Events in the year 1987 in
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 ...
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Incumbents
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Federal Council
Federal Council may refer to:
Governmental bodies
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* Federal Council of Austria, the upper house of the Austrian federal parliament
* Federal Council of German ...
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Pierre Aubert
Pierre Aubert (3 March 1927 – 8 June 2016) was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1978–1987).
Political career
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977 as member of the Social Democratic ...
(President)
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Leon Schlumpf
Leon Schlumpf (3 February 1925 – 7 July 2012) was a Swiss politician and a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1979–1987).
Schlumpf was born in Felsberg. He was elected to the Federal Council on 5 December 1979 as a member of the Swiss Pe ...
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Otto Stich
Otto Anton Stich (10 January 1927 – 13 September 2012) was a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1984 to 1995 and held the President of the Swiss Confederation, Swiss presidency in 1988 and 199 ...
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Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (1 April 1936, in Vevey – 4 October 1998 in Lausanne) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1983–1998).
He obtained a degree in political science in 1960 from the University of Lausanne an ...
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Elisabeth Kopp
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Arnold Koller
Arnold Koller (; born 29 August 1933) is a Swiss professor and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council from 1987 to 1999 for the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). Koller previously served as a member of the National ...
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Flavio Cotti
Flavio Cotti (18 October 193916 December 2020) was a Swiss politician who served as member of the Federal Council from 1986 to 1999. He was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the canton of Ticino. In the 1990s, Cotti led t ...
Births
* 21 June –
Sabrina Jaquet
Sabrina Jaquet (born 21 June 1987) is a former Swiss badminton player. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships. Jaquet competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Jaquet retired after the 2020 Olympics.
Achievements ...
, badminton player
* 7 April –
Marco Mangold, footballer
* 5 June –
Angela Frautschi
Angela Frautschi (born 5 June 1987) is a Swiss former ice hockey player. She was a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She played in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. She also competed for ZSC Lions Zurich ...
, ice hockey player
* 18 July –
Nicole Bullo
Nicole Bullo (born 18 July 1987) is a Swiss ice hockey defenseman and member of the Swiss national team. She has played with the HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls in the Women's League (PFWL/SWHL A) since 2024.
Bullo has represented Switzerland at five ...
, ice hockey player
* 22 September -
Michèle Jäggi
Michèle Jäggi (born 22 September 1987) is a Swiss curler from Bern. She won gold at the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and won two bronze medals at the Winter Universiade.
Career
Jäggi is a former Swiss junior champion. She fi ...
, curler
* 11 October –
Ariella Käslin
Ariella Käslin (anglicised Kaeslin; born 11 October 1987) is a Swiss former artistic gymnast. She won all five gold medals at the 2007 Swiss National Championships,[Patrizia Kummer
Patrizia Kummer (born 16 October 1987 in Brig) is a Swiss snowboarder.
Kummer won silver in the parallel slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships, and gold in the Parallel giant slalom at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
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, snowboarder
Deaths
* 16 March –
Raymond Passello
Raymond Passello (12 January 1905 – 16 March 1987) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward for Switzerland in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Servette. He was also part of Switzerland's squad at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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, footballer (born
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
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* 15 October –
August Erne
August Erne (15 February 1905 – 15 October 1987) was a Swiss racing cyclist. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1932. He also rode in the 1932 and 1934 Tour de France
The 1934 Tour de France was the 28th edition of the Tour ...
, cyclist (born
1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...
)
References
{{Year in Europe, 1987
1980s in 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 ...
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 ...