The Government Council of the Canton of Bern has appointed Hans Ulrich Glarner as the new Head of the Office of Culture. He will take over from Anita Bernhard on September 1, 2013. In the meantime, Heinz Röthlisberger will manage the Office of Culture on an interim basis.
Hans Ulrich Glarner currently works as Head of the Culture Department of the Canton of Aargau. He is a member of the management of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport. In 2002, he realigned the promotion and dissemination of culture in Aargau. He expanded the Aarau Museum from two to six locations. He also led the revision of the canton's cultural legislation.
Glarner was previously director of the Stapferhaus Lenzburg, managing director of Aktion Begegnung 91 and cultural editor of the Aargauer Tagblatt. He has taught fundraising, cultural policy and cultural mediation at the PH Nordwestschweiz and the University of Basel.
