Risi succeeds Sidler in Obwalden
The Government Council of the Canton of Obwalden has appointed Marius Risi as the new Head of the Office for Culture and Sport with effect from May 1, 2017. He succeeds Christian Sidler.
As of May 1, 2017, the Canton of Obwalden's Office for Culture and Sport will have a new head in Marius Risi. The cantonal government has appointed him as the successor to Christian Sidler, who has resigned from his position as the canton's cultural officer after 17 years and is taking on a new challenge.
The new head of the Office for Culture and Sport is a folklorist and completed his studies with a dissertation on cultural change in Upper Valais. Marius Risi has been working at the Institute for Cultural Research Graubünden in Chur since 2006. In 2009, he took over the management of this humanities research institution. Marius Risi is very familiar with cultural life in Obwalden and Central Switzerland, having managed and worked on various cultural projects.
44-year-old Marius Risi lives with his family in Engelberg.
