1988 in Switzerland

← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Switzerland → 1989 1990 1991
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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Events in the year 1988 in Switzerland .

Incumbents

• Federal Council: ^[1]
  • Otto Stich (President) ^[2]
  • Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
  • Elisabeth Kopp
  • Arnold Koller
  • Flavio Cotti
  • René Felber
  • Adolf Ogi

Events

• 11–17 April – The 1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Lausanne. ^[3]

Births

• 8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer ^[4]
• 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer ^[5]
• 16 April
  • Julia Marty, ice hockey player ^[6]
  • Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player ^[7]
• 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver ^[8]
• 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker ^[9]
• 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer ^[10]

Deaths

• 28 February – Hermann Burger, author and poet (born 1942) ^[11]
• 9 May – Karl Brunner, economist (born 1916) ^[12]
• 29 July – Georges Vuilleumier, footballer (born 1944) ^[13]
• August – Albert Büchi, cyclist (born 1907) ^[14]
• 16 September – Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (born 1902) ^[15]
• 5 November – Rudolf Wirz, handball player (born 1918) ^[16]

Date unknown

• Benjamin Romieux, journalist (born 1914) ^[17]

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17. "Benjamin Romieux". rts.ch (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-02.