2002 in Switzerland

Events during the year 2002 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Kaspar Villiger (president)
• Ruth Metzler-Arnold
• Joseph Deiss
• Samuel Schmid
• Pascal Couchepin
• Moritz Leuenberger
• Ruth Dreifuss (until December), then Micheline Calmy-Rey

Events

• 14–20 January – The 2002 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Lausanne.
• 2 March – A referendum takes place voting in favour of Switzerland joining the United Nations.
• 5–14 December – The 2002 European Curling Championships take place in Grindelwald.

Births

• 14 March – Livia Peng, association footballer

Deaths

• 8 September – Georges-André Chevallaz, politician (born 1915)
• 30 September – Hans-Peter Tschudi, politician (died 1913)

References