1994 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1994 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Otto Stich (President)
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• Kaspar Villiger
• Arnold Koller
• Flavio Cotti
• Ruth Dreifuss
• Adolf Ogi

Events

• 4–5 October – 53 members of the cult, Order of the Solar Temple, commit mass suicide in Switzerland and Canada.
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 signed.
• FC Breitenrain Bern established.

Births

• 5 January – Jolanda Neff, cyclist
• 7 January – Phoebe Stänz, ice hockey player
• 17 January – Tom Bohli, cyclist
• 26 January – Salim Khelifi, footballer
• 7 February – Nina Christen, sports shooter
• 6 March – Armin Alesevic, footballer
• 14 March – Leonardo Bertone, footballer
• 24 March – Giulia Steingruber, artistic gymnast
• 27 March – Birama Ndoye, footballer
• 15 May – Lara Stalder, ice hockey player
• 31 July – Florent Hadergjonaj, footballer
• 7 August – Jérémy Desplanches, swimmer
• 28 September – Corinne Suter, alpine skier
• 8 October – Luca Hänni, singer and winner of season 9 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar
• 13 December – Livia Altmann, ice hockey player
• Zoé Metthez, model and beauty pageant titleholder

Deaths

• 10 March – Roger Bocquet, footballer (born 1921)
• 25 March – Max Petitpierre, politician (born 1899)
• 15 September – Ernst Fuchs, cyclist (born 1936)

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