Mauro Dell'Ambrogio

State Secretary for Education and Research  

Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, the holder of a Doctorate in Law from the University of Zurich, held a number of public offices in canton Ticino from 1979 to 1999 after passing his bar exam: Judge, Chief of the Cantonal Police, Secretary-General for Edu-cation and Culture, project manager for the crea-tion of the University of Lugano (USI), and Secretary-General of the USI.

After four years heading up a group of private clinics, he was made Director of the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) in 2003. He has been mayor of Giubiasco, a member of the Ticino cantonal parliament and chairman of the Ticino electricity works.

He took up the post of State Secretary for Education and Research in January 2008.