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The following events occurred in Switzerland in the year 2023.

## Incumbents

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* President of the Swiss Confederation: Alain Berset
* President of the National Council: Irène Kälin
* President of the Swiss Council of States: Thomas Hefti

## Events

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* 5 February: Avalanches kill eight tourists in the Alps.[1]
* 19 March: Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS: UBS Group AG, supported by the Swiss government, reaches a deal to merge with Credit Suisse as the latter faces imminent insolvency.[2]
* 31 March: More than a dozen people are injured in separate incidents after two trains derail during a storm.[3]
* 12 June: The Swiss Federal Administration reports a distributed denial of service attack on some of its websites.[4]
* 16 June: The village of Brienz/Brinzauls in Grisons, is narrowly missed by an overnight 2 million m3 (71 million cu ft) rockslide. The village of 128 residents had been evacuated in May after scientists predicted the imminent rockslide.[5]
* 17 June: Seven people are injured after a hot air balloon catches fire in Zug.[6]
* 11 August: The Gotthard Base Tunnel is closed for at least six days after a freight train derails in the tunnel.[7]

* 22 October: 2023 Swiss federal election: Voters in Switzerland elect the members of the country's Federal Assembly.[8]
* 29 October: The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs.[9]
* 11 December: Two people are killed and another person is wounded in a shooting in Sion. Swiss police says the suspect is in custody.[10]

## Arts and entertainment

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* 76th Locarno Film Festival August 2 – 12[11]

## Sports

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* 11–16 July – 2023 World Orienteering Championships in Graubunden[12]
* 1–12 August – 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships[13]
* UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying Group I
* 2022–23 in Swiss football

* 2022–23 Swiss Promotion League
* 2022–23 Swiss Challenge League
* 2022–23 Swiss Super League
* 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League
* 2022–23 Swiss Cup

## Deaths

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* 4 January – Anton Schnider, 86, footballer (BSC Young Boys, FC Grenchen, national team)[14]
* 7 January – Walter Intemann, 78, Swiss-born Austrian businessman and politician[15]
* 9 January – K. Alex Müller, 95, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1987)[16]
* 16 January – Mousse Boulanger, 96, writer and journalist[17]
* 26 January – Edgar Schein, 94, Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist[18]
* 28 January – Max Huwyler, 91, Swiss writer[19]
* 30 January – Donald M. Hess, 86, winemaker and art collector[20]
* 2 February – Peter Facklam, 92, politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (1980–1992)[21]
* 15 February – Gilbert Rist, 84, educator[22]
* 23 February – François Couchepin, 88, lawyer and politician, chancellor (1991–1999)[23]
* 7 March – André Haefliger, 93, mathematician (Haefliger structure)[24]
* 8 March – Roland Hürzeler, 77, Olympic gymnast (1968)[25]
* 23 March – Peter Marti, 70, footballer (Zürich, Basel, national team)[26]
* 24 March – Marcel Blanc, 88, politician, Vaud state councillor (1978–1991)[27]
* 28 March – Theodor Otto Diener, 102, Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of viroids
* 7 April – Elisabeth Kopp, 86, politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council and minister of justice and police (1984–1989)[28]
* 9 April – Roberto Frigerio, 84, footballer (Basel, Bellinzona, national team)[29]
* 13 April – Eberhard W. Kornfeld, 99, auctioneer, author, and art dealer[30]
* 25 April – Hanna Johansen, 83, German-born Swiss writer (7×7 Tales of a Sevensleeper)[31]
* 26 April – Maja Hug, 95, Olympic figure skater.[32]
* 2 May – Heidy Forster, 92, Swiss-German actress (Hinter den sieben Gleisen, The Roaring Fifties, The Foster Boy)[33]
* 7 May – Peter Zeindler, 89, journalist, writer, and playwright[34]
* 22 May – Michael E. Dreher, 79, politician, MP (1987–1999)[35]
* 24 May – Tina Turner, 83, American-born singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), 8-time Grammy winner.[36]
* 31 May – Kurt Widmer, 82, baritone and voice teacher (City of Basel Music Academy)[37]
* 6 June – Peter Henrici, 95, Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, auxiliary bishop of Chur (1993–2007)
* 10 June – Hans Mössmer, 91, Olympic ice hockey player.[38]
* 11 June – Jean Wicki, 89, bobsledder, Olympic champion (1972)[39]
* 13 June – Philippe Borer, 68, violinist[40]
* 16 June – Gino Mäder, 26, Olympic road cyclist (2020)[41]
* 27 June – Peter Bieri, 79, writer and philosopher[42]
* 10 July – Christine Hug, 41–42, lieutenant colonel
* 14 July – Albert Eschenmoser, 97, organic chemist (Eschenmoser's salt, Eschenmoser fragmentation, Eschenmoser sulfide contraction)[43]
* 19 July – Silvana Lattmann, 104, Italian-Swiss poet and author[44]
* 20 July – Arnaud Bédat, 58, journalist (L'Illustré) and author[45]
* 1 August – Alfred Roch, 98, Olympic cross-country skier.[46]
* 2 August – Laurence Deonna, 86, journalist[47]
* 4 August – Andreas Däscher, 96, four-time Olympic ski jumper[48]
* 9 August – Dionys Baeriswyl, 79, theoretical physicist[49]
* 15 August – Ursula Cantieni, 75, Swiss-German actress (Die Fallers – Die SWR Schwarzwaldserie)[50]
* 19 August – Hans Rudolf Gysin, 82, politician, member of the National Council (1987–2011)[51]
* 22 August –
* Martin Laciga, 48, Olympic beach volleyball player (2000, 2004)[52]
* Nicolas Gessner, 92, theatre and film director and screen writer.[53]
* 12 September – Kurt Raaflaub, 82, academic and historian[54]
* 9 October – Simone Chapuis-Bischof, 92, women's rights activist[55]
* 10 October – Willy Pfund, 84, politician, member of the National Council (1983–1987).
* 11 October – Rainer Gut, 91, bank manager, chairman of Credit Suisse (1983–2000).[56]
* 5 November – Susi Eppenberger, 92, politician, MP (1979–1991).[57]
* 7 November – Werner Carobbio, 86, politician, member of the National Council (1975–1999).[58]
* 15 November – Anna Felder, 85, writer[59]
* 21 November – Georges Perroud, 82, footballer (Sion, Servette, national team).[60]
* 22 November – François Musy, 68, Swiss-born French sound engineer (First Name: Carmen, Marguerite, Lost Illusions).[61]
* 1 December – Heinz Gstrein, 81, Austrian-Swiss Oriental Orthodox theologian, foreign correspondent, and lecturer (University of Vienna).[62]
* 3 December – Léonard Gianadda, 88, journalist (TSR), engineer, and philanthropist[63]
* 8 December –
* Michel Dovaz, 95, wine critic (Guide Hachette des Vins) and food writer[64]
* Jean-Pierre Moulin, 101, journalist (Le Matin), writer and author[65]
* 9 December – Walter Leiser, 92, rower, Olympic silver medalist (1952)[66]
* 10 December – Mark Villiger, 73, judge, justice of the European Court of Human Rights (2006–2015).[67]
* 20 December – Gaston Häni, 72, Swiss clown[68]
* 26 December – Lesley McNaught-Mändli, 59, British-born Swiss show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (2000).[69]
* 28 December – Dick Marty, 78, politician, member of the Council of States (1995–2011).[70]

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45. ^ "Jura: le journaliste et reporter Arnaud Bédat est décédé à 58 ans". Le Matin (in French). 2023-07-20. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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68. ^ "Zirkuslegende ist tot: Clown Gaston ist 72-jährig gerstorben". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
69. ^ Keystone-SDA (26 December 2023). "Schweizer Olympia-Medaillengewinnerin Lesley McNaught (†59) ist tot". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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