Karlheinz Ritter Explained

Office:President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Death Place:Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Birth Date:1 July 1929
Birth Place:Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Termstart:January 1978
Termend:December 1992
Termend1:December 1973
Termstart1:January 1970
Predecessor:Gerard Batliner
Predecessor2:Alexander Frick
Monarch2:Franz Joseph II
Successor:Ernst Walch
Successor2:Gerard Batliner
Party:Patriotic Union
Parents:Alois Ritter
Isabella Gassner
Children:4

Karlheinz Ritter (1 July 1929 – 18 July 2008) was a lawyer and politician from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1973 and again from 1978 to 1992. He is the longest individual to hold the position.

Early life

Ritter was born on 1 July 1929 in Vaduz to the son of lawyer Alois Ritter and his mother Isabella Gassner as one of four children. He studied law in Bern where he received a diploma in 1950.[1]

Career

In 1958, he joined his father's law firm Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte in which he took over upon his death on 31 January 1966.[2] From 1966 to February 1993 Ritter served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein becoming the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein twice from January 1970 to December 1973 and again from January 1978 to December 1992.[3] He also served as a member of the state board of education between 1962 and 1969.

Personal life

Ritter married Erika Kranz (born 6 June 1926) on 24 November 1951 and they had four children together.

Ritter died on 18 July 2008 in Vaduz, at the age of 79 years old. His daughter Cornelia Ritter is currently a co-owner of law his firm, taking it over after his death.[4]

Notes

  1. Web site: 31 December 2011 . Ritter, Karlheinz . 11 May 2023 . . de.
  2. News: 3 February 1966 . Landtagspräsident Alois Ritter † . de . 2 . .
  3. Web site: March 27, 2019 . Mitglieder - Präsidenten . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123617/https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 . March 27, 2019.
  4. Web site: Law Office . 20 October 2023 . Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte.