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Walter Vogt (politician)

Liechtenstein carpenter and politician (born 1947)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ134984789 ↗
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Walter Vogt (born 28 November 1947) is a Liechtensteiner carpenter and politician who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2001 to 2005.

He works as a carpenter and took over the carpentry business from his grandfather Andreas Vogt, which he expanded. In 1989, he founded the metalworking shop Vogt Fenstertechnik AG in Balzers. He was a deputy member of the Landtag from 1993 to 2001. He is a member of the Balzers referendum committee.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Walter Vogt (politician)” as liechtenstein carpenter and politician (born 1947). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 2001, 2005, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-11-28. The account is most persuasive where Walter, Vogt and politician can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as liechtenstein carpenter and politician (born 1947). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q134984789. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1947, 2001, 2005 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Walter Vogt (politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.