Patrick Risch

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Patrick Risch
Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Unterland
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2017
Personal details
Born (1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 56)
Eschen, Liechtenstein
Political party Free List

Patrick Risch (born 27 September 1968) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein since 2017.

Life

Risch was born on 27 September 1968 in Eschen as the son of Quido Risch and Rita 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. He was a deputy member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 2013 to 2017, and a full member since 2017. From 2015 to 2017 and again since 2021 he has been a member of the finance committee, and from 2017 to 2021 he was a member of the Liechtenstein commission to the European Economic Area. Since 2021, he has been the Free List's spokesman in the Landtag. [1] Risch unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Schellenberg in 2023. [2] [3] He is running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election. [4]

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] [5] He was a founding member of the FLay - Gays and Lesbians Liechtenstein and Rhine Valley in 1998 and its president until 2008. [1] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Risch, Patrick". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Risch kandidiert als Vorsteher in Schellenberg". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Schädler, Patrik (14 February 2023). "Schellenberg: Am 5. März ist noch nichts entschieden". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Vogt, Desiree; Fritz, Daniela (15 November 2024). "Freie Liste schickt acht Kandidaten ins Rennen". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "20 Jahre gegen Diskriminierung". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 27 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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