Josef Sele (20 November 1897 – 5 August 1969) was a politician from

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who served in the

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from 1939 to 1949.

Life

Sele was born on 20 November 1897 in

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as the son of Konrad Sele and Maria Beck. He trained as a bricklayer and worked as the profession in

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from 1915 to 1916 and then in both Liechtenstein and Switzerland from 1917. He was a participant in the

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. He became a member of the Liechtenstein Workers' Association in 1920, and was its president from 1941 to 1947, where he was a proponent of worker safety. He was the editor of the Liechtensteiner Nachrichten from 1928 to 1930. He was elected to the

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as a member of the Patriotic Union as a part of the unified list between the party and the

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for the formation of a coalition government, where he served until 1949. During this time, he was a member of the Landtag's finance and state committees. He was a deputy member of the Landtag from

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to February 1953. In the February 1953 Liechtenstein general election, Sele ran as a candidate for the Workers' and Peasants' Party, a party that emerged from the Liechtenstein Employees' Association. Sele married Berta Kindle (28 August 1906 – 6 January 1970) on 7 April 1932 and they had three children together. His daughter, Emma Brogle-Sele, was also a politician. He died on 5 August 1969 in

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, aged 71 years old.

Honours

* : Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (1956)

References

Bibliography

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