Domenico Giani ex officier of Guardia Di Finanza. is the Inspector General of the Corpo della Gendarmeria

Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City

The Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City. The corps is responsible for security, public order, border control, traffic control, criminal investigation, and other general police duties in Vatican City...

, the police and security force of Vatican City

Vatican City

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, and the chief bodyguard of Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI

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. He has held the position since June 3, 2006. In 1999 he became the deputy to Camillo Cibin

Camillo Cibin

Camillo Cibin was a Papal bodyguard and Inspector General of the Corpo della Gendarmeria, the security and police force of Vatican City. He retired in 2006 after 58 years of service in the security force and over forty years as its commander.Cibin was with Pope John Paul II when he was shot in St....

, long time chief of the Vatican's police force, then known as the Security Corps of Vatican City State. Giani tackled Susanna Maiolo

Susanna Maiolo

Susanna Maiolo is a woman with Italian and Swiss citizenship who rushed towards Pope Benedict XVI twice, most recently at Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, 24 December 2009, inside St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. She knocked the Pope and French cardinal Roger Etchegaray to the ground, and broke...

 twice in two separate attacks on Pope Benedict during Christmas Eve

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 Midnight Mass

Midnight Mass

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 at St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica

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in 2008 and 2009.