2013 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Doris Leuthard
• *Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
• *Ueli Maurer
• *Didier Burkhalter
• *Johann Schneider-Ammann
• *Simonetta Sommaruga
• *Alain Berset

Events

• 2 January – A man opens fire on people in the village of Daillon, Valais, killing 3 and wounding 2.
• 27 February – A man opens fire at a wood-processing plant in Menznau killing 5 people, including the shooter.
• September – By popular referendum approved by 66% of the voters, the canton of Ticino prohibited to hide the face in a public area. it become the first canton in Switzerland to ban it.

Deaths

• 16 May – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist