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Patrick Risch | |
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| Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland | |
| In office 5 February 2017 – 9 February 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1968 |
| Party | Free List |
Patrick Risch (born 27 September 1968) is a politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Free List, he served as the party's spokesman in the Landtag from 2021 to 2025.
Life
[edit]Risch was born on 27 September 1968 in Eschen as the son of Quido Risch and Rita (née Kobler). He conducted an apprenticeship as a pastry chef and trained in European Union and Swiss food law and cyber security. Since 2002, he has worked as a self-employed IT specialist. In 2002, he was a co-founder of Miratools AG in Schellenberg and since 2013 owner of Standpunkte GmbH in Schellenberg.[1]
Risch was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council from 2011 to 2023 as a member of the Free List.[1] He was a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2017, and a full member from 2017 to 2025.[1][2] From 2015 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2025 he was a member of the Landtag's finance committee, and from 2017 to 2021 he was a member of the Liechtenstein commission to the European Economic Area; he was the Free List's spokesman in the Landtag from 2021 to 2025.[1] Risch unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Schellenberg in 2023.[3][4] He has again been a deputy member of the Landtag since 2025.[5]
Risch has been a prominent supporter of LGBTQ rights in Liechtenstein and was a supporter of the 2011 partnership act, which came into effect in 1 September.[1][6][7] He was a founding member of the FLay - Gays and Lesbians Liechtenstein and Rhine Valley in 1998 and its president until 2008.[1][8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Risch, Patrick". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2025 - Ergebnisse". www.landtagswahlen.li. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ↑ "Patrick Risch kandidiert als Vorsteher in Schellenberg". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ↑ Schädler, Patrik (14 February 2023). "Schellenberg: Am 5. März ist noch nichts entschieden". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ↑ "Landtagswahlen 2025 - Ergebnisse". www.landtagswahlen.li. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ↑ "Gegen die Stigmatisierung von Homosexualität". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "68,8% Ja-Stimmen für Partnerschaftsgesetz". Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). 19 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ↑ "20 Jahre gegen Diskriminierung". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 27 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- Living people
- 1968 births
- Liechtenstein businesspeople
- Politicians from Eschen
- Politicians from Schellenberg
- Free List (Liechtenstein) politicians
- Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (2017–2021)
- Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (2021–2025)
- Businesspeople from Eschen
- Liechtenstein LGBTQ rights activists