2000 in Switzerland

Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Adolf Ogi (president, until December)
  • Kaspar Villiger
  • Ruth Metzler-Arnold
  • Joseph Deiss
  • Pascal Couchepin
  • Moritz Leuenberger
  • Ruth Dreifuss
  • Samuel Schmid (from December)

Events

• 26 March – A 22-year-old man opens fire from his apartment in Chur, killing a police dog and wounding two officers as they respond to the attack. In the only such case in Swiss police history, officers authorize a sniper to shoot the suspect to death.

Births

• 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player
• 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier
• 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer
• 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer
• 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete

References