Josef Steger (politician)

Josef Steger
Steger in 1921
Government Councillor for the VP
In office 28 February 1936 – 30 March 1938
Prime Minister	Josef Hoop
Preceded by	Josef Gassner
Succeeded by	Arnold Hoop
In office 16 March 1923 – 1926 Serving with Felix Gubelmann
Prime Minister	Gustav Schädler
Preceded by	Gustav Schädler
Succeeded by	Alois Frick
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
In office April 1926 – 1928
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

Josef Steger (5 October 1879 – 18 February 1963) was a political figure from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1926 to 1928. He also served as a government councillor from 1923 to 1926 and again from 1936 to 1938.

Life

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]

Steger (second from right on the back) with members of the Landtag, 1921.

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 councillor 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] He died on 18 February 1963, aged 83 years old.[3]

References

1. Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Steger, Joseph". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
2. Paul Vogt (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag. Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.
3. "Regierungsräte Josef Steger ⵜ". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 20 February 1963. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.