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]

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 [de].^[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]

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]

In February 2024, Risch announced that he would not be running for re-election in the 2025 Liechtenstein general election.^[8][9]

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]