Aldo Caviezel, currently Cultural Officer for the municipality of Thalwil and Head of the Thalwil Cultural Office, which he also set up, is to become Head of the Canton of Zug's Office for Culture. He replaces Prisca Passigatti, who is taking up a new position at the Canton of Zurich's Department of Culture.
Aldo Caviezel is forty-three years old, married, a father and lives in Unterägeri. After training at the St. Michael Teachers' Seminary in Zug, Aldo Caviezel soon became involved in culture at all levels, writes the Canton of Zug.
From 2003 to 2005, Caviezel completed a Master's degree in Cultural Management at the University of Basel, where his thesis dealt with the question of the optimal organizational structure for cultural institutions.
Aldo Caviezel will work for the Canton of Zug from November 1, 2013 until January 31, 2014 in a 20 percent position and from February 1, 2014 in an 80 percent position.