Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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Adolf Ogi Adolf Ogi (; born 18 July 1942) is a Swiss politician who most recently served as Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace from 2001 to 2008. He previously served as member of the Federal Council (Switzerlan ...

(president, until December) **

Kaspar Villiger Kaspar Villiger (; born 5 February 1941) is a Swiss businessman, former tobacco manufacturer and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) since 1 February 1989 for The Liberals. Villiger served two terms as Preside ...

Ruth Metzler-Arnold Ruth Metzler (born Arnold, 23 May 1964) is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she headed the Federal Department of Justice and ...

Joseph Deiss Joseph Deiss (born 18 January 1946) is a Swiss economist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2006. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), he first headed the Federal Departmen ...

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 ...

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 20 ...

Ruth Dreifuss Ruth Dreifuss (born 9 January 1940) is a Swiss economist, unionist and politician who served as a member of the Federal Council from 1993 to 2002. She served as Vice President of Switzerland in 1998 and as President of Switzerland in 1999 for t ...

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 mini ...

(from December)

Events

*26 March – A 22-year-old man opens fire from his apartment in

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, killing a police dog and wounding two officers as they respond to the attack. In the only such case in Swiss police history, officers authorize a sniper to shoot the suspect to death.

Births

* 4 February –

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 h ...

, ice hockey player * 8 February –

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 ...

, freestyle skier * 11 April –

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 B ...

, association footballer * 2 June –

Seraina Piubel Seraina Piubel (; born 2 June 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Switzerland national team. Club career Zürich Piubel played for FC Fislisbach in her youth ...

, association footballer * 29 September –

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 fo ...

, biathlete

References

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2000s in Switzerland