Eugen Schädler (17 April 1899 – 22 September 1973) was an industrialist and politician from

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who served in the

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from 1939 to 1957.

Career

Schädler was born on 17 April 1899 in

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as the son of deputy member of the Landtag and councillor Gebhard Schädler and Anna Beck. He attended teacher training college in Feldkirch, then pottery school in

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. Upon his father's death in 1929, he took over the pottery workshop business Keramik Werkstatt Schaedler AG, which he expanded into an industrial manufacturing company. He was elected to the

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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, where he served until 1957. During this time, he was a member of the Landtag's finance, audit and the state committee. From 1942 to 1951 he was a municipal councillor in

Eschen Eschen (; High Alemannic: ''Escha'') is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein. It covers an area of , and is one of the five communes in the Unterland electoral district. As of 2024, it has a population of 4,629 inhabitants. Etymolog ...

and from 1956 to 1959 he was a member of the supervisory board the of VP Bank.

Personal life

Schädler married Elwina Katharina Hoop (14 March 1900 – 19 February 1980), the sister of prime minister

Josef Hoop Franz Josef Hoop (; 14 December 1895 – 19 October 1959) was a diplomat and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1928 to 1945. He later served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 19 ...

, on 25 July 1929 and they had four children together. His daughter, Emma Eigenmann, was the first woman to serve in the Landtag from 1986 to 1993.

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