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Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• President of the Swiss Confederation: Ignazio Cassis
• President of the National Council: Irène Kälin
• President of the Swiss Council of States: Thomas Hefti

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

Arts and entertainment

• 75th Locarno Film Festival August 3 – 13

Deaths

• 7 January – Laurence Boissier, writer and artist (born 1965)
• 20 January – René Robert, photographer (born 1936)
• 21 January – Marcel Mauron, footballer (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, national team) (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, 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, 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, sculptor (born 1932)
• 24 July – Kurt Pfammatter, ice hockey player (born 1941)
• 29 July – Hans Bangerter, football administrator (born 1924)
• 5 August – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)
• 13 August – Antoine Poncet, sculptor (born 1928)
• 21 August – Oliver Frey, visual artist (born 1948)
• 22 August – Fredy Studer, drummer (born 1948)
• 28 August – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1943)
• 5 September – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)
• 5 September – Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger, 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 (born 1937)
• 18 September – Nicolas Schindelholz, footballer (born 1988)
• 3 October – Simon Hallenbarter, Olympic biathlete (born 1979)
• 15 December – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (born 1933)

References

1. Del Don, Giorgia (6 July 2022). "The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning"". Cineuropa. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. "Laurence Boissier s'est tue". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
3. "Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
4. "Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron". ArcInfo (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
5. "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
6. "Gérald Ducimetière, une place à part dans l'espace public". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
7. "Nachruf auf J. Alexander Baumann – Der «Shampoo-König» ist nicht mehr". Der Bund (in German). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
8. "Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l'âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s'est envolée". Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l’âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s’est envolée (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
9. "Traueranzeigen von Emanuel Hurwitz | www.sich-erinnern.ch". www.sich-erinnern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
10. svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (6 February 2022). "Addio a Alice Moretti". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
11. "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
12. "L'avocat genevois Dominique Warluzel est décédé à 64 ans | Illustré". Illustre (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
13. "L'écrivain et metteur en scène genevois Pierre Naftule est décédé". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
14. SDA. "Alt Nationalrat Valentin Oehen verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-06.
15. "Hans Frauenfelder". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
16. "Adieu Marcel Rémy". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
17. "Ehemaliger Bischof Fürer gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
18. "Morta a 92 anni la scrittrice e artista Erica Pedretti". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
19. "La galeriste lausannoise Alice Pauli est décédée à l'âge de 100 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
20. "Judith Stamm, une ancienne présidente du Conseil national, est décédée". Le Temps (in French). 2022-07-21. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
21. "Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski's wife was 90 years old". Polish News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
22. "Visper Meisterschütze gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
23. UEFA.com (2022-08-02). "UEFA mourns former General Secretary Hans Bangerter | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
24. "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
25. "Le sculpteur Antoine Poncet est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
26. Brew, Simon (2022-08-22). "Oliver Frey dies, aged 74". Film Stories. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
27. "Le batteur lucernois Fredy Studer est décédé subitement". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
28. "Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen". kurier.at (in German). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
29. "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
30. Télévision, www lemanbleu ch, Léman Bleu. "L'ancien maire de Genève, Pierre Muller, est décédé". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
31. "È morto il regista svizzero Alain Tanner". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
32. LIBERATION. "Jean-Luc Godard a eu recours au suicide assisté: «Il n'était pas malade, il était simplement épuisé»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
33. "Traueranzeigen von Heinz Allenspach-Wegelin | zo-trauer.ch". www.zo-trauer.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
34. Sport, Nau. "FC Aarau: Nicolas Schindelholz (†34) nach Krebserkrankung verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
35. "Biathlon - A soli 43 muore l'ex biatleta Simon Hallenbarter". Fondo Italia (in Italian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
36. "Olympedia – Renée Colliard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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