The usage will dictate that you give him “Your Excellency”, but you could just as easily call him Jean-Pierre. With his kind face, rounded stomach and straightforward manner, Jean-Pierre Latour is the kind of person who knows how to put people at ease. This is also like “trusted third party” at the trust company (better accounting firm) where he worked, along with a career in diplomacy that made him the honorary consul of the Seychelles in Switzerland, in 2021.
When he is not resting at his villa in the Seychellois, this seventy-year-old man, who holds three nationalities – Belgian, Swiss and Seychellois – lives in an apartment in Zug, about thirty kilometers south of Zurich. Until now, Jean-Pierre Latour lives a peaceful and comfortable life there, much like the purr of his Rolls-Royce, a dark blue coupe that he drove himself to travel, in Zug, from his home to the consulate.
This town of 30,000 people nestled between lakes and mountains offers visitors a postcard picture of Switzerland, with its houses seemingly made of gingerbread and pedestrians who wouldn’t think of crossing at a red light. In addition to its very low taxes, the region of the same name has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
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