Daniel Anrig

Daniel Anrig
Born	(1972-07-10) July 10, 1972 Walenstadt, Switzerland
Allegiance	Vatican City  Switzerland
Service/branch	Pontifical Swiss Guard Swiss Army
Years of service	1992–1994 2008–2015
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	Pontifical Swiss Guard
Other work	Police Officer Professor of Civil Law

Daniel Rudolf Anrig (born 10 July 1972) was the thirty fourth Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 August 2008,^[1] and was later removed by Pope Francis on January 31, 2015.^[2] He replaced Elmar Mäder who had served as Commandant of the Swiss Guard since 2002.^[3]

Biography

Anrig was born in Walenstadt (Canton of St. Gallen), Switzerland. He is married and has four children. Anrig served as halberdier in the Swiss Guard between 1992 and 1994.^[4] He graduated in civil and ecclesiastical law from the University of Fribourg in 1999. He was Assistant Professor of Civil Law at the same university from 1999 until 2001.

He was head of criminal police in the canton of Glarus, from 2002 to 2006 when he became Commanding General of the Police Body of the canton of Glarus.^[5]

Anrig holds the rank of a captain in the Swiss Army. He has said that he is open to allowing women in the Guard, something which his predecessors had always rejected.^[6]

Since Pope Francis decided not to extend Ahring's term it ended on 31 January 2015.^[7]

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