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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
âÂÂ
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
âÂÂ
December 19
– An attacker murders one man before
shooting 3 people
at an
Islam
ic center in downtown
Zürich
.
Deaths
31 January âÂÂ
Benoît Violier
, French-Swiss chef (born
1971 in France
)
5 August âÂÂ
Alphons Egli
, politician (born
1924
)
References