2016 in Switzerland

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

• April 2–April 11 – The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Basel.
• June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.
• December 18–December 19 – An attacker murders one man before shooting 3 people at an Islamic center in downtown Zürich.

Deaths

• 31 January – Benoît Violier, French-Swiss chef (born 1971 in France)
• 5 August – Alphons Egli, politician (born 1924)

References