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Alois Estermann

1954 - 1998

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Alois Estermann (29 October 1954 – 4 May 1998) was the 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Estermann and his wife were murdered in his apartment in Vatican City on 4 May 1998, the same day he was confirmed in his position after serving as acting commander for over a year. His murderer, Vice Corporal Cédric Tornay, then killed himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alois Estermann has received more than 143,672 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alois Estermann is the 14,157th most popular politician (down from 11,914th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 367th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alois Estermann ranks 14,157 out of 19,576. Before him are Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Lyudmila Narusova, Algernon Sidney, Ivan Capelli, and Zoran Zaev. After him are Ċensu Tabone, Edwin Stanton, Ahmose-Henuttamehu, Hermann von Stein, Henri Masson, and Mustafa Khalil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alois Estermann ranks 301. Before him are Ashrita Furman, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Ted DiBiase, Adrie Koster, Dmitry Kiselyov, and Trevor Rabin. After him are Huub Rothengatter, Jozef Barmoš, Annette Haven, Barry Ackroyd, Robert Menasse, and René Girard. Among people deceased in 1998, Alois Estermann ranks 213. Before him are Władysław Komar, Gottfried Dienst, Lev Rokhlin, Norah Borges, Luis Cruz, and Michael Tippett. After him are Bobo Brazil, Leonie Rysanek, Odette Bancilhon, Kvitka Cisyk, Pino Dordoni, and Duncan McNaughton.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alois Estermann ranks 491 out of 1,015. Before him are Massimo Busacca (1969), Anton Allemann (1936), Heinrich Schmid (1921), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), and Roger Vonlanthen (1930). After him are Mattia Binotto (1969), Hans Huber (1852), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Florian Cajori (1859), James of Saint George (1230), and Simon Ammann (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Alois Estermann ranks 92. Before him are Otto Stich (1927), Arnold Koller (1933), Kurt Furgler (1924), Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (1963), Kaspar Villiger (1941), and Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802). After him are Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Eugen Huber (1849), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Ernst Wetter (1877), and Albert Gallatin (1761).

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