Adolf Goop (21 March 1870 – 18 September 1964) was a carpenter and politician who served as the Mayor of Schellenberg from 1927 to 1933.
Life Goop was born on 21 March 1870 in Schellenberg as son of municipal councillor Andreas Goop and Karolina (née Öhri) as one of seven children. He initially worked as a factory boy and then a house servant before conducting a carpentry apprenticeship in Eschen. He worked as a farmer in Schellenberg and also as a carpenter in Feldkirch.
He was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council from 1924 to 1927 as a member of the Christian-Social People's Party (VP), and then mayor of the municipality from 1927 to 1933. During his time as mayor, he oversaw the construction of a new water supply system. Goop unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Landtag of Liechtenstein in the January/April 1926, 1928, and 1932 elections as a member of the VP.
Goop married Regina Olga Elkuch (28 November 1894 – 28 August 1961), the daughter of mayor Ludwig Elkuch, on 8 April 1918 and they had they children together. He died on 18 September 1964, aged 94; he was the oldest person in Liechtenstein at the time of his death.
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