David Strub

{{Short description|Former President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein

| monarch = Franz Joseph II

| monarch2 = Franz Joseph II

| termend = December 1957

| termstart = January 1957

| termstart2 = January 1955

| termend2 = December 1955

| successor = Josef Hoop

| predecessor = Alois Ritter

| predecessor2 = Alois Ritter

| successor2 = Alois Ritter

| party = Progressive Citizens' Party

| birth_date = 16 September 1897

| death_date = 15 November 1985 (aged 88)

| birth_place = Vaduz, Liechtenstein

| death_place = Vaduz, Liechtenstein

| termend3 = December 1953

| termstart3 = January 1945

| predecessor3 = Anton Frommelt

| successor3 = Alois Ritter

| monarch3 = Franz Joseph II

| image = File:B 91 001 Strub David.jpg

| children = 2

| spouse = {{marriage|Franziska Grünberger|1928|1985|end=died}}

| caption = Strub c. 1960

| vicepresident = Johann Georg Hasler

}}

David Strub (16 September 1897 – 15 November 1985) was a businessman and political figure from Liechtenstein who served as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein on three non-consecutive occasions, ranging from 1945 to 1957. He was also mayor of Vaduz from 1942 to 1966.

Early life

Strub was born on 16 September 1897 in Vaduz as the son of Josef Ritter and Karolina Thönyone as one of five children. He attended secondary school in the city.{{Cite web |last=Büchel |first=Donat |date=31 December 2011 |title=Strub, David |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Strub,_David |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}

Career

Strub entered a political career early in his life, serving as a government councillor from 1913 to 1923. He then briefly worked in the National Bank of Liechtenstein before becoming a self-employed businessman and trustee. From 1931 to 1949 he was a board member of the Liechtenstein Alpine Association. During World War II, he defied Nazi Germany and the German National Movement in Liechtenstein by starting a bonfire designed to act as a manifestation of the burning of Swastikas.

In 1942, he was elected mayor of Vaduz, which he served until 1966 as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party. During his time as mayor he oversaw the construction of the Alphotel Gaflei and a new Sewage Treatment Plant in 1959, improving the cities sewage infrastructure significantly. He was elected to the Landtag of Liechtenstein in 1945 and was shortly after appointed as the President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, a position that he held on three non-consecutive occasions, from January 1945 to December 1953 then again from January 1955 to December 1955 and finally from January 1957 to December 1957.{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2019 |title=Mitglieder - Präsidenten |url=https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123617/https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 |archive-date=2019-03-27 |language=de}}

From 1959 to 1966, he served as a board member of the National Bank of Liechtenstein. He also served as the president of the Switzerland – Liechtenstein Society twice 1960 to 1962 and again from 1964 to 1966, he then became a honorary member in 1968. He was also an honorary member of the Harmoniemusik Vaduz.{{Cite news |date=15 September 1977 |title=Er sieht seine Freunde weiterbauen. Zum 80. Geburtstag von alt Bürgermeister und alt Landtagspräsident David Strub |language=de |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Strub,_David |access-date=8 September 2023}}

File:StrubFamilyGrave-VaduzCemeteryLiechtenstein RomanDeckert04012024.jpg

Personal life and family

Strub married Franziska Grünberger (19 April 1900 – 23 June 1985) on 19 April 1928 and they had two children together. His brother's granddaughter, Susanne Eberle-Strub served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2017 to 2021.[http://www.local-tv.net/news/susanne-eberlestrub?1fl Interview mit Susanne Eberle-Strub in Liechtenstein Live] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319113848/http://www.local-tv.net/news/susanne-eberlestrub?1fl |date=2017-03-19 }}, 13. Dezember 2016

Strub died on 15 November 1985 in Vaduz, aged 88 years old.{{Cite news |date=19 November 1985 |title=Landtagspräsident David Strub ist tot |url=https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1985-11-18/15/print |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908200644/https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1985-11-18/15/print |archive-date=8 September 2023 |access-date=8 September 2023 |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |language=de}} He is buried at the cemetery of Vaduz next to his wife. One of their two daughters, Hilda (1930–2008), and her husband Hubert Frommelt (1919–2013) are buried in the same grave.