Wendelin Beck

Wendelin Beck (28 May 1908 – 2 September 1978) was a farmer and politician who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1949 to 1953, having previously done so from 1936 to 1939.

Life Beck was born on 28 May 1908 in Triesenberg as the son of Johann Beck and Luzia (née Erne) as one of four children. Initially working as a plasterer and bricklayer in Liechtenstein and Switzerland, he worked as a farmer from 1935. He leased an inn in Triesenberg from 1943 to 1952.

He was a member of the Liechtenstein Homeland Service, and was part of the committee of the initiative introduce proportional representation to Liechtenstein in 1935, though the subsequent referendum was rejected by voters. Beck was a founding member of the Patriotic Union (VU) in 1936, and was a member of the Triesenberg municipal council from 1936 to 1942 as a member of the party, also serving as deputy mayor of the municipality from 1939 to 1942, and then as municipal treasurer from 1942 to 1975. He died on 2 September 1978, aged 70.