2021 in Switzerland explained

Events in 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 — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

• 1 January – The municipality of Val de Bagnes is created as a merge between the communes of Bagnes and Vollèges.^[1]
• 1 January – The Center (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: Alleanza del Centro; Romansh: Allianza dal Center) is formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland.^[2]
• 7 March – 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.^[3]

Deaths

• 7 January – Henri Schwery, Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Sion (born 1932)^[4]
• 11 January – Paul Kölliker, rower (born 1932)^[5]
• 22 January – Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre, politician and activist (born 1921)^[6]
• 29 January – Robert Heuberger, businessman (born 1922)^[7]
• 5 February – Sepp Benz, bobsledder (born 1944)^[8]
• 8 March – Julien-François Zbinden, composer and jazz pianist (born 1917)^[9]
• 30 May – Jason Dupasquier, motorcycle road racer (born 2001)^[10]
• 4 June – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1933)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Autorités et administration communales . fr . valdebagnes.ch . 3 January 2021.
2. Web site: Es ist entschieden: Die CVP beerdigt das "C" – jetzt peilt "Die Mitte" zwei Bundesratssitze an . de . aargauerzeitung.ch . 28 November 2020 . 3 January 2021.
3. Web site: Switzerland to ban wearing of burqa and niqab in public places. . 7 March 2021 .
4. Web site: Henri Schwery è morto . rsi.ch . 7 January 2021 . it . 3 February 2021.
5. Web site: Paul Kölliker . olympedia.org . 3 February 2021.
6. News: La militante féministe Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre n'est plus . Le Temps . 26 January 2021 . fr . 3 February 2021.
7. Web site: Robert Heuberger im Alter von 99 Jahren verstorben . toponline.ch . de . 3 February 2021.
8. Web site: Olympedia – Sepp Benz . www.olympedia.org . 11 March 2024.
9. Web site: Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans . rts.ch . 12 March 2021 . fr . 31 March 2021.
10. Web site: Jason Dupasquier è morto all'ospedale di Firenze: il 19enne pilota svizzero non ce l'ha fatta . fanpage.it . 30 May 2021 . it . 1 June 2021.
11. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 . NobelPrize.org . 6 February 2024.