Daniel Risch
Official portrait, 2021
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
Assumed office
25 March 2021
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
DeputySabine Monauni
Preceded byAdrian Hasler
Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
In office
30 March 2017 – 25 March 2021
MonarchsHans-Adam II
Alois (regent)
Prime MinisterAdrian Hasler
Preceded byThomas Zwiefelhofer
Succeeded bySabine Monauni
Personal details
Born (1978-03-05) 5 March 1978
Grabs, Switzerland
Political partyPatriotic Union
SpouseJasmin Schädler
Children2
Parent(s)Hans Risch
Erika Sprenger
CabinetDaniel Risch cabinet

Daniel Risch (born 5 March 1978) is a politician from Liechtenstein who has served as the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein since 2021.[1] He was previously Deputy Prime Minister 2017 to 2021, under the government of Adrian Hasler.[2]

Early career

Risch previously attended Liechtenstein Grammar School in Vaduz from 1990 to 1998, and received a business baccalaureate.[2] He later studied business administration at the Swiss universities of St. Gallen and Zurich, as well as the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich from 1999 to 2003.[2] He graduated with a degree in economics (lic. oec. publ.) from the University of Zurich.[3]

Risch then started doctoral studies in business informatics at the University of Freiburg in 2004,[2] and from 2006 to 2007 was a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne as part of a research stay.[2] During this period, he also worked as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland.[2] He completed his studies at Freiburg in 2007 and received a doctorate in economics (dr. rer. pol.).[3]

From 2007, he was the Project Manager, Head of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer at Unic AG, an e-business consulting company, in Zurich and Bern.[2] From 2015 until entering government in 2017, he worked as Chief Marketing Officer at Liechtensteinische Post.[3]

From 2015 to 2017, he was a board member at a Liechtensteiner forum for information and communications technology (IKT Forum Liechtenstein).[3]

Prime Minister of Liechtenstein

Following the 2017 Liechtenstein general election, he was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein in a coalition government with the Progressive Citizens' Party. As Deputy Prime Minister, he also served as Minister of Infrastructure, Economic Affairs and Sports.[2] The 2021 Liechtenstein general election resulted in a virtual tie between the Patriotic Union and the Progressive Citizens' Party, and Risch was appointed as Prime Minister of Liechtenstein on 25 March 2021, heading a new coalition government with the Progressive Citizens' Party leader Sabine Monauni.[1][4]

Risch has supported increased cooperation and integration between the European Union and European Free Trade Association in addition to further progress to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.[5] His government has speer-headed Liechtenstein's support for Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, starting in February 2022.[6][7]

Personal life

Since 2009, Risch has been a member of the Founding Committee, Organising Committee and Patronage Body of the FL1.LIFE festival in Schaan. He is married to Jasmin Schädler (born 20 October 1974) and has two children.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Government Sworn In". liechtensteinusa.org. Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Washington D.C. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dr Daniel Risch". regierung.li. The Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Editorial (27 April 2021). "Risch, Daniel". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Liechtenstein election: Just 23 ballots separate two biggest parties that will now form coalition". euronews. Agence France-Presse. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "«Grüner Wandel» der EU wird unterstützt". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Liechtenstein verurteilt die russische Aggression gegen die Ukraine" [Liechtenstein condemns Russian aggression against Ukraine]. regierung.li (in German). 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Risch bekräftigt Solidarität mit der Ukraine". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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