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2003 In Switzerland
Events during the year 2003 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Pascal Couchepin (president) **Kaspar Villiger (until December), then Hans-Rudolf Merz **Ruth Metzler-Arnold (until December), then Christoph Blocher **Joseph Deiss **Samuel Schmid **Micheline Calmy-Rey **Moritz Leuenberger Births * 29 April – Alayah Pilgrim, association footballer * 7 August – Ella Touon, association footballer Deaths * 5 July – Hedy Schlunegger, alpine skier (born 1923) * 19 July – Pierre Graber, politician (born 1908) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 2000s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand coalition government composed of representatives of the country's major parties and language regions. 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 president of the Swiss Confederation chairs the council, but exercises no particular authority; rather, the position is one of a first among equals and rotates among the seven Councillors annually. The Federal Council is elected as a body by the 246 members of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland for a term of four years after each federal parliamentary election, without the possibility of recall or a vote of no confidence. Incumbents are not term-limited a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 By Country
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Switzerland
Events during the year 2003 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Pascal Couchepin (president) **Kaspar Villiger (until December), then Hans-Rudolf Merz **Ruth Metzler-Arnold (until December), then Christoph Blocher **Joseph Deiss **Samuel Schmid **Micheline Calmy-Rey **Moritz Leuenberger Births * 29 April – Alayah Pilgrim, association footballer * 7 August – Ella Touon, association footballer Deaths * 5 July – Hedy Schlunegger, alpine skier (born 1923) * 19 July – Pierre Graber, politician (born 1908) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 2000s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1908 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: ** Ernst Brenner (president) ** Robert Comtesse ** Eduard Müller ** Adolf Deucher ** Marc-Emile Ruchet **Ludwig Forrer ** Joseph Zemp (until June), then Josef Anton Schobinger Births * 23 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (died 1942) * 6 December – Pierre Graber, politician (died 2003) * 16 December – Hans Schaffner, politician (died 2004) * 22 December – Max Bill, architect and artist (died 1994 in Germany) References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ... 1900s in Switzerland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Graber
Pierre Graber (6 December 1908 – 19 July 2003) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978). Early life and education He was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and after studying law in Neuchâtel and Vienna he became attorney-at-law in Lausanne. Political career Active in the Social Democratic Party, he was in the municipal parliament of Lausanne (1934–1946), member of the parliament of the canton of Vaud (1937–1946), mayor of Lausanne (1946–1949), member of the National Council (1942–1969, except 1963), he was the Speaker of that Assembly from 1965/66, he sat in the Foreign affairs committee and was deputy chairman of the enquiry parliamentary committee dealing with the ''Mirage'' affair. He was also a member of the government of the canton of Vaud (1962–1970) in charge of the Finance Department. He served as one of the four members of the Commission to resolve the problem of the Jura. He was elected to the Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 In Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1923 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Karl Scheurer (president) ** Giuseppe Motta ** Edmund Schulthess ** Jean-Marie Musy **Heinrich Häberlin **Robert Haab **Ernest Chuard Births * 10 January – Henry Haller, Swiss-American chef (died 2020 in the United States) * 10 March – Hedy Schlunegger, alpine skier (died 2003) * 23 April – Eugen Huber, jurist and creator of the Swiss Civil Code (born 1849) * 21 May – Armand Borel, mathematician (died 2003 in the United States) * 4 July – Rudolf Friedrich, politician (died 2013) * 18 December – Émile Knecht, rower (died 2019) References {{Year in Europe, 1923 1920s in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedy Schlunegger
Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger (10 March 1923 – 5 July 2003) was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1948 Winter Olympics, Hedy Schlunegger was the first Olympic Gold medalist in Lady's Downhill skiing. After her success in skiing, Hedy Kaufmann-Schlunegger and her husband managed a sporting goods store in Grindelwald. Olympic medalist Martina Schild Martina Schild (born 26 October 1981, in Brienz) is a Swiss alpine skier competing in downhill and super-G. At the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, ... is her granddaughter. References Skiclub Wengen: ''Hedy Schlunegger'' Jungfrau-Zeitung: Unsere Verstorbenen: ''Hedwig Kaufmann-Schlunegger'' * External links 1923 births 2003 deaths Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{Switzerla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Touon
Ella Emilie Touon Mbenoun (born 7 August 2003) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for SKN St. Pölten and the Switzerland national team. Club career Touon played from 2020 to 2023 at SGS Essen in the Frauen-Bundesliga. She signed with SKN St. Pölten in the Austrian league before the 2023–24 season. International career Touon has represented Switzerland at youth level. Personal life Touon was born in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city .... References External links * Living people 2003 births 21st-century Swiss sportswomen Swiss women's footballers Footballers from Düsseldorf Women's association football midfielders Switzerland women's international footballers Switzerland women's youth international footballers Frauen-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alayah Pilgrim
Alayah Pilgrim (; born 29 April 2003) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Roma and the Switzerland women's national team. Club career Pilgrim is a youth product of her local club FC Muri. She was not allowed to play football as a youngster, and so secretly started playing with Muri until a coach intervened and convinced her family. She played with the boys until the maximum allowable age, as the club did not have a women's section. In 2017, she began her senior career with Aarau in the Ligue Nationale B at the age of 15. In 2020 at the age of 17, she moved to Basel on a 2-year contract. On 10 October 2022, Pilgrim moved to Zürich, where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time. She helped Zürich win the 2022–23 Swiss Women's Super League, scoring in the final - a 3–0 win over Servette FC Chênois Féminin on 2 June 2023. On 26 January 2024, AS Roma announced the signing of Pilgrim. International career Pilgrim was a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Couchepin
Pascal Couchepin (born 5 April 1942) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1998 to 2009. A member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he was President of the Swiss Confederation twice, in 2003 and 2008. Couchepin headed the Federal Department of Economic Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and Federal Department of Home Affairs from 2003 until 2009. Biography Couchepin holds a DEA's degree in Law from the University of Lausanne. He is a father of three (two daughters and a son) and has two grandchildren. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 11 March 1998 as a member of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland from the canton of Valais. Previously, he had been Deputy Mayor (1976) and Mayor of Martigny (from 1984), as well as elected to the National Council from 1979 to 1998. In 1998 he took over the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, in which position he fought against the government contributing any money to the $1.25 bill ... [...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, Transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
