2000 in Switzerland

Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland.

← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Switzerland → 2001 2002 2003
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

View of Lake Lucerne from Weggis, Switzerland; the departing passenger ship MS Pilatus in the center.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:^[1]
  • Adolf Ogi (president, until December)^[2]
  • Kaspar Villiger
  • Ruth Metzler-Arnold
  • Joseph Deiss
  • Pascal Couchepin
  • Moritz Leuenberger
  • Ruth Dreifuss
  • Samuel Schmid (from December)

Events

• 26 March – A 22-year-old man opens fire from his apartment in Chur, killing a police dog and wounding two officers as they respond to the attack. In the only such case in Swiss police history, officers authorize a sniper to shoot the suspect to death.^[3]

Births

• 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player^[4]
• 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier^[5]
• 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer^[6]
• 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer^[7]
• 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete^[8]