2002 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Kaspar Villiger
• *Ruth Metzler-Arnold
• *Joseph Deiss
• *Samuel Schmid
• *Pascal Couchepin
• *Moritz Leuenberger
• *Ruth Dreifuss, then Micheline Calmy-Rey

Events

• 14–20 January – The 2002 European [Figure Skating Championships] take place in Lausanne.
• 2 March – 2002 [Swiss referendums|A referendum] takes place voting in favour of Switzerland joining the United Nations.
• 5–14 December – The 2002 European Curling Championships take place in Grindelwald.

Births

• 14 March – Livia Peng, association footballer

Deaths

• 8 September – Georges-André Chevallaz, politician
• 30 September – Hans-Peter Tschudi, politician