Oswald Bühler

Oswald Bühler
Bühler in 1954
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
In office
6 February 1949 – 15 February 1953
In office
4 April 1939 – 29 April 1945
Mayor of Mauren
In office
1948 – 8 December 1962
Preceded byDavid Meier
Succeeded byEgon Meier
Personal details
Born2 March 1899
Mauren, Liechtenstein
Died8 December 1962 (aged 63)
Grabs, Switzerland
Political partyProgressive Citizens' Party
Spouse
Olivia Maria Matt
​
(m. 1930)​
Children3

Oswald Bühler (2 March 1899 – 8 December 1962) was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1949 to 1957. He also served as the Mayor of Mauren from 1948 to 1962.

Career

Bühler was born on 2 March 1899 in Mauren as the son of lawyer David Bühler and Wilhelmine Marock as one of four children. In 1918, he joined the Progressive Citizens' Party and from 1936 to 1939 he was a councillor in Mauren. Throughout the 1930s, he as a prominent opponent of fascist elements within Liechtenstein, such as the Liechtenstein Homeland Service and German National Movement in Liechtenstein. At some point, Bühler took over his father's legal firm.[1]

Bühler (right) with Alexander Frick and Prince Emanuel of Liechtenstein at a music festival in Mauren in June 1954.

He was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1939 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party as a part of the unified list between the party and the Patriotic Union for the formation of a coalition government.[2][3] He was then a deputy member of the Landtag from 1945, before being re-elected again in 1949, where he served until 1957.[2] During this time, he was also a member of the Landtag's state committee, the finance committee and the audit committee.[1] In addition, he was Mayor of Mauren from 1948 to 1962, where he is credited with expanding the road services, the rapid industrialisation of the municipality and the building of a new community hall in 1950.[1][4]

In 1935, he founded a textile factory in Eschen and from 1928 to 1955 he was a member of the board of directors of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe and National Bank of Liechtenstein, as well as at the VP Bank from 1956 to 1962. He was also a member of the board at the Liechtenstein Red Cross from 1953 until his death in 1962.[1]

Personal life and death

Bühler married Olivia Maria Matt (4 July 1901 – 23 December 1985) on 13 May 1930 and they had three children together. He died in the hospital in Grabs, Switzerland as a result of a hunting accident on 8 December 1962, aged 63 years old.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Bühler, Oswald". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Vogt 1987.
  3. ^ Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Stille Wahl". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  4. ^ Frommelt, Fabian; Mayr, Ulrike (2023). "Mauren". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Bibliography

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