Armin Meier (politician)

Armin Meier
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
In office
3 February 1978 – 2 February 1986
Personal details
Born3 May 1941
Gamprin, Liechtenstein
Died20 March 1999 (aged 57)
Feldkirch, Austria
Political partyProgressive Citizens' Party
Parent(s)Egon Meier
Anna Näscher

Armin Meier (3 May 1941 – 20 March 1999) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1978 to 1986.

Life

Meier was born on 3 May 1941 in Gamprin as the son of future mayor of Mauren Egon Meier and Berta Kaiser as one of six children.[1][2] He attended high school in Appenzell Innerrhoden. He then went on to study special education and school in school psychology in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1969 to 1998 he was the director of the director of the special education centre in Schaan. During this time, he played a major role in its expansion.[1]

From 1978 to 1986 Meier was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party, and he was the Vice president of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1982 to 1986. During this time, he was a member of the finance, state, and foreign affairs committee.[3]

Meier married Hildegard Marxer (born 14 January 1949) on 11 July 1974 and they had two children together. He lived in Mauren.[1] He died on 20 March 1999 in Feldkirch, aged 57 years old.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Meier, Armin". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  2. ^ Oehri, Herbert (31 December 2011). "Meier, Egon". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ Vogt 1987.
  4. ^ "Armin Meier, Mauren". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 22 March 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

Bibliography

  • Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag (in German). Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.