Margret Suckale. In the intellectual space, notable alumni include novelist and bestselling author Rolf Dobelli. In the field of law and politics, notable alumni include Swiss politician and former President of the Swiss Council of States Christoffel Brändli, Sovereign Monarch and Head of State of Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II, Swiss politician Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss politician and Stadler Rail CEO Peter Spuhler, Swiss politician Heinz Indermaur, as well as Adrian Hasler Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, and Klaus Tschütscher, former Prime Minister of Liechtenstein. Thomas Aeschi businessman and politician Judith Sarah Jäger Bellaiche politician Faculty and staff Notable current or former faculty members of the University of St. Gallen include the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union Juliane Kokott, corporate communication professor Miriam Meckel, arts director Sir Peter Jonas, Walter Hunziker, developer of Tourism Science, and Ota Šik, Professor of Economics and one of the key figures in the Prague Spring. Controversies Following a 2019 investigation by the cantonal audit office, the University of St. Gallen came under heavy criticism for the frivolous spending behaviour in some of its institutes. Representatives of the cantonal legislature called for a change in the university's culture of accountability. In 2021, a professor at the University of St. Gallen ended her supervisor agreement with a temporarily deregistered doctorate student, and had the university delete his email account, for making a negative comment on Twitter about China's communication during the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Partner universities University of St. Gallen has partnership agreements and cooperations with various universities, including the following: Aalto University School of Business Columbia University Copenhagen Business School Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Virginia Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Emory University ESADE ESSEC Business School Hong Kong University of Science and Technology HEC Paris IE University INCAE Business School Imperial College London Andrássy University Budapest Instituto de Empresa Keio University London School of Economics and Political Science Manchester Business School McGill University National University of Singapore New York University Northwestern University Peking University Sciences Po Seoul National University Stockholm School of Economics Tsinghua University Bocconi University University of Hong Kong Universidad de los Andes University of Melbourne University of Navarra Université Paris-Dauphine University of Sydney University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California University of Chicago University of Michigan University of Toronto Warwick Business School Yonsei University Nanyang Technological University See also List of