adam II]], Prince of Liechtenstein]]

The monarch of Liechtenstein is hereditary. Following legislative elections, the head of government is appointed by the prince and proposed and voted on by the parliament. Thus the government is usually composed of the members of the majority party. It is, however, also customary that the leader of the largest minority party in the Diet is appointed the deputy head of government by the monarch.
According to the constitution of [[Liechtenstein]], the government is a collegiate body and consists of the head of government and four governmental councilors.

Amendments to the constitution or new laws have to be adopted by Parliament, signed by both the Prince and the head of government, and published in the Principality's Law Gazette.

[[Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein|Prince Hans Adam II]] is the current head of state. His constitutional powers include the power to veto any legislation, to be used at his discretion, as well as the dissolution of the parliament (this may be subject to a referendum). He represents the state vis-à-vis foreign states. He signs international treaties either in person or delegates this function to a plenipotentiary. Some treaties under international law become valid only when they have been ratified by Parliament. On the basis of the names put forward by Parliament, the Prince nominates the government, district and high court judges, the judges of the Supreme Court, and the presidents and their deputies of the Constitutional Court and of the Administrative Court of Appeal.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1066002.stm#leaders Country profile: Liechtenstein - Leaders] BBC News, 6 December 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2006.</ref> The Prince's other authorities include exercising the right to mitigate and commute punishments that have been imposed with legal force and the abolition — i.e., the dismissal — of investigations that have been initiated. All judgments are issued in the name of the Prince.

In August 2004, Prince Hans-Adam handed over the day-to-day running of the country to his son, Crown Prince [[Alois of Liechtenstein|Alois]], while still remaining the official head of state.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17536864| title = Liechtenstein profile - Leaders - BBC News| work = BBC News| date = 28 March 2012}}</ref>

=== Government ===
{{See also|List of cabinets of Liechtenstein}}[[File:Liechtenstein asv2022-10 img23 Vaduz Regierungsgebäude.jpg|thumb|[[Government Building, Vaduz]]]]
The Government of Liechtenstein is based on the principle of [[collegiality]]; namely, of colleagues collaborating with each other. The government consists of the head of government and four Councilors. The members of the government are proposed by the Parliament and are appointed by the Prince. Only men or women born in Liechtenstein, and who are eligible to be elected to Parliament, may be elected to the government committee. The two electoral areas of the country, the highlands and the lowlands, are entitled to at least two members of the government, and their respective deputies must come from the same area.<ref>[http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-staat-staat/fl-staat-regierung.htm Principality of Liechtenstein - Government] accessed 11 January 2010</ref>

According to the constitution, the cabinet shall consist of the Prime Minister and four other Ministers. The Prime Minister and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the Reigning Prince with the agreement of Parliament and on its proposal. On the proposal of Parliament, one of the Ministers shall be appointed by the Reigning Prince as the Deputy Prime Minister. If an individual Minister should lose the confidence of the Reigning Prince or of Parliament, the decision on the loss of the authority of the Minister to exercise his functions shall be taken by mutual agreement of the Reigning Prince and Parliament. Until a new Minister has been appointed, the official duties of the Minister shall be performed by the Minister's alternate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2002 |orig-date=5 October 1921 |title=CONSTITUTION OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN |url=https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL(2002)145-e#:~:text=The%20Principality%20is%20a%20constitutional,provisions%20of%20the%20present%20Constitution. |access-date=15 February 2024 |website=EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (VENICE COMMISSION) |pages=22–23 |publication-place=[[Strasbourg]]}}</ref>