Ewald Ospelt

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Jutta Frommelt
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(m. 1986,divorced)​

Bettina Kindle
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(m. 2013)​
Ewald Ospelt
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Ospelt in 2017
Mayor of Vaduz
In office
2007 –1 May 2019
Relations Alois Ospelt (brother)
Children2

Ewald Ospelt (born 21 May 1960) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as mayor of Vaduz from 2007 to 2019.

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Life

Ospelt was born in Grabs, Switzerland. He attended secondary school in Vaduz and from 1976 to 1980 he conducted an apprenticeship as an electrician in Schaan. He won a bronze medal at the electrical WorldSkills in Atlanta in 1981, and became a certified electrical inspector in 1985. From 2001 to 2007 he was head of customer services at the Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke  [ de ]. [1]

From 1995 to 1999 Ospelt was a member of the Vaduz municipal council. From 1999 to 2003 he was deputy mayor of Vaduz, and then mayor from 2007 to 1 May 2019. [1] He did not stand for election in the 2019 Vaduz elections and was succeeded by Manfred Bischof. [2] [3]

Ospelt married Jutta Frommelt on 10 May 1986 and they had two children together. He then went on to marry Bettina Kindle on 26 July 2013. [1] His brother Alois Ospelt served as a government councillor from 2001 to 2005. [4]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ospelt, Ewald". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ewald Ospelt kandidiert nicht mehr". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 25 October 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Liechtensteins Vorsteher offiziell vereidigt". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ospelt, Alois (*1946)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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