Josef_Steger_(politician)
Josef Steger (politician)
Liechtensteiner politician (1879–1963)
Josef Steger (5 October 1879 – 18 February 1963) was a political figure from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein.
Josef Steger | |
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Steger in 1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1879 Balzers, Liechtenstein |
| Died | 18 February 1963 (aged 83) Balzers, Liechtenstein |
| Political party | Christian-Social People's Party |
| Spouse |
Anna Wille
(m. 1920; died 1922) |
| Children | 1 |
Steger was born on 5 October 1879 in Balzers as the son of baker Johann Anton Steger and his mother Louisa Frick as one of ten children. He worked as a bricklayer and a farmer.[1]
From 1924 to 1927 and again from 1930 to 1933 served as a member of the Balzners local council. From April 1926 to 1928 he served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the Christian-Social People's Party and briefly a member of finance commission and the state committee.[1][2] He was a government councilor from 16 March 1923 to 1926 and again from 18 March 1932 to 30 March 1938 in the Schädler cabinet, first Hoop cabinet and second Hoop cabinet respectively.[2]
After the Rhine collapse in 1927, he was a member of the state aid commission aimed at aiding the recovery effort. He was a member of the LLB supervisory board from 1936 to 1945.[1]
Steger married Anna Wille (25 January 1891 – 26 January 1922) on 12 April 1920 and they had one child together.[1]
Steger died on 18 February 1963, aged 83 years old.[3]
- Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Steger, Joseph". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- "Regierungsräte Josef Steger ⵜ". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 20 February 1963. Retrieved 10 November 2023.