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{{Short description|PoliticianPresident fromof the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1992}}
{{Infobox Politicianofficeholder
| office = [[List of presidents of the Landtag of Liechtenstein|President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|7|18|1929|7|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Vaduz]], [[Liechtenstein]]
| birth_date = 1 July 1929
| birth_place = [[Vaduz]], [[Liechtenstein]]
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| monarch = [[Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Franz Joseph II]]<br>
[[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Hans-Adam II]]
| monarch2 = [[Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Franz Joseph II]]
| successor = [[Ernst Walch]]
| successor2 = [[Gerard Batliner]]
| image = Karlheinz Ritter Portrait(cropped).pngtif
| caption = OfficialRitter portrait,in 19701991
| party = [[Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)|Patriotic Union]]
| parents = [[Alois Ritter]]<br>
Isabella Gassner
| spouse = {{marriage|Erika Kranz|1951}}
| children = 4
}}
 
'''Karlheinz Ritter''' (1 July 1929–181929 – 18 July 2008) was a politicallawyer figureand politician from [[Liechtenstein]] who served as the [[List of presidents of the Landtag of Liechtenstein|President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein]] from January 1970 to December 1973 and again from January 1978 to December 1992,. makingHe himis the longest individual to hold the position in Liechtenstein's history.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |title=Präsidenten |url=https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=Landtag Des Fürstentums Liechtenstein}}</ref>
 
== Early life ==
Ritter was born on 1 July 1929 in [[Vaduz]] to the son of lawyer [[Alois Ritter]] and his mother Isabella Gassner as one of four children. He studied law in [[Bern]] where he received a diploma in 1950.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=31 December 2011 |title=Ritter, Karlheinz |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Ritter,_Karlheinz |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
HisIn 1958, he joined his father's law firm [[Alois Ritter]] founded& andBeck ownedRechtsanwälte]] a law firmin which he took over upon his death inon 31 January 1966.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=3 February 1966 |title=Landtagspräsident Alois Ritter † |language=de |pages=2 |work=[[Liechtensteiner Volksblatt]] |url=https://archiv.volksblatt.li/zeitung/1966-02-03/2/print}}</ref> From 1966 to February 1993 Ritter served in the [[Landtag of Liechtenstein]] becoming the [[List of presidents of the Landtag of Liechtenstein|President of the Landtag of Liechtenstein]] twice from January 1970 to December 1973 and again from January 1978 to December 1992.<ref name=":0präsidenten">{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2019 |title=Mitglieder - Präsidenten |url=https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123617/https://www.landtag.li/praesidenten.aspx?nid=4159&groupnr=4159 |archive-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> He also served as a member of the state [[board of education]] between 1962 and 1969.<ref name=":1" />
 
== LaterPersonal life and death ==
Ritter married Erika Kranz (born 6 June 1926){{Efn|Source is over 12 years old, this may no longer be accurate.|name=a}} on 24 November 1951 and they had four children together.<ref name=":1" />
Ritter died on 18 July 2008 in [[Vaduz]], at the age of 79 years old.{{citation needed|date= May 2023}}
 
[[File:Karlheinz Ritter Speech.jpg|thumb|Ritter giving a speech on the 80th birthday of [[Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Franz Joseph II]] in [[Triesenberg]], 1986. ]]
Ritter died on 18 July 2008 in [[Vaduz]], at the age of 79 years old.<ref name=":1" /> His daughter Cornelia Ritter is currently a co-owner of law his firm, taking it over after his death.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Law Office |url=https://www.rbp.li/screen/ritter_kanzlei |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Ritter & Beck Rechtsanwälte}}</ref>
 
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein) politicians]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Landtag of Liechtenstein]]
[[Category:20th-century Liechtenstein politicians]]
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[[Category:20th-century lawyers]]
[[Category:People from Vaduz]]
[[Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein]]