1955 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Max Petitpierre
• *Philipp Etter
• *Markus Feldmann
• *Paul Chaudet
• *Thomas Holenstein
• *Giuseppe Lepori
• *Hans Streuli

Events

• 14-16 February – Four Romanian émigrés seize the Romanian embassy in Bern and kill a chauffeur in protest of Romania's communist government.

Births

• 11 September – Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, politician

Deaths

• 30 June – Félix Bédouret, footballer
• 23 August – Rudolf Minger, politician