The first Josef Hoop cabinet was the governing body of Liechtenstein from 6 August 1928 to 28 February 1936.

The government of Gustav Schädler was forced to resign by Johann II in the wake of an embezzlement scandal involving the National Bank of Liechtenstein and early elections were called.

[3][4] The government's term was characterized by the Great Depression in addition to the building of a 23km long inland canal in order to increase the percentage of arable land within the country and to create job opportunities within the country, which was approved in 1930 and started construction in 1931.

[5] It also tried to diffuse domestic tensions within Liechtenstein, specially with increasing antisemitic agitation within the country throughout the 1930s, inspired by the rise of Nazi Germany in 1933 and the anti-Jewish laws which led to a large number of Jews taking refuge in the country.

[6][7] Most notably, the Rotter kidnapping was designed to be an impetus for the formation of an organized Liechtenstein group, but it instead held back efforts for a time.