2013 in Switzerland

Events from 2013 in Switzerland.

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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years 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.^[1]
• 27 February – A man opens fire at a wood-processing plant in Menznau killing 5 people, including the shooter.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

Deaths

• 16 May – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (born 1933)^[4]

See also

• Public holidays in Switzerland