Karlheinz Ospelt

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Karlheinz Ospelt
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
In office
7 February 1993 –11 February 2001
Preceded by Arthur Konrad
Succeeded by Ewald Ospelt
Personal details
Born (1961-09-11) 11 September 1961 (age 64)
Grabs, Switzerland
Political party Patriotic Union
SpouseDaniela Ospelt

Karlheinz Ospelt (born 11 September 1961) is a trustee and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1993 to 2001. He also served as the Mayor of Vaduz from 1995 to 2007.

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Life

Ospelt was born on 11 September 1961 in Chur as the son of Karl Ospelt and Elisabeth (née Schreiber) as one of four children. He studied economics in St. Gallen, receiving a licentiate in 1985. From 1987 to 1992 he was a partner and member of the board of directors at a trust firm, and since then he has worked as an independent trustee. He was a judge at the Administrative Complaints Authority (VBI) from 1986 to 1993. [4]

He was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1993 to 2001 as a member of the Patriotic Union. During this time, he was also a member of the Landtag's finance committee and the chairman of the audit committee. [4] He was also Mayor of Vaduz from 1995 to 2007, being the first member of the Patriotic Union elected to the position. [5]

He was president of the board of trustees of the Liechtenstein Old Age and Sickness Assistance Foundation from 1997 to 2007. [4] From 2007 he was a member of the board of directors at Neue Bank in Vaduz, and its president from 2010 to 2020, when he resigned. [4] [6] Ospelt opposed the closing of the Rhine dam in Vaduz to motorized vehicles in April 2019, and was the spokesperson for a popular initiative to have the dam expanded, which was accepted by voters in a local referendum in October 2021. [7] [8]

Ospelt was the vice president of the board of directors at LIEmobil until 2020. In May 2019, while the company's 2018 annual report was being discussed in the Landtag, Thomas Lageder called for Ospelt's resignation, stating that he was "not suitable" for the position due to an alleged conflict of interest between his role as vice president of the board of directors of LIEmobil and his support of private motorized transport. In response, Ospelt called for Lageder's resignation from the Landtag, accusing him of being poorly informed and incompetent. [9]

He is married to Daniela Ospelt, a member of the Vaduz municipal council. [10] She unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Landtag in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election. [11]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Vorsteher und Vizevorsteher". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 7 February 1995. p. 1. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Der Eid zum Dienstantritt". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt . 5 February 1999. p. 3. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  3. ↑ ""Ich schwöre Treue dem Fürsten"". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 8 February 2003. p. 5. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ospelt, Karlheinz". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Mayr, Ulrike; Sele, Patrick (31 December 2011). "Vaduz (Gemeinde)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Neue Bank: Manuel Ammann folgt auf Karlheinz Ospelt". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  7. ↑ ""Ein Entscheid, der im stillen Kämmerlein gefasst wurde"". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Quaderer, Elias (3 October 2021). "Vaduzer befürworten Rheindamm-Ausbau". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ↑ ""So ein Abgeordneter gehört nicht ins Parlament"". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 11 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Auch Vaduzer VU nominiert bekannte Persönlichkeiten für die Landtagswahlen" . Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2025 - Ergebnisse". www.landtagswahlen.li (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-02-11. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
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