Ewald Ospelt
Ewald Ospelt | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ospelt in 2017 | |
| Mayor of Vaduz | |
| In office 2007 – 1 May 2019 | |
| Deputy | Patrick Wille |
| Preceded by | Karlheinz Ospelt |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Bischof |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 May 1960 |
| Party | Progressive Citizens' Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Jutta Frommelt
(m. 1986, divorced)Bettina Kindle (m. 2013) |
| Relations | Alois Ospelt (brother) |
| Children | 2 |
Ewald Ospelt (born 21 May 1960) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served as mayor of Vaduz from 2007 to 2019.
Life
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
From 1995 to 1999 Ospelt was a member of the Vaduz municipal council.[1] From 1999 to 2003 he was deputy mayor of Vaduz, and then mayor from 2007 to 2019.[1][2] He did not seek re-election in 2019 and was succeeded by Manfred Bischof.[3][4]
In 2019, Ospelt co-founded Zeitpolster, a retirement provision charity, and he has been its president since.[5][6]
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.[7]
Honours
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Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2016)[1]
Liechtenstein: Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2019)[1]
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- Living people
- 1960 births
- Politicians from Vaduz
- 20th-century Liechtenstein politicians
- Progressive Citizens' Party mayors of Liechtenstein
- Mayors of Vaduz
- 21st-century mayors of places in Liechtenstein
- Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein
- Liechtenstein electricians