Anton Gerner

Anton Gerner
Gerner in 2022
Government councillor for Healthcare
In office
26 April 1978 – 30 April 1986
Prime MinisterHans Brunhart
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
In office
1 February 1970 – 3 February 1978
Personal details
Born(1941-03-24)24 March 1941
Eschen, Liechtenstein
Died24 April 2023(2023-04-24) (aged 82)
PartyProgressive Citizens' Party
Spouse
Irmgard Hasler
​
(m. 1966)​
Children3

Anton "Toni" Gerner (24 March 1941 – 24 April 2023) was a politician and chemist from Liechtenstein who served as a government councillor from 1978 to 1986, with the role of healthcare. A member of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), he previously served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1978.

Career

Gerner was born on 24 March 1941 in Eschen to the son of future Landtag member Leo Gerner and Luzia (née Marxer) as one of three children. He attended secondary school in the municipality before conducting an apprenticeship at ThyssenKrupp Presta. Gerner studied chemistry in Winterthur before graduating in 1964 as an engineer.

From 1964 to 1986, he was head of the central laboratory of Hilti in Schaan, and also a lecturer at the evening technical college in Vaduz. He was the managing director of the Liechtenstein gas supply from 1986 to 2005.

Political career

Gerner served as the vice president of the youth department of the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP) from 1963 to 1970. He was a member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1978 as a member of the FBP. During this time, he was temporarily the Landtag's secretary, and a member of the body's audit commission and state committee.

Gerner (sitting) signing the CLRTAP at the United Nations in Geneva, 1979

Following the 1978 elections, Gerner became a government councillor on 26 April 1978 under the government of Hans Brunhart as part of the coalition government between the FBP and Patriotic Union (VU). He held the role of healthcare. His time in office saw increased environmental protection, including the Clean Air act in 1985, and total revision of the Health Act the same year. He did not seek re-election in the 1986 elections.

Personal life

Gerner was active in numerous bands in Liechtenstein, being the conductor of the Eschen Youth Band from 1974 to 1998. He was then a member of the board Liechtenstein Brass Band Association from 1988, and also its president from 2007 to 2013. In addition, he was a founding member of the Friends of the Liechtenstein Music School in 1997, and its first president until 2008.

Gerner married Irmgard Hasler on 1 October 1966 and they had three children together. He died on 24 April 2023, aged 82; his funeral service was held at the parish church in Eschen on 28 April.

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Gerner, Anton". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Vogt 1987, p. 158.
  3. ↑ "Wahl der neuen Regierung". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 8 April 1982. p. 1. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Die Neuwahl der Regierung im Mittelpunkt". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 23 April 1986. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Alt-Regierungsrat Anton Gerner verstorben". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 25 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Anton Gerner". Todesanzeigen (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2026.

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