The first Josef Hoop cabinet was the governing body of

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

from 6 August 1928 to 28 February 1936. It was appointed by Johann II and continued by his successor Franz I. It was chaired by

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 ...

History

The government of Gustav Schädler was forced to resign by Johann II in the wake of an embezzlement scandal involving the

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and early elections were called. The

1928 Liechtenstein general election General elections were held in Liechtenstein on 15 July 1928, with a second round on 29 July. Early elections was called after Prince Johann II forced the resignation of the Christian-Social People's Party government of Prime Minister Gustav Sch ...

resulted in a win for the

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and Josef Hoop was appointed as

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. The party was able to govern alone and in the 1930 Liechtenstein by-election was the sole party in the

Landtag of Liechtenstein The Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein () is the unicameral parliament of Liechtenstein. Qualifications Citizens who have attained the age of 18, have permanent residency in the country and have lived in the country for at least on ...

until

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when it once again entered a coalition with the Christian-Social People's Party. Paul Vogt (1987). ''125 Jahre Landtag.'' Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The government's term was characterized by the

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in addition to the building of a 23km long inland canal in order to increase the percentage of

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within the country and to create job opportunities within the country, which was approved in 1930 and started construction in 1931. It also tried to diffuse domestic tensions within Liechtenstein, specially with increasing

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agitation within the country throughout the 1930s, inspired by the rise of

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in 1933 and the

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which led to a large number of

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taking refuge in the country. Most notably, the

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was designed to be an impetus for the formation of an organized Liechtenstein group, but it instead held back efforts for a time. After the

1936 Liechtenstein general election General elections were held in Liechtenstein in February 1936.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1164 The elections took place in two rounds; in the first round on 3 February each of the ten municipal ...

the cabinet was dissolved and succeeded by the Second Josef Hoop cabinet on 28 February 1936.

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