Dorothee Laternser

Dorothée Laternser (born 15 August 1951) is a German-born paediatrician and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2005.

Life Originally from Illingen, she studied in Tübingen and Bonn and received a doctorate in medicine before conducting specialist training paediatrics and adolescent medicine from 1975 to 1982. In 1982 she moved to Liechtenstein and since 1983 has worked as a paediatrician in the country.

Laternser was a deputy member of the Landtag from 1997 to 2001 as a member of the Patriotic Union (VU), and then a full member from 2001 to 2005; during this time, she was a member of the Landtag's audit and state committees, and also a member of the Liechtenstein delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

She was a board member and the president of the Women's Union.

Laternser married Arnold Laternser on 12 March 1982 and they have two children together. A resident of Vaduz, she lives in Triesen.