2002 in Switzerland

Events during the year 2002 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 14–20 January – The 2002 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Lausanne.
 * 2 March – 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 (born 1915)
 * 30 September – Hans-Peter Tschudi, politician (died 1913)