Daniel Anrig

Colonel 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.

In 2003, Anrig was jointly responsible for a controversial raid by the Glarus cantonal police on human and drug trafficking in a home for asylum seekers.

On the 19th of August, 2008, Anrig was appointed as the thirty-fourth Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guard by Pope Benedict XVI.

In 2012, the head of the Vatican police, Domenico Giani, and not Anrig, was honored by the international Catholic association "Tu es petrus" for his services to the security of the pope.

[11] In November 2022, he was reported missing for several weeks before the commune declared that he was sitting in pre-trial detention for a "relationship delict".

Banner of the Pontifical Swiss Guard of Pope Francis under the command of Anrig (2013–2015)