Walter Kieber

Walter Kieber
Walter Kieber
	Kieber in August 1975
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
	In office; 27 March 1974 – 26 April 1978
Monarch	Franz Joseph II
Deputy	Hans Brunhart
Preceded by	Alfred Hilbe
Succeeded by	Hans Brunhart
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
	In office; 26 April 1978 – 1 July 1980
Monarch	Franz Joseph II
Prime Minister	Hans Brunhart
Preceded by	Hans Brunhart
Succeeded by	Hilmar Ospelt
	In office; 18 March 1970 – 27 March 1974
Monarch	Franz Joseph II
Prime Minister	Alfred Hilbe
Preceded by	Alfred Hilbe
Succeeded by	Hans Brunhart
Personal details
Born	20 February 1931; Feldkirch, Austria
Died	21 June 2014 (aged 83); Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Political party	Progressive Citizens' Party
Spouse	Selma Ritter (m. 1959)
Children	2

Walter Kieber (20 February 1931 – 21 June 2014) was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1974 to 1978.

Early life and career

Kieber was born on 20 February 1931 in Feldkirch as the son of ÖBB official Alfons Kieber and his mother Elisabeth Brandauer. He attended elementary and high school in Bregenz before from 1950 he studied law at the University of Innsbruck, where he graduated with a doctorate in 1954.^[2]

In 1955 Kieber joined the law firm Marxer & Partner Rechtsanwälte as a partner run by Ludwig Marxer.^[2]^[3] Upon Marxer's death in 1962, Kieber, partner Adulf Peter Goop and Ludwig's son Peter Marxer took over the firm and oversaw its expansion into the largest in Liechtenstein.^[2]^[4]^[3]

Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

Kieber was the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 18 March 1970 to 27 March 1974 under Alfred Hilbe.^[5] Kieber was Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, serving from 27 March 1974 to 26 April 1978.^[5] The 1974 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a win for the Progressive Citizens' Party and Kieber was appointed prime minister.^[6]^[7]

In 1975, he was a signatory of the Helsinki Accords to create the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the precursor of today's OSCE.^[8] He also oversaw Liechtenstein's full ascension into the Council of Europe in 1978.^[2]

The Progressive Citizens' Party lost the 1978 Liechtenstein general election and Kieber again served as deputy prime minister from 26 April 1978 under Hans Brunhart.^[6]^[7] He resigned at the request of Franz Joseph II on 1 July 1980.^[2]

Later life

In 1993 Kieber was a co-founder of the Centrum Bank AG in Vaduz and was a member of the bank's board of directors until 2001. He was the president of the Liechtenstein Bar Association from 1992 to 1997.^[2]

Personal life

Kieber married Selma Ritter (born 10 September 1934) on 16 April 1959. They had two children together.^[2]

Kieber died on 21 June 2014, at the age of 83.^[9]

Honours

References

^ "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021". www.regierung.li.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Kieber, Walter (1931–2014)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Merki, Christoph Maria (31 December 2011). "Marxer & Partner". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ Editorial (11 June 2019). "Marxer, Peter". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862–2021". www.regierung.li.
^ ^a ^b Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ ^a ^b Europa World Year Book 2. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2668. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
^ "Helsinki Accords". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ "Alt-Regierungschef Kieber mit 83 gestorben". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Alfred Hilbe	Head of Government of Liechtenstein 1974-1978	Succeeded by Arthur Brunhart

[officehistory-1] "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021". www.regierung.li.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Kieber, Walter (1931–2014)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

[:4-3] Merki, Christoph Maria (31 December 2011). "Marxer & Partner". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.

[:12-4] Editorial (11 June 2019). "Marxer, Peter". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2023.

[:2-5] "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862–2021". www.regierung.li.

[:1-6] Liechtenstein Inter-Parliamentary Union

[:3-7] Europa World Year Book 2. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2668. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

[8] "Helsinki Accords". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

[9] "Alt-Regierungschef Kieber mit 83 gestorben". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

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