1996 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1996 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Births

• 17 March – Viola Calligaris, association footballer
• 28 April – Luana Bühler, association footballer
• 15 July – Ajla Del Ponte, sprinter
• 12 August – Nikita Ducarroz, BMX cyclist
• 17 October – Princess Marie-Caroline of Liechtenstein
• 19 December – Sandrine Mauron, association footballer
• 23 December – Lydia Hiernickel, cross-country skier

Deaths

• 20 March – Hans Conzett, politician and publisher
• 30 May – François Genoud, financier and Nazi collaborator
• 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress
• 4 July – Pierre Jaccoud, lawyer and politician
• 25 July – Howard Vernon, actor
• 15 August – Max Thurian, priest
• 27 August – Martin Disler, painter
• 30 August – Josef Müller-Brockmann, graphic designer.
• 1 October – Alfred Vogel, herbalist
• 4 November – Gottlieb Weber, Olympic cyclist

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