Alfons_Feger
Alfons Feger
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1922 to 1928
Alfons Feger (6 April 1856 – 18 July 1933) was a teacher and politician from Liechtenstein who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from May 1922 to June 1922. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from March 1922 to June 1922 and again from June 1922 to 1928.
Alfons Feger | |
|---|---|
| Acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein | |
| In office 4 May 1922 – 1 June 1922 | |
| Monarch | Johann II |
| Deputy | None |
| Preceded by | Josef Ospelt(As Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Felix Gubelmann(Acting) |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein | |
| In office 6 June 1922 – 28 June 1928 | |
| Monarch | Johann II |
| Prime Minister | Gustav Schädler |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Ludwig Marxer |
| In office 2 March 1922 – 1 June 1922 | |
| Monarch | Johann II |
| Prime Minister | Josef Ospelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1856 Triesen, Liechtenstein |
| Died | 18 July 1933 (aged 77) Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Regina Wolfinger
(m. 1899; died 1931) |
Feger was born in Triesen, Liechtenstein on 6 April 1856 to one of 7 children. He attended state school in Vaduz then proceeded to attend college in Württemberg from 1873 to 1876. From there he worked as a elementary school teacher in Eschen and later Balzers until 1895 when he taught at a boy's secondary school in Vaduz. He served as a member of the state school council from 1897 to 1901 and the administrator of the state teachers' library from 1907 to 1919. He retired from teaching and resigned all positions in 1918.[1]
Feger was appointed to serve in the Landtag of Liechtenstein by Johann II in 1902, a position he held until 1918.[1] He visited South Tyrol in 1915 soon after Italy's entry into World War I where he gathered a report of the situation on the battlefield on behalf of the Liechtenstein government.[2]
He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2 March 1922 to 1 June 1922 under Prime Minister Josef Ospelt until he resigned in mid-1922 and was briefly appointed as acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 4 May 1922 to 1 June 1922, but he shortly afterwards resigned this position for reportedly health reasons.[1] After which, he again served as Deputy Prime Minister under the government of Gustav Schädler.[3] Schädler's government, including Feger was forced to resign in 1928 as a result of an embezzlement scandal involving the National Bank of Liechtenstein.[4]
He married Regina Wolfinger (26 January 1860 – 16 April 1931) in 1899 and they had eight children.[1]
Feger died on 18 July 1933 in Vaduz, at the age of 77.[1][5]
- Franz, Näscher (31 December 2011). "Feger, Alphonse (1856–1933)". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Alfons Feger berichtet über eine Reise ins Tiroler Kriegsgebiet". Staatsarchiv des Fürstentum Liechtenstein (in German). 27 August 1915. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021". www.regierung.li.
- Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Sparkassaskandal". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- Nipp, Eugen (18 July 1933). "Alfons Feger Oberlehrer † 18. Juli 1933". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (in German). p. 33. Retrieved 28 August 2023.