2000 in Switzerland

Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Adolf Ogi (president, until December)
• Kaspar Villiger
• Ruth Metzler-Arnold
• Joseph Deiss
• Pascal Couchepin
• Moritz Leuenberger
• Ruth Dreifuss
• Samuel Schmid (from December)

Events

• 26 March – A 22-year-old man opens fire from his apartment in Chur, killing a police dog and wounding two officers as they respond to the attack. In the only such case in Swiss police history, officers authorize a sniper to shoot the suspect to death.

Births

• 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player
• 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier
• 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer
• 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer
• 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete

References