Josef Ospelt

Josef Ospelt (9 January 1881 – 1 June 1962) was the first Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2 March 1921 to 27 April 1922.[1]

Joseph Ospelt was born in Vaduz, the son of Julius and Mary (née Seger). He attended elementary and country school in Vaduz and came after the latter as Regierungskanzlist provincial administrator under Carl von In der Maur in the civil service one. In 1911 he was appointed secretary to the government. In 1916 he married Mathilde Ospelt from Vaduz. Ospelt 1918 belonged to the founders of the Progressive Citizens' Party and later was chairman and longtime manager of the newspaper Liechtenstein Volksblatt. On 23 March 1921 he was the prince to succeed the provincial administrator, Dr. Joseph Peer, while the royal appointed Council. When the new Constitution of 5 October 1921, whose preparation he had participated, he was appointed on recommendation of Parliament head of government. He was in this transitional period, Liechtenstein last provincial administrator and first head of government as prime minister, succeeding the last Governor. After his resignation as Prime Minister on 27 April 1922, he moved Due to changed political circumstances, with his family, briefly to Vienna. From 1918 to 1922, he worried as treasurer and the royal domain administration. After 1922, he established a legal and insurance agency in Vaduz. In 1925 he was the representative office of Zurich Insurance held. After the renewed political upheaval in 1928 Ospelt held several important public offices. He also was among the founding members of the Historical Society in Liechtenstein, which he headed from 1928 1955 as chairman and for many years the Board of the Vintners of Vaduz. From 1930 to 1932 he was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein.