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2000 In Switzerland
Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Adolf Ogi (president, until December) ** Kaspar Villiger **Ruth Metzler-Arnold **Joseph Deiss ** Pascal Couchepin **Moritz Leuenberger ** Ruth Dreifuss **Samuel Schmid (from December) Births * 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player * 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier * 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer * 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer * 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... 2000s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the executive body of the federal government of the Swiss Confederation and serves as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. It meets in the west wing of the Federal Palace in Bern. While the entire Federal Council is responsible for leading the federal administration of Switzerland, each Councillor heads one of the seven federal executive departments. The position of President of the Swiss Confederation rotates among the seven Councillors on a yearly basis, with one year's Vice President of Switzerland becoming the next year's President of Switzerland. Ignazio Cassis has been the incumbent officeholder since 1 January 2022. An election of the entire Federal Council occurs every four years; voting is restricted to the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. There is no mechanism for recall after election. Incumbents are almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie Wetli
Stefanie Wetli (born 4 February 2000) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Swiss national ice hockey team, currently playing with the HT Thurgau Ladies of the Swiss Women's League. Wetli represented Switzerland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019, 2021, and 2022. As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, serving as team captain for the 2018 tournament. At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munic ..., she won a bronze medal in the girls' ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Switzerland
Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Adolf Ogi (president, until December) ** Kaspar Villiger **Ruth Metzler-Arnold **Joseph Deiss ** Pascal Couchepin **Moritz Leuenberger ** Ruth Dreifuss **Samuel Schmid (from December) Births * 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player * 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier * 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer * 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer * 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... 2000s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Baserga
Amy Baserga (born 29 September 2000) is a Swiss biathlete. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Baserga was a successful junior competitor in biathlon, winning six medals at the Biathlon Junior World Championships. She competed in four biathlon events at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She was part of the Swiss team in the mixed relay, placing 8th out of 20 teams. She placed 69th out of 89 competitors in the individual event, 54th out of 89 competitors in the sprint, and 39th out of 60 competitors in the pursuit. Personal life Baserga also participated in athletics, ski jumping, and cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreatio ... before starting biathlon after her older brother Tim discovered the sport in 2007. References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seraina Piubel
Seraina Piubel (born 2 June 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Zürich and the Switzerland national team. Club career Piubel played for FC Fislisbach in her youth. At the age of 13, she was accepted into the Footeco support program and switched to FC Zürich. From 2015 to 2016, she played for a year in the FC Red Star Zürich U-15 boys' team before moving back to FC Zürich. On August 6, 2016 she made her debut in the Super League. She came on as a 75th-minute substitute in the game against the BSC YB. She was also used in the Champions League qualifier against KFF Vllaznia Shkodër where she played the full game time and scored a goal in the 3-0 win. In the 2017/18 season, Piubel was used regularly, mostly as a substitute. On October 11, 2017, the game against FC Gintra was their UEFA Women's Champions League debut. She was substituted on in the 67th minute. She has been one of the regular players at FCZ since the 2020/21 season. In January 2022, she was nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Riesen
Nadine Andrina Riesen (born 11 April 2000) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for Eintracht Frankfurt and for the Switzerland national team. Club career Nadine Riesen grew up in Niederteufen. She started playing football at FC Bühler at the age of 9 and won two junior cups (2014 and 2015). In 2015 she moved to FC St. Gallen and made it straight into the first team. She made her debut in the top Swiss league on 15 August 2015, in a game against Yverdon-Sport. Riesen was in the starting lineup and was substituted in the 69th minute. The team was relegated to Nationalliga B at the end of the season. In 2017, FC St. Gallen merged with FC Staad to form FC St. Gallen-Staad. In 2019, Riesen moved to Bern for two seasons to join the BSC Young Boys and thus back into the Women's Super League. In 2021, she was voted into ''Team of the Season'' (the so-called ''Golden Eleven''). In 2021 she moved to FC Zürich, with whom she won the double in her first season. She also pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilde Gremaud
Mathilde Gremaud (born 8 February 2000) is an Olympic Swiss freestyle skier and eight time X Games medalist. On February 28, 2023, she became the first freestyle skier to hold both slopestyle World and Olympic Champion titles after winning gold in both events. Early life Gremaud was born on February 8, 2000, in Fribourg, Switzerland. Career Gremaud competed in the World Championships 2017. She competed at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2021, winning a silver medal in Slopestyle. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and took the silver medal in women's Slopestyle. Gremaud won gold in big air at the Winter X Games in 2017, 2019, and 2021. She won silver medals in big air and slopestyle in 2020. In 2019, she won bronze in big air. In 2020, Gremaud became the first woman to land a switch double cork 1440 in competition history. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Gremaud won the gold medal in slopestyle and the bronze medal in big air. Gremaud was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Schmid
Samuel Schmid (born 8 January 1947) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2000 to 2008. He was the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (notably acting as a defense minister for Switzerland). Schmid was born in Rüti bei Büren, Canton of Bern. He was elected to the Federal Council on 6 December 2000. He was a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), and is now a member of the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland. During his time in office he has held the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. In 2004, he was the vice- President of the Confederation and President in 2005. Schmid was a member of the SVP's centrist/agrarian wing. He was put under pressure by the party's nationalist wing, led by National Councillor Christoph Blocher, for taking a moderate stance on certain issues. After the SVP became the largest party in the Federal Assembly in the 2003 federal elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Ogi
Adolf Ogi (born 18 July 1942) is a Swiss politician from the village of Kandersteg in the Swiss Alps. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 9 December 1987, as member of the Swiss People's Party from the Canton of Berne. He handed over office on 31 December 2000. During his time in office, he was in charge of the following departments: * Federal Department of Transport, Communications and Energy (1988 – 1995) * Federal Military Department (from 1996), later named Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports (1998 – 2000) He was President of the Confederation twice in 1993 and 2000. From 2001 to 2008, Ogi was a ''Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace'' to the United Nations Secretary-General. Ogi is today an ambassador for Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization, committed to serving peace in the world through sport. Ogi was awarded an honorary doctorate by the European University EU Business School is a private bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Dreifuss
Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss politician affiliated with the Social Democratic Party. She was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1993 to 2002, representing the Canton of Geneva. She was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 March 1993 as the 100th member elected since the foundation of the federal state. Biography Dreifuss belongs to one of the oldest Jewish families in Switzerland. Her father was a merchant. Both Ruth and her elder brother went to school. After business education, Ruth worked as a secretary and social worker. Also, she was a journalist at ''Cooperation'' from 1961 to 1964. She joined the Socialist Party (SP) in 1964. In 1970 she obtained a Master of Economics at the University of Geneva; and was an assistant at the university from 1970 to 1972. Between 1972 and 1981, she was scientific expert at the Federal Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Also, Dreifuss elected Secretary of the Swiss Trade Union, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moritz Leuenberger
Moritz Leuenberger (born 21 September 1946) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2001 and 2006. Leuenberger headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications for the whole of his tenure as a Federal Councillor. Career A lawyer by occupation, Moritz Leuenberger managed his firm in Zürich until 1991. He was successively elected to the Zürich City Council (1974–1983), National Council (1979–1995) and Zürich Cantonal Government (1991–1995), where he headed the Department of Home Affairs and Justice. He presided over Mieterverband, the Swiss tenants' association, from 1972 to 1991. Leuenberger was elected to the Federal Council on 27 September 1995 as a member of the Social Democratic Party, succeeding Otto Stich. He became head of the Federal Department of Environment, Transpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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