2016 in Switzerland

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Switzerland.

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Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years 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.^[1]
• June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.^[2]
• December 18–December 19 – An attacker murders one man before shooting 3 people at an Islamic center in downtown Zürich.^[3]

Deaths

• 31 January – Benoît Violier, French-Swiss chef (born 1971 in France)^[4]
• 5 August – Alphons Egli, politician (born 1924)^[5]