1989 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Otto Stich
• *Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• *Elisabeth Kopp then Kaspar Villiger
• *Arnold Koller
• *Flavio Cotti
• *René Felber
• *Adolf Ogi

Events

• 2–8 July – The 1989 World Archery Championships take place in Lausanne.
• 5–9 December – The 1989 European Curling Championships take place in Engelberg.

Births

• 4 January – Kariem Hussein, 400 metres hurdler
• 9 March – Florence Schelling, ice hockey player
• 15 April – Denise Feierabend, alpine skier
• 24 May – Jessica Lutz, ice hockey player
• 8 June – Timea Bacsinszky, tennis player
• 13 June – Dino Wieser, ice hockey player
• 14 July – Dominique Rinderknecht, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder
• 28 August – Doris Schweizer, cyclist
• 1 September – Lucas Tramèr, rower
• 7 November – Tina Aeberli, footbag player

Deaths

• 6 April – Michael Reusch, gymnast
• 20 June – Ernst Brugger, politician
• 12 November – Édouard Candeveau, rower