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Johann Georg Hasler (born 1895)

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Johann Georg Hasler
Government Councillor for the VU
In office
13 August 1941 – 3 September 1945
Prime MinisterJosef Hoop
Preceded byArnold Hoop
Succeeded byAlois Wille
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
In office
1 September 1957 – 23 March 1958
In office
6 February 1949 – 15 February 1953
Mayor of Eschen
In office
1963–1951
Preceded byJosef Meier
Succeeded byFranz Meier
Personal details
Born7 January 1895
Eschen, Liechtenstein
Died16 May 1976 (aged 81)
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Political partyPatriotic Union
Other political
affiliations		Christian-Social People's Party
Spouse
Paula Gstöhl
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(m. 1920; died 1947)​
Children6

Johann Georg Hasler (7 January 1895 – 16 May 1976) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1949 to 1953, and again from 1957 to 1958. He also served as a government councillor from 1941 to 1945 and as the mayor of Eschen from 1951 to 1963.

Life

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Hasler was born 7 January 1895 in Eschen as the son of Franz Josef Hasler and Josepha Ritter as one of nine children. He worked as a carpenter, and later as a farmer. He was an initiator of the Christian-Social People's Party's popular initiative for the introduction of proportional representation. However, it was rejected it was rejected in the subsequent referendum in 1930.[1][2]

In 1939 Hasler was elected as a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein as member of the Patriotic Union as part of the unified list between the part and the Progressive Citizens' Party for the formation of a coalition government, where he served until 1945.[3][4] He was a deputy government councillor from 1939, when he succeeded Arnold Hoop as a full government councillor in the Third Josef Hoop cabinet on 13 August 1941 following his death in December 1940.[3][5] He also served in the Fourth Josef Hoop cabinet until its dissolution in 1945.[3]

1949 to June 1953 he was a full member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, and again a deputy member from June 1953 to 1957. He was again a full member from 1957 to 1958, and was also Vice president of the Landtag of Liechtenstein during this time. Finally, he was once again a deputy member from 1958 to 1962.[3] From 1945 to 1948 he was a member of the Eschen municipal council.[1] He was mayor of Eschen from 1951 to 1963.[6] During this time, he oversaw the renovation of the Eschen community centre and the starting of the construction of a school in Nendeln.[1]

Hasler married Paula Gstöhl (27 February 1898 – 17 October 1947) on 15 April 1920 and they had six children together.[1] He died on 16 May 1976 in St. Gallen, aged 81 years old.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Hasler, Johann Georg (1895–1976)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver 2010, p. 1171.
  3. ^ a b c d Vogt 1987.
  4. ^ Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Stille Wahl". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Hoop, Arnold". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  6. ^ Mayr, Jürgen; Schindler, Rupert (31 December 2011). "Eschen". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Johann Georg Hasler, alt Vorsteher †". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt. 20 May 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

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