Albert Schädler (/ˈʃɛdlər/ SHED-lər, German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃɛːdlɐ]; 24 December 1848 – 17 June 1922) was a Liechtenstein politician, physician, and historian.
A member of the prominent 19th-century Schädler family, he was well regarded as a physician and politician, and influenced the country's politics for decades.
[1] From 1900 to 1910 the Liechtenstein government called on Schädler as a medical expert, consulting him about improving water supplies in the country; he also held continuing education courses for midwives.
A foundation to establish a school for housekeeping did not come to fruition due to hyperinflation caused by economic devastation brought to the country during World War I.
[1][6] He refused to accept his nomination to the 1886 Liechtenstein general election due to work in Bad Ragaz, instead becoming a substitute, and the position was held by Wilhelm Schlegel until he returned in 1890.
[1] Most notably, Schädler defended the freedoms granted by the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein, and when Governor Friedrich Stellwag von Carion attempted to decrease the power of the Landtag and imposed a temporary censorship on the Liechtensteiner Volksblatt in 1894, he opposed the actions and pushed for improvements in social legislation.
[1] In the November 1918 Liechtenstein putsch, Wilhelm Beck, Martin Ritter and Fritz Walser proposed a motion of no confidence against Leopold Freiherr von Imhof.
[6] On 30 March 1919, he formally left the Landtag as he did not approve of the political developments within Liechtenstein, particularly of the country's constitutional revision.