2013 in Switzerland

Events from 2013 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Doris Leuthard
• Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
• Ueli Maurer (President)
• Didier Burkhalter
• Johann Schneider-Ammann
• Simonetta Sommaruga
• Alain Berset

Events

• 2 January – A man opens fire on people in the village of Daillon, Valais, killing 3 and wounding 2.
• 27 February – A man opens fire at a wood-processing plant in Menznau killing 5 people, including the shooter.
• September – By popular referendum approved by 66% of the voters, the canton of Ticino prohibited to hide the face in a public area. it become the first canton in Switzerland to ban it.

Deaths

• 16 May – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (born 1933)

See also

• Public holidays in Switzerland

References