Paul Kindle
{{Short description|President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1993–1994, 1996)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = 4 May 1930
| birth_place = Hohenems, Austria
| death_date = 22 December 2016 (aged 86)
| death_place = Triesen, Liechtenstein
| spouse = {{marriage|Hedwig Dorasil|1955}}
| children = 3
| party = Patriotic Union
| office3 = Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
| term_start3 = 7 February 1982
| term_end3 = 2 February 1997
| relations = Samuel Kindle (brother)
Herbert Kindle (brother)
| image = Paul Kindle (cropped).tif
| caption = Kindle in 1991
| office = President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
| term_start = January 1996
| term_end = December 1996
| successor = Peter Wolff
| vicepresident = Otmar Hasler
| predecessor = Otmar Hasler
| termstart2 = October 1993
| termend2 = December 1994
| vicepresident2 = Otmar Hasler
| predecessor2 = Ernst Walch
| successor2 = Otmar Hasler
| monarch = Hans Adam II
| monarch2 = Hans-Adam II
}}
Paul Kindle (4 May 1930 – 22 December 2016) was a politician from Liechtenstein who served as the president of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1993 to 1994 and again in 1996. He also served in the Landtag from 1982 to 1997.
Life
Kindle was born on 4 May 1930 in Hohenems as the son of electrician Lorenz Kindle and Maria Banzer as one of five children. He conducted an apprenticeship as a machine fitter at Elastin AG in Triesen. He worked at as a technical director at Elastin-Werk AG and then later at Swarovski AG in Triesen.{{Cite web |date=31 December 2017 |title=Kindle, Paul |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kindle,_Paul?marker=Paul+Kindle |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}
From 1978 to 1982 he was a deputy government councillor in the first Hans Brunhart cabinet as a member of the Patriotic Union. From 1982 to 1997 he was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein.{{Sfn|Vogt|1987}} From October 1993 to December 1994 he was President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, then vice president in from January to December 1995 and again president from January to December 1996.{{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}} During his time in the Landtag, he was the chairman of the foreign affairs commission and head of the Liechtenstein delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He was vice president of the assembly from 1989 to 1990, and from 1991 was an honorary member.
Kindle was a board member of the Liechtenstein Philatelists' Association. He designed three Liechtenstein stamps, and was awarded a plaque by the government for his contributions to Liechtenstein's philately.
He married Hedwig Dorasil on 31 May 1955 and they had three children together. His brothers Samuel Kindle and Hebert Kindle also served in the Landtag.{{Cite web |date=31 December 2011 |title=Kindle, Samuel |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Kindle,_Samuel |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} He died on 22 December 2016 in Triesen, aged 86 years old.{{Cite news |date=23 December 2016 |title=Ehemaliger Landtagspräsident Paul Kindle gestorben |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/vermischtes/ehemaliger-landtagspraesident-paul-kindle-gestorben-art-243025 |access-date=28 December 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Vogt |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Vogt (historian) |title=125 Jahre Landtag |date=1987 |publisher=Landtag of the Principality of Liechtenstein |location=Vaduz |language=de}}
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Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1986–1989)
Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1989–1993)
Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1993–1997)