Dieter Walch
{{Short description|Liechtenstein paediatrician and politician (1940–2021)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = 28 March 1940
| birth_place = Schruns, Austria
| death_date = 4 June 2021 (aged 81)
| death_place = Vaduz, Liechtenstein
| spouse = {{marriage|Christa Licht|1969|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Christa Kalista Scheiman|1992|}}
| children = 3
| party = Progressive Citizens' Party
| office = Member of the Landtag of Liechtenstein for Oberland
| term_start = 7 February 1982
| term_end = 24 October 1993
}}
Dieter Walch (28 March 1940 – 4 June 2021) was a paediatrician and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1982 to 1993.
Life
Walch was born on 28 March 1940 in Schruns as the son of Johann Walch and Ilse Anneliese Schwohn. He attended secondary school in Bludenz, and then studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck from 1958, where he received a doctorate in 1965. He ran a medical practice initially in Buchs and then in Vaduz from 1977. He specialised in pediatric and adolescent medicine and was considered a pioneer of the field in Liechtenstein.{{Cite web |date=5 August 2024 |title=Walch, Dieter |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Walch,_Dieter?marker=Dieter+Walch |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein |language=de}} He retired in 2019 and his practice subsequently closed due to no successor being found.{{Cite news |date=5 February 2019 |title=Keine Nachfolge gefunden - Dieter Walch schliesst Praxis |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/vermischtes/keine-nachfolge-gefunden-dieter-walch-schliess-praxis-art-369933 |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
From 1982 to October 1993, Walch served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein as a member of the Progressive Citizens' Party. From 1980 to 1993, he served as the president of the Liechtenstein doctors association. In 2002, he was awarded the title of princely medical councillor by Hans-Adam II.{{Cite news |date=5 June 2021 |title=Ehemaliger Kinderarzt Dieter Walch ist verstorben |url=https://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/gesellschaft/ehemaliger-kinderarzt-dieter-walch-ist-gestorben-art-448440 |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Liechtensteiner Vaterland |language=de}}
Walch married Christa Licht on 7 February 1969, and they had three children together, but they got divorced at an unspecified time. He later married Christa Kalista Scheiman (born 4 July 1942) on 28 August 1992. He died on 4 June 2021, at the age of 81.
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Category:21st-century Liechtenstein people
Category:Politicians from Vaduz
Category:Liechtenstein paediatricians
Category:Progressive Citizens' Party members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein
Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1982–1986)
Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1986–1989)
Category:Members of the Landtag of Liechtenstein (1989–1993)