Patrick Risch

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 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.

Risch was a member of the Schellenberg municipal council from 2011 to 2023 as a member of the Free List. 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. He has again been a deputy member of the Landtag since 2025.

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