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2021 in Switzerland
Events from the year
2021 in
Switzerland
.
Incumbents
President of the Swiss Confederation
:
Guy Parmelin
President of the National Council
:
Andreas Aebi
President of the Swiss Council of States
:
Alex Kuprecht
Events
Ongoing âÂÂ
COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
1 January â The
municipality
of
Val de Bagnes
is created as a merge between the communes of
Bagnes
and
Vollèges
.
1 January âÂÂ
The Center
(; ; ; ) is formed through the merger of the
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
and the
Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland
.
7 March â In a
March 2021 referendum
, Swiss voters approved a nationwide ban on full facial coverings in public places, with over 51% of the electorate supporting it.
Deaths
7 January âÂÂ
Henri Schwery
, Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of
Sion
(born
1932
)
11 January âÂÂ
Paul Kölliker
, rower (born
1932
)
22 January âÂÂ
Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre
, politician and activist (born
1921
)
29 January âÂÂ
Robert Heuberger
, businessman (born
1922
)
5 February âÂÂ
Sepp Benz
, bobsledder (born
1944
)
8 March âÂÂ
Julien-François Zbinden
, composer and jazz pianist (born
1917
)
30 May âÂÂ
Jason Dupasquier
, motorcycle road racer (born
2001
)
4 June âÂÂ
Richard R. Ernst
, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (born
1933
)
References