{"id":"siegfried-gasser","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/siegfried-gasser","language":"en","name":"Siegfried Gasser","name_en":"Siegfried Gasser","name_ne":null,"description":"Austrian politician","headline":"Austrian politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Siegfried Gasser was an Austrian politician. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served as governor of Vorarlberg from 1984 to 1990. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Landesrat Gasser.jpg — Helmut Klapper, Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Siegfried Gasser\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/siegfried-gasser. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T07:06:57Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/siegfried-gasser","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/siegfried-gasser","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/siegfried-gasser?lang=ne"}}