Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by ...

Ignazio Cassis Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis (; born 13 April 1961) is a Swiss physician and politician who has served as President of the Swiss Confederation since 1 January 2022. A member of FDP. The Liberals, he has been a Member of the Swiss Federal Cou ...

* President of the National Council: Irène Kälin *

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: Thomas Hefti

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 20 ...

Arts and entertainment

75th Locarno Film Festival The 75th annual Locarno Festival opened on 3 August 2022 in Locarno, Switzerland with film '' Bullet Train'' by David Leitch. The 75th edition of Locarno Film Festival celebrated as diamond jubilee edition screened 226 films including 105 world ...

August 3 – 13

Deaths

* 7 January – Laurence Boissier, writer and artist (born 1965). * 20 January -

René Robert René Paul Robert (December 31, 1948 – June 22, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and Col ...

, photographer (born 1936). * 21 January - Marcel Mauron, footballer (

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded in 1894 and used to play at the Stade Charrière. History F.C. La Chaux-de-Fonds was founded on July 4, 1894, and won the Swiss first division in the ...

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

) (born 1929). * 24 January - Silvia Gmür, architect (born 1939). * 26 January - Gérald Ducimetière, artist (born 1940). * 2 February - J. Alexander Baumann, politician (born 1942). * 3 February - Georges Athanasiadès, organist and choirmaster (born 1929). * 5 February -

Emanuel Hurwitz Emanuel Hurwitz (7 May 1919 – 19 November 2006) was a British violinist. He was born in London to parents of Russian-Jewish ancestry. He started playing the violin when he was five years old, and took up a scholarship at the Royal Academy of ...

, psychoanalyst and politician (born 1935). * 6 February - Alice Moretti, politician (born 1921). * 14 February - Francine-Charlotte Gehri, writer (born 1923). * 8 March - Dominique Warluzel, lawyer and playwright (born 1957). * 19 March - Pierre Naftule, writer and theatre director (born 1960). * 10 May -

Nessim Gaon Nessim David Gaon ( ar, نسيم جاعون, ; 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022) was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who created the Noga SA. Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Se ...

, Sudanese born financier (born 1922) * 2 June - Valentin Oehen, politician (born 1931) * 10 July - Hans Frauenfelder, biophysicist (born 1922) * 10 July - Marcel Rémy, mountaineer (born 1923) * 12 July - Ivo Fürer, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930) * 14 July - Erica Pedretti, artist (born 1930) * 15 July - Alice Pauli, artist (born 1922) * 20 July - Judith Stamm, politician (born 1934) * 22 July -

Emilie Benes Brzezinski Emilie Beneš Brzezinski (born Emilie Anna Beneš; January 21, 1932 – July 22, 2022) was a Swiss-American sculptor and the wife of Zbigniew Brzezinski. Education and career Emilie Beneš was born in Geneva, Switzerland. She earned a fine ar ...

, sculptor (born 1932) * 24 July - Kurt Pfammatter, ice hockey player (born 1941) * 29 July -

Hans Bangerter Hans Bangerter (10 June 1924 – 29 July 2022) was a Swiss football administrator who was the General Secretary of the UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: U ...

, football administrator (born 1924) * 5 August - Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947) * 13 August -

Antoine Poncet Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...

, sculptor (born 1928) * 21 August - Oliver Frey, visual artist (born 1948) * 22 August - Fredy Studer, drummer (born 1948) * 28 August -

Peter Stephan Zurbriggen Peter Stephan Zurbriggen (27 August 1943 – 28 August 2022) was a Swiss archbishop of the Catholic Church, who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1993 until his retirement in 2018. He was Apostolic Nunzio to Austria fr ...

, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1943) * 5 September - Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947) * 5 September -

Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger (14 March 1933 – 5 September 2022) was a Swiss jurist, university lecturer, judge and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP). She was elected the first female judge of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland. ...

, jurist (born 1933) * 9 September - Pierre Muller, politician (born 1952) * 11 September - Alain Tanner, film director (born 1929) * 13 September - Jean-Luc Godard, film director ('' Breathless'', '' Bande à part'', '' Pierrot le Fou''), screenwriter and critic (born 1930) * 16 September - Heinz Allenspach, Swiss politician, MP (born 1928) * 17 September - Mathias Feldges, politician, member of the

Executive Council of Basel-Stadt The Executive Council (german: Regierungsrat) is the executive of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. The seven-member collegial body is elected by the people for a period of four years. The last election was held in October/November 2016. The pres ...

(born 1937) * 18 September - Nicolas Schindelholz, footballer (born 1988) * 3 October - Simon Hallenbarter, Olympic biathlete (born 1979)

References

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