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René Brülhart

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René Brülhart (born 1972) is a Swiss lawyer from Fribourg,[1] who currently serves as the President of the Financial Information Authority (AIF) of Vatican City. He is the first lay person serving in this position.

Before being nominated President of the AIF by Pope Francis on 19 November 2014, he served as the director of the same institution since November 2012 (nominated by Pope Benedict XVI). From 2010 to 2012 he was Vice-Chair of the Egmont group and from 2004 to 2012 he headed Liechtenstein's financial intelligence unit.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Vatican Hires Rene Bruelhart, Liechtenstein Anti-Money Laundering Guru". Huffington Post. November 9, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Financial Information Authority Appoints New Director and Executive". Vatican Information Service. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


Government offices
Preceded by President of the Financial Information Authority
30 January 2014–19 November 2014
Incumbent