2018 in Switzerland explained

Events in the year 2018 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• President of the Swiss Confederation

Alain Berset

• President of the National Council

Dominique de Buman

• President of the Swiss Council of States

Karin Keller-Sutter

Events

• 23 September  - The Canton of St Gallen become the second canton in Switzerland to vote in favor of a ban on facial coverings in public with two-thirds casting a ballot in favor.^[1]

Sports

• 9 to 25 February  - Switzerland participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 166 competitors in 14 sports
• 9 to 18 March  - Switzerland participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea

Deaths

• 9 January – Kurt Thalmann, footballer (b. 1931)
• 10 January – Urs Fankhauser, rower (b. 1943)^[2]
• 16 January – Wilhelm Melliger, equestrian (b. 1953)
• 1 March – Luigi Taveri, motorcycle road racer (b. 1929)
• 19 March – Jürg Laederach, writer (b. 1945)
• 24 March – Lys Assia, singer (b. 1924)^[3]
• 4 May – Alexander Tschäppät, politician (b. 1952)
• 19 May – Ernst Sieber, pastor (b. 1927)
• 6 July – Gilbert Facchinetti, entrepreneur and football executive, President of Neuchâtel Xamax (b. 1936).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss canton St Gallen votes for ban on burqas in public | DW | 23.09.2018. Deutsche Welle.
2. Web site: Ehemaliger Spitzenruderer Urs Fankhauser verstorben . luzernerzeitung.ch . de . 15 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180112160254/http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/weitere/wassersport/ehemaliger-spitzenruderer-urs-fankhauser-verstorben;art2061,1179909 . 2018-01-12 . dead .
3. Web site: Remembering Lys Assia, the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest . The Independent . 8 February 2024 . en . 26 March 2018.
4. https://www.letemps.ch/sport/neuchatel-orphelin-gilbert-facchinetti Neuchâtel orphelin de Gilbert Facchinetti