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1962 Liechtenstein General Election
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General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 25 March 1962.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1165 The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag, but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.Nohlen & Stöver, p1157 This was the first election contested by the Christian Social Party. Results By electoral district References Liechtenstein General Elections in Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Liechtenstein General Election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 23 March 1958.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1165 The Progressive Citizens' Party won nine of the 15 seats in the Landtag, but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.Nohlen & Stöver, p1157 Results By electoral district References Liechtenstein General election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ... Elections in Liechtenstein Liechtenstein general election {{Liechtenstein-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Social Party (Liechtenstein)
The Christian Social Party of Liechtenstein (German: ''Christlich-Soziale Partei Liechtensteins'', CSP) was a political party in Liechtenstein. History The party was established in 1961, Press and Information Office In the 1962 elections it received 10% of the vote, but failed to win a seat in the . It appealed to the Constitutional Court, which subsequently ruled that the 18% |
1962 In Liechtenstein
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Elections In Europe
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unterland (electoral District)
Unterland (german: Wahlkreis Unterland), meaning "lower land", is one of the two electoral districts of Liechtenstein. The district's administrative seat is the town of Schellenberg, due to its historical existence as the Lordship of Schellenberg (german: Herrschaft Schellenberg). It has 10 seats in the Landtag. Geography The district is less populous than Oberland (the other district) and takes up between a fifth and a sixth of Liechtenstein's total area. It comprises five municipalities and three villages, for a total of eight settlements. See also *Oberland (electoral district) *Landtag of Liechtenstein *NUTS statistical regions of Liechtenstein As a member of the EFTA, Liechtenstein (LI) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The three NUTS levels all correspond to the country itself: * NUTS-1: LI0 Liechtenstein * NUTS-2: LI00 Liechtenstein * NUTS-3: LI ... * Lists of electoral districts by nation References External links {{Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Vogt
Alois Vogt (19 July 1906 – 23 March 1988) was an advocate and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1938 to 1945. Early life Vogt was born on 19 July 1906 in Balzers as one of six children. He attended realschule in Vaduz and from 1928 went on to study law in Innsbruck, Freiburg im Breisgau and Vienna, where he received a diploma in 1933. He then opened his own law firm in Vaduz. Career Vogt was a co-founder of the Liechtenstein Homeland Service in 1933. This party and the Christian-Social People's Party merged to form the Patriotic Union in 1936 and Vogt was placed as the party secretary. In 1937, he was the defending lawyer of Carl Freiherr von Vogelsang after he publicly denounced Jews living in Liechtenstein and sent numerous letters detailing them to officials in Nazi Germany. As a result, Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Josef Hoop ordered the offices of the Vaterland to be searched for any letters to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Büchel
Josef Büchel (28 February 1910 – 15 November 1991) was a teacher and civil servant from Liechtenstein who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1957 to 1965. Early life and career Büchel was born on 28 February 1910 in Gamprin to the father of Felix Büchel and his mother Anna Matt as one of seven children. After training as a teacher Büchel taught in Balzers from 1931 to 1935 and in Triesen from 1935 to 1945. Büchel founded the Liechtenstein section of the Swiss health and accident insurance Konkordia in 1932. He was also the conductor of the Triesen church choir from 1937 to 1945. Political career Büchel entered politics as a member of the Patriotic Union and as an editor of the Liechtensteiner Vaterland from 1938 to 1939 and again from 1941 to 1943. During this time he published several articles friendly to Nazi Germany. He was also a member of the State Tax Commission from 1939 to 1949 and the chairman of the commission from 1939 to 1944. Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Risch
Martin Risch ( ; 17 September 1899 – 5 January 1970) was a physician and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1960 to 1965. Early life and medical career Risch was born on 17 September 1899 in Triesen as one of nine children. His mother died shortly after his birth and he was raised by foster parents throughout his childhood. He attended high school in Küssnacht from 1915 to 1922 and then went on to study medicine in Innsbruck and Vienna, where he received a degree in 1929. He also trained in gynaecology in Erfurt and surgery in Dresden. In 1931 Risch opened a medical practice in Eschen where he arranged for maternity wards to be set up within community homes in Eschen and Triesen. In 1934 he moved to Vaduz as he was appointed a state physicist. He was a member of the Liechtenstein Medical Commission for more than 30 years and was as a medical officer for the Liechtenstein Red Cross from 1945 to 1969. Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberland (electoral District)
Oberland (german: Wahlkreis Oberland), meaning "upper land", is one of the two electoral districts of Liechtenstein. It corresponds to the historic County of Vaduz (german: Grafschaft Vaduz), and the administrative seat is the city of Vaduz, the national capital. It has 15 seats in the Landtag. Geography The district, which includes the main towns of Vaduz and Schaan, is more populous than the Unterland and spans the southern portion, with between four-fifths and five-sixths of the country's land area. It is composed of 6 municipalities and 11 villages, for a total of 17 settlements. See also *Unterland (electoral district) *Landtag of Liechtenstein *NUTS statistical regions of Liechtenstein As a member of the EFTA, Liechtenstein (LI) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). The three NUTS levels all correspond to the country itself: * NUTS-1: LI0 Liechtenstein * NUTS-2: LI00 Liechtenstein * NUTS-3: LI ... * Lists of electoral districts by nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landtag Liechtenstein 1945-1970
A Landtag (State Diet) is generally the legislative assembly or parliament of a federated state or other subnational self-governing entity in German-speaking nations. It is usually a unicameral assembly exercising legislative competence in non-federal matters. The States of Germany and Austria are governed by ''landtage''. In addition, the legislature of the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol is known in German as a ''landtag''. Historically, states of the German Confederation also established ''landtage''. The Landtag of Liechtenstein is the small nation's unicameral assembly. Name The German word Landtag is composed of the words ''Land'' (state, country or territory) and ''Tag'' (day). The German word ''Tagung'' (meeting) is derived from the German word ''Tag'', as such meetings were held at daylight and sometimes spanned several days. Historic Landtag assemblies States of the Holy Roman Empire In feudal society, the formal class system was reflected in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)
The Patriotic Union (german: Vaterländische Union, VU) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Liechtenstein, political party in Liechtenstein. The VU is one of the two major party, major List of political parties in Liechtenstein, political parties in Liechtenstein, along with the national conservatism, national-conservative Progressive Citizens' Party. The VU is the more liberalism, liberal of the two parties, advocating constitutional monarchy and greater democracy. It is led by Thomas Zwiefelhofer and has ten members in the Landtag of Liechtenstein, Landtag. History The Patriotic Union was formed by the 1936 merger of the Christian-Social People's Party (Liechtenstein), Christian-Social People's Party (VP) with the minor party Liechtenstein Homeland Service (LHD). While the VP was the larger party, following the merger it was members of the LHD who took prominent positions in the leadership of the new party. After decades of being the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Liechtenstein General Election
General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 6 February 1966.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1165 The Progressive Citizens' Party won eight of the 15 seats in the Landtag, but remained in coalition with the Patriotic Union.Nohlen & Stöver, p1157 Results By electoral district References Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ... 1966 in Liechtenstein Elections in Liechtenstein February 1966 events in Europe {{Liechtenstein-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
