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Franz Nägele

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Franz Nägele
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
In office
25 March 1962 – 3 February 1978
Personal details
Born3 September 1918
Nendeln, Liechtenstein
Died6 April 2011 (aged 92)
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Political partyPatriotic Union
Spouse
Elsa Matt
(m. 1945)
Children6

Franz Nägele (3 September 1918 – 6 April 2011) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1962 to 1978.

Life

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Nägele was born on 3 September 1918 in Nendeln as the son of farmer and innkeeper Johann Nägele and Theresia Beck as one of ten children. He attended high school in Feldkirch and then studied medicine in Munich, where he received a doctorate in dentistry. From 1943, he ran his own dental practice in Eschen. From 1950 to 1954 he was the president of Harmoniemusik Eschen.[1]

From 1957 to 1963 he was a member of the Eschen municipal council as a member of the Patriotic Union.[1] From 1958 to 1962 he was a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, and a full member from 1962 to 1978. During this time, he was a member of the finance, audit and state committees. He was also the Vice president of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1966 to 1970.[2] He was the vice president of the Patriotic Union from 1961 to 1965 and then its president from 1965 to 1974. From 1959 to 1969 and again from 1985 to 1989 he was a judge at the Liechtenstein state court.[1]

Nägele married Elsa Matt (16 September 1920 – 13 April 2008) on 29 November 1945 and they had six children together.[1] He died on 6 April 2011 in Vaduz, aged 92 years old.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nägele, Franz". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ Vogt 1987.
  3. ^ "Dr. med. dent. Franz Nägele". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 7 April 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2024.

Bibliography

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