1990 in Switzerland

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 April – Six referendums are done, the subjects being four popular initiatives, a federal resolution on viticulture and an amendment to the federal law on the organisation of the federal judiciary. All six are rejected by voters.
• 23 September – A further four referendums are held, on two popular initiatives to phase out nuclear power and to stop the construction of any new nuclear power plants, as well as on a federal resolution on the energy article in the Swiss Federal Constitution and an amendment to the federal law on road traffic. The nuclear power phase-out was rejected, but the other three proposals were approved.

Births

• 30 January – Luca Sbisa, ice hockey player
• 5 March – Léa Sprunger, track and field athlete
• 8 March – Alina Pätz, curler
• 1 May – Patrick Schelling, cyclist
• 22 June – Mario Dolder, biathlete
• 21 July – Whitney Toyloy, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2008
• 9 August – Anja Stiefel, ice hockey player
• 26 August – Marcel Aregger, cyclist
• 1 September – Mélanie René, singer and songwriter
• 5 October – Andreas Wittwer, footballer
• 2 December – Simon Schürch, rower

Deaths

• 31 May – Willy Spühler, politician
• 27 August – Armin Scheurer, athlete
• 21 November – Pierre Musy, bobsledder and horse rider
• 26 November – Ludwig von Moos, politician
• 30 December – Herman Volz, painter and designer