Enrico Portmann, Federal Council usher by appointment (Daily Life and Environment 2013, by Hansueli Trachsel) - Swiss Press Award
Hansueli Trachsel
3 photos and a pdf as proof
Dr Wecker, Bremgarten
Photo / Daily Life and Environment
2013
Hansueli Trachsel
Enrico Portmann, who served as a usher to five Federal Councilors in the Federal Department of Home Affairs, is retiring after 22 years of service. The former Swiss Guard in Rome was the personal valet of Flavio Cotti, Ruth Dreifuss, Pascal Couchepin, Didier Burkhalter, and Alain Berset. He describes his work as a vocation, not a profession. The Federal Council usher attends to his boss's everyday, practical needs, not to current political issues.
