1988 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1988 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Otto Stich (President)
 * Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
 * Elisabeth Kopp
 * Arnold Koller
 * Flavio Cotti
 * René Felber
 * Adolf Ogi

Events

 * 11–17 April – The 1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Lausanne.

Births

 * 8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer
 * 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer
 * 16 April
 * Julia Marty, ice hockey player
 * Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player
 * 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver
 * 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker
 * 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer

Deaths
Date unknown
 * 28 February – Hermann Burger, author and poet (born 1942)
 * 9 May – Karl Brunner, economist (born 1916)
 * 29 July – Georges Vuilleumier, footballer (born 1944)
 * August – Albert Büchi, cyclist (born 1907)
 * 16 September – Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (born 1902)
 * 5 November – Rudolf Wirz, handball player (born 1918)
 * Benjamin Romieux, journalist (born 1914)