2016 in Switzerland

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * April 2–April 11 – The 2016 World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Basel.
 * June 1 – The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest and deepest railway tunnel, is opened following two decades of construction work.
 * December 18–December 19 – An attacker murders one man before shooting 3 people at an Islamic center in downtown Zürich.

Deaths

 * 31 January – Benoît Violier, French-Swiss chef (born 1971 in France)
 * 5 August – Alphons Egli, politician (born 1924)