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Ferdinand Nigg
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1945 to 1957 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ferdinand Nigg (/nɪɡ/, German: [ˈfɛɾdiːˌnant nɪk]; 31 October 1893 – 13 July 1957) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1945 to 1957, under the government of Alexander Frick.
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Nigg was born on 31 October 1893 in Vaduz as the son of a baker by the same name and his mother Baltissernée Celina as one of six children. He attended state school in the city.[1]
From 1909 to 1911 Nigg worked at the Liechtenstein regional court, then from 1911 in the government chancellery. He became a chancellor in 1916 and then from 1920 head of the government chancellery.[1] Nigg was involved in establishing an independent stamp policy in Liechtenstein, starting in 1919.[2] He was initially aligned with the Progressive Citizens' Party, before becoming a member of the Christian-Social People's Party from 1920, then briefly the Liechtenstein Homeland Service, and finally the Patriotic Union when the two parties merged in 1936.[1][3][4] He also headed the Intellectual Property Office and was an assistant district attorney from 1920 to 1945. As chairman of the livestock processing commission, he made a contribution to the eradication of bovine tuberculosis.[1]
After the resignation of Josef Hoop in 1945, Nigg was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, under the government of Alexander Frick.[5][6] From 1942 to 1957 he was a librarian and from 1955 to 1957 secretary of the Historical Association for the Principality of Liechtenstein. He was also an honorary member of the Harmoniemusik Vaduz.[1]
Nigg married Rosa Burtscher (5 May 1893 – 18 July 1987) on 9 September 1918 and they had four children together.[1] He died of a heart attack on 13 July 1957, aged 63 years old.[7]
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