Rupert Quaderer (journalist)
{{Short description|Liechtenstein politician and journalist (1891–1975)}}
{{Infobox journalist
| birth_date = 9 May 1891
| birth_place = Schaan, Liechtenstein
| death_date = 14 September 1975
| death_place = Schaan, Liechtenstein
| spouse = {{marriage|Maria Thöny|1924|1974|end=died}}
| children = 5, including Rupert Quaderer
}}
Rupert Quaderer (9 May 1891 – 14 September 1975) was a politician and journalist from Liechtenstein.
Career
Quaderer was born on 9 May 1891 in Schaan as the son of his father by the same name and Katharina Bargetze. He had an apprenticeship as a bookseller at the Franz Unterberger bookstore in Feldkirch. In 1919, he opened a bookstore in Schaan. He worked in the law firm Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte for several years.{{Cite web |last=Biedermann |first=Klaus |date=31 December 2011 |title=Quaderer, Rupert (1891–1975) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Quaderer,_Rupert_(1891–1975)?marker=Rupert+Quaderer |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}
From 1924 to 1927 Quaderer was the Schaan municipal treasurer. He was a member of the local school board from 1938 to 1941 and from 1942 to 1948 a member of the Schaan municipal council as a member of the Patriotic Union. In 1938, and again from 1939 to 1940, he was the editor of the Liechtensteiner Vaterland.{{Cite web |last=Marxer |first=Wilfried |date=2015 |title=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Liechtensteiner_Vaterland |access-date=15 January 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} From 1946 to 1965 he was the head of the Liechtenstein Motor Vehicle Inspection Office.
Personal life
Quaderer married Maria Thöny (31 October 1899 – 27 July 1974) on 17 November 1924 and they had five children together. His son, Rupert Quaderer is a Liechtenstein historian.{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=6 November 2018 |title=Quaderer, Rupert (*1942) |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Quaderer,_Rupert_(*1942) |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}}
He died on 14 September 1975 in Schaan, aged 84 years old.{{Cite news |date=4 November 1975 |title=Rupert Quaderer ✝ |url=https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1975-11-04/4/print |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=Liechtensteiner Volksblatt |language=de }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}