Events in the year 1994 in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Incumbents

* Federal Council: **

Otto Stich Otto Stich (10 January 1927 – 13 September 2012) was a Swiss politician. Born in Basel, he was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 7 December 1983 and handed over office on 31 October 1995. He was affiliated to the Social Democrat ...

(President) ** Jean-Pascal Delamuraz ** Kaspar Villiger **

Arnold Koller Arnold Koller (born 29 August 1933) is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1986–1999). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 10 December 1986 as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of ...

** Flavio Cotti ** Ruth Dreifuss ** Adolf Ogi

Events

* 4–5 October – 53 members of the cult,

Order of the Solar Temple The Order of the Solar Temple (french: Ordre du Temple solaire, OTS) and the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition, or simply The Solar Temple, is a cult and religious sect that claims to be based upon the ideals of the K ...

, commit mass suicide in Switzerland and Canada. * International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 signed. *

FC Breitenrain Bern Football Club Breitenrain Bern are a football team from Bern, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1994 as a merger of the clubs FC Minerva Bern and FC Zaehringia Bern, is currently playing in the Swiss Promotion League The Promotion League, n ...

established.

Births

* 5 January –

Jolanda Neff Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer ...

, cyclist * 7 January – Phoebe Stänz, ice hockey player * 17 January –

Tom Bohli Tom Bohli (born 17 January 1994) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Majo ...

, cyclist * 26 January – Salim Khelifi, footballer * 7 February –

Nina Christen Nina Christen (born 7 February 1994) is a Swiss sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Games, winning bronze in 2020. Winning the 50 m rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three posi ...

, sports shooter * 6 March –

Armin Alesevic Armin Alesevic (born 6 March 1994) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a centre back. Club career Born in Glarus, Alesevic is a youth exponent form FC Zurich. He made his Swiss Super League The Swiss Super League (known as the Cr ...

, footballer * 14 March –

Leonardo Bertone Leonardo Bertone (born 14 March 1994) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Thun. Club career Bertone was born in Wohlen bei Bern. He made his league debut during the 2011–12 season, his only appearance that season. ...

, footballer * 24 March – Giulia Steingruber, artistic gymnast * 27 March – Birama Ndoye, footballer * 15 May – Lara Stalder, ice hockey player * 31 July –

Florent Hadergjonaj Florent Hadergjonaj (; born 31 July 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. Born in Switzerland, he represents the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Switzerland at youth and s ...

, footballer * 7 August –

Jérémy Desplanches Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss breaststroke and medley swimmer. He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was finalist at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. ...

, swimmer * 28 September –

Corinne Suter Corinne Suter (born 28 September 1994) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. Career Suter made her World Cup debut at age 17 in November 2011, and won season titles in downhill and super- ...

, alpine skier * 8 October – Luca Hänni, singer and winner of

Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9) The ninth season of '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' was broadcast on German channel RTL from 7 January to 27 April 2012. Luca Hänni won the series. Jury members Fernanda Brandão and Patrick Nuo left ''DSDS'' and were replaced by Bruce Dar ...

* 13 December –

Livia Altmann Livia Altmann (born 13 December 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey player for Colgate Raiders and the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top ...

, ice hockey player *

Zoé Metthez Zoé Metthez (born 12 December 1994) is a Swiss model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Switzerland 2014 and represented Switzerland at the Miss Universe 2014. Early life Zoé holds a commercial diploma from the Jean ...

, model and beauty pageant titleholder

Deaths

* 10 March –

Roger Bocquet Roger Bocquet (9 April 1921 – 10 March 1994) was a Swiss footballer during the 1940s and 1950s. He played as a half-back and was a participant at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1954 FIFA World Cup. He insisted on playing during the 1954 World ...

, footballer (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) * 25 March –

Max Petitpierre Max Petitpierre (26 February 1899 – 25 March 1994) was a Swiss politician, jurist and member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading the Political Department (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1944-1961). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Cou ...

, politician (born

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

) * 15 September – Ernst Fuchs, cyclist (born

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

)

References

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