2019 in Switzerland
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Events in the year 2019 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of the Swiss Confederation: Ueli Maurer
- President of the National Council: Marina Carobbio Guscetti
- President of the Swiss Council of States: Jean-René Fournier
Events
[edit]- 22 September — A 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which has disappeared due to rising temperatures.[1]
- 20 October – Scheduled date for the 2019 Swiss federal election
- 25 November – present 2019 Sri Lankan Swiss embassy controversy.[2]
Sports
[edit]- 1 January – Stage 3 of 2018–19 Tour de Ski was held in Val Müstair
- 19 to 25 August – Scheduled date for the 2019 BWF World Championships, to be held in Basel
- 7 to 15 December – Scheduled date for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships, to be held in Neuchâtel
Deaths
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- 1 January – Pio Corradi[3] , photographer (born 1940)
- 4 January – Daniel Lüönd[4] , musician (b. 1959).
- 5 January – Beat Junker[5] , historian (born 1928)
- 10 January – Daniel Müller[6] , politician (born 1928)
- 18 January – Bernhard Böschenstein[7] , literary scholar (born 1931)
- 29 January – Otto Schubiger, ice hockey player (born 1925)[8]
- 15 February – Bruno Ganz, actor (Wings of Desire, Downfall, The Manchurian Candidate) (born 1941)[9]
- 20 April – Karl Grob, footballer (born 1946)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Arnaud Siad; Amy Woodyatt (Sep 22, 2019). "Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland". CNN. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
- ^ "Swiss condemn 'attack' on Sri Lanka embassy worker". 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Er prägte das Bild der Schweitz". tagesanzeiger.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Lüönd-Betschart Daniel". mosibuebe.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Beat Junker". todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Alt Nationalrat Daniel Müller ist im Alter von 91 Jahren verstorben". parlament.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Der bedeutende Genfer Germanist Bernhard Böschenstein ist gestorben". nzz.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Nachruf Auf Otto Schubiger Archived 2019-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in Downfall, dies aged 77". BBC News. BBC. 16 February 2019.
- ^ Karl Grob mit 72 Jahren verstorben (in German)
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