Josef Steger (politician)

Steger was born on 5 October 1879 in Balzers as the son of baker Johann Anton Steger and Louisa (née Frick) as one of ten children. He worked as a bricklayer and a farmer.^[1]

From 1924 to 1927 and again from 1930 to 1933 served as a member of the Balzers municipal council.^[1] From April 1926 to 1928 he served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the Christian-Social People's Party and briefly a member of finance commission and the state committee.^[2] He was a government councillor from 1923 to 1926 under the government of Gustav Schädler, and again from 1932 to 1936 under the government of Josef Hoop, during which time he switched to the Progressive Citizens' Party.^[1]

Following the 1927 Rhine flood, he was a member of the state aid commission aimed at aiding the recovery effort. He was a member of the supervisory board of the National Bank of Liechtenstein from 1936 to 1945.^[1]

Steger married Anna Wille (25 January 1891 – 26 January 1922) on 12 April 1920 and they had one child together.^[1] He died on 18 February 1963, aged 83.^[3] His son Gregor Steger also served as a government councillor from 1965 to 1970.^[4]

• Vogt, Paul (1987). 125 Jahre Landtag (in German). Vaduz: Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein.