Alfons Feger

Alfons Feger (6 April 1856 – 18 July 1933) was a teacher and politician from Liechtenstein who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from May to June 1922. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister from March to June 1922 and again from June 1922 to 1928.

Alfons Feger
Acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
In office 4 May 1922 – 1 June 1922
Monarch	Johann II
Deputy	None
Preceded by	Josef Ospelt(As Prime Minister)
Succeeded by	Felix Gubelmann(Acting)
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
In office 6 June 1922 – 28 June 1928
Monarch	Johann II
Prime Minister	Gustav Schädler
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Ludwig Marxer
In office 2 March 1922 – 1 June 1922
Monarch	Johann II
Prime Minister	Josef Ospelt
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself
Personal details
Born	6 April 1856 Triesen, Liechtenstein
Died	18 July 1933 (aged 77) Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Regina Wolfinger ​ ​ (m. 1899; died 1931)​

Early life and teaching career

Feger was born in Triesen, Liechtenstein on 6 April 1856 to one of 7 children. He attended state school in Vaduz then proceeded to attend college in Württemberg from 1873 to 1876. From there he worked as a elementary school teacher in Eschen and later Balzers until 1895 when he taught at a boy's secondary school in Vaduz. He served as a member of the state school council from 1897 to 1901 and the administrator of the state teachers' library from 1907 to 1919. He retired from teaching and resigned all positions in 1918.^[1]

Political career

Feger was appointed to serve in the Landtag of Liechtenstein by Johann II in 1902, a position he held until 1918.^[1] He visited South Tyrol in 1915 soon after Italy's entry into World War I where he gathered a report of the situation on the battlefield on behalf of the Liechtenstein government.^[2]

He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 2 March 1922 to 1 June 1922 under Prime Minister Josef Ospelt until he resigned in mid-1922 and was briefly appointed as acting Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 4 May 1922 to 1 June 1922, but he shortly afterwards resigned this position for reportedly health reasons.^[1] After which, he again served as Deputy Prime Minister under the government of Gustav Schädler.^[3] Schädler's government, including Feger was forced to resign in 1928 as a result of an embezzlement scandal involving the National Bank of Liechtenstein.^[4]

Feger (back first from left) in front of the Vaduz government building, 1908.

Personal life

He married Regina Wolfinger (26 January 1860 – 16 April 1931) in 1899 and they had eight children.^[1]

Feger died on 18 July 1933 in Vaduz, at the age of 77.^[1][5]

References

1. Franz, Näscher (31 December 2011). "Feger, Alphonse (1856–1933)". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
2. "Alfons Feger berichtet über eine Reise ins Tiroler Kriegsgebiet". Staatsarchiv des Fürstentum Liechtenstein (in German). 27 August 1915. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
3. "Mitglieder der Regierung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein 1862-2021". www.regierung.li.
4. Büchel, Donat (31 December 2011). "Sparkassaskandal". Historisches Lexikon (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
5. Nipp, Eugen (18 July 1933). "Alfons Feger Oberlehrer † 18. Juli 1933". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (in German). p. 33. Retrieved 28 August 2023.