Peter Sprenger

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Peter Sprenger
Sprenger in 2000
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
In office
2 February 1997 – 13 March 2005
Personal details
Born29 December 1953
Baden, Switzerland
Died23 October 2018 (aged 64)
Fläsch, Switzerland
Political partyPatriotic Union
Spouse
Silvia Risch
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(m. 1982)​
RelationsDaniel Risch (nephew)
Children2

Peter Sprenger (29 December 1953 – 23 October 2018) was a lawyer, mountaineer and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1997 to 2005. He was a well-regarded lawyer and politician and has been called the "greatest democrat since Wilhelm Beck".

Early life

Sprenger was born on 29 December 1953 in Baden as the son of deputy government councillor Josef Sprenger and Elisabeth Cortesi as one of three children. He attended secondary school at the Liechtensteinisches Gymnasium from 1967 to 1975 and then received a doctorate in law at the University of Zurich in 1985. From 1981 to 1991 he received legal training at the law firm of Ivo Beck.[1]

Career

From 1991, he was the chairman of the board of directors at the trust company Administral Anstalt in Vaduz. From 1992 to 1993 served as a member of the Administrative Appeals Authority and then was vice president of the Liechtenstein state court from 1995 to 1997.[1]

He was elected to the

Prince of Liechtenstein be given wider powers.[2][3] However, the proposal was ultimately accepted by voters.[3] This result has been accredited to Sprenger's decision to not seek re-election to the Landtag in 2005.[2]

In 2003, Sprenger was a founding member and then the manager of the RHW-Stiftung foundation. He was also a board member of the Democracy Movement in Liechtenstein. He successfully climbed six of the Seven Summits and in 2012 was the first Liechtensteiner to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest.[1]

Personal life and death

Sprenger married Silvia Risch on 28 May 1982 and they had two children together.

Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2021 to 2025.[4]

On 23 October 2018, Sprenger fell while climbing the Schwarzhorn in Fläsch and died the same day. He was 64 years old.[2] In 2020, Sprenger was the subject of a book by Bernhard Frommelt and Peter Geiger, including twenty other contributors.[5]

References

  1. ^
    Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). 12 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "«Er war ein Demokrat mit Leib und Seele»". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Liechtenstein prince wins powers". BBC News. 2003-03-16. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  4. Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein
    (in German). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Schöne Momente eines lebensfrohen Menschen". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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