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Events from 2011 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Doris Leuthard
  • Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
  • Ueli Maurer
  • Didier Burkhalter
  • Johann Schneider-Ammann
  • Simonetta Sommaruga
  • Micheline Calmy-Rey (President)

Events

• 24–30 January – The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Bern.
• May–June – 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak affects Switzerland
• June 16 – Convention on Domestic Workers is signed in Geneva
• July 2 – Swiss tourists are kidnapped in Balochistan
• July 25–July 31 – 2011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was in play
• August – August 2011 stock markets fall affects the Swiss Franc
• August 17–August 21 – 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey was in play
• October 31–November 6 – 2011 Swiss Indoors was in play
• November 25–27 – 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was in play
• December 15–December 22 – Cyclone Joachim affected Switzerland
• December 26–December 31 – 2011 Spengler Cup was in play
• Anti-PowerPoint Party is established
• Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie is established
• Swiss Accident Investigation Board is established

Deaths

• April 28 – Erhard Loretan, mountain climber (born 1959)
• December 7 – Clemens Thoma, theologian (born 1932)

See also

• Public holidays in Switzerland
• List of Swiss people
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (Switzerland)

References

1. "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
2. "Famed Swiss climber Erhard Loretan dies in fall in Alps". BBC News. 29 April 2011.

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