1988 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1988 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Otto Stich (President)
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• Elisabeth Kopp
• Arnold Koller
• Flavio Cotti
• René Felber
• Adolf Ogi

Events

• 11–17 April – The 1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Lausanne.

Births

• 8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer
• 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer
• 16 April
• Julia Marty, ice hockey player
• Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player
• 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver
• 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker
• 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer

Deaths

• 28 February – Hermann Burger, author and poet (born 1942)
• 9 May – Karl Brunner, economist (born 1916)
• 29 July – Georges Vuilleumier, footballer (born 1944)
• August – Albert Büchi, cyclist (born 1907)
• 16 September – Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (born 1902)
• 5 November – Rudolf Wirz, handball player (born 1918)

Date unknown

• Benjamin Romieux, journalist (born 1914)

References