2013 in Switzerland

Events from 2013 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 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 (born 1933)