Ewald Ospelt

Ospelt was born in Grabs, Switzerland. He attended secondary school in Vaduz and from 1976 to 1980 he conducted an apprenticeship as an electrician in Schaan. He won a bronze medal at the electrical WorldSkills in Atlanta in 1981, and became a certified electrical inspector in 1985. From 2001 to 2007 he was head of customer services at the Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke [de].^[1]

From 1995 to 1999 Ospelt was a member of the Vaduz municipal council.^[1] From 1999 to 2003 he was deputy mayor of Vaduz, and then mayor from 2007 to 2019.^[1][2] He did not seek re-election in 2019 and was succeeded by Manfred Bischof.^[3][4]

In 2019, Ospelt co-founded Zeitpolster, a retirement provision charity, and he has been its president since.^[5][6]

Ospelt married Jutta Frommelt on 10 May 1986 and they had two children together. He then went on to marry Bettina Kindle on 26 July 2013.^[1] His brother Alois Ospelt served as a government councillor from 2001 to 2005.^[7]

• Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (2016)^[1]
• Liechtenstein: Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2019)^[1]