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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:
  • Otto Stich (President)
  • 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.

Births

• 8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer
• 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer
• 16 April
  • Julia Marty, ice hockey player
  • Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player
• 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver
• 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker
• 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer

Deaths

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

Date unknown

• Benjamin Romieux, journalist (born 1914)

References

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2. "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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4. "Christian Schneuwly - Goal.com". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
5. "Michael Siegfried - FIFA 15 - 26 January 2015". Sofifa.
6. "Julia Marty". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
7. "Olympedia – Stefanie Marty". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
8. Thompson, Paula. "Indy 500: Who Is Simona De Silvestro and Why Should We Care About Her?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
9. "Olympedia – Mathias Flückiger". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
10. "Benjamin Lüthi - FIFA 15 - 26 January 2015 - SoFIFA". SoFIFA.
11. "Hermann Burger_ Die Kunst des Selbstmords - Kultur - Tagesspiegel". 2009.
12. Brunner, Karl (17 October 1996). Economic Analysis and Political Ideology. Edward Elgar. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-78254-154-7.
13. "Football - Georges Vuilleumier". footballdatabase.eu.
14. "Albert Büchi". Retrieved 14 May 2015.
15. "Lohse, Richard". The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. January 2004. ISBN 978-0-19-860476-1. Retrieved 19 February 2024. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
16. "Olympedia – Rudolf Wirz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
17. "Benjamin Romieux". rts.ch (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-02.

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