Pius Segmüller is a Swiss politician and former commander of the Swiss Guard

Swiss Guard

Swiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high reputation for discipline, as well as loyalty to their employers...

 in the Vatican City

Vatican City

Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...

 (1998-2002).

Segmüller was appointed Commander of the Swiss Guard following the death of Alois Estermann

Alois Estermann

Alois Estermann was a senior officer of the Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment in the Vatican City.Estermann was born in Gunzwil, in the Canton of Lucerne...

. In 2002, he was succeeded by Elmar Mäder

Elmar Mäder

Elmar Theodor Mäder was the thirty-third and former Commandant of the Pontifical Swiss Guards. He held the rank of colonel in the Guards.-Biography:...

 and became head of the police of the city of Lucerne

Lucerne

Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...

 (2002-2006).

He is currently head of the security-branch (?) from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

).

In October 2007

Swiss federal election, 2007

Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...

, Segmüller was elected to the Swiss National Council as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...

 from the Canton of Lucerne

Canton of Lucerne

Lucerne is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. The population of the canton is . , the population included 57,268 foreigners, or about 15.8% of the total population. The cantonal capital is Lucerne.-History:...

. In Swiss federal election, 2011

Swiss federal election, 2011

Federal elections were held in Switzerland on 23 October 2011.All of the Federal Assembly were to be elected: all 200 seats in the National Council and all 46 seats in the Council of States....

 he was not re-elected.

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