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Events in the year 2021 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• President of the Swiss Confederation: Guy Parmelin
• President of the National Council: Andreas Aebi
• President of the Swiss Council of States: Alex Kuprecht

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

• 1 January – The municipality of Val de Bagnes is created as a merge between the communes of Bagnes and Vollèges.
• 1 January – The Center (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: Alleanza del Centro; Romansh: Allianza dal Center) is formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland.
• 7 March – In a March 2021 referendum, Swiss voters approved a nationwide ban on full facial coverings in public places, with over 51% of the electorate supporting it.

Deaths

• 7 January – Henri Schwery, Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Sion (born 1932)
• 11 January – Paul Kölliker, rower (born 1932)
• 22 January – Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre, politician and activist (born 1921)
• 29 January – Robert Heuberger, businessman (born 1922)
• 5 February – Sepp Benz, bobsledder (born 1944)
• 8 March – Julien-François Zbinden, composer and jazz pianist (born 1917)
• 30 May – Jason Dupasquier, motorcycle road racer (born 2001)
• 4 June – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (born 1933)

References

1. "Autorités et administration communales". valdebagnes.ch (in French). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
2. "Es ist entschieden: Die CVP beerdigt das "C" – jetzt peilt "Die Mitte" zwei Bundesratssitze an". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. "Switzerland to ban wearing of burqa and niqab in public places". TheGuardian.com. 7 March 2021.
4. "Henri Schwery è morto". rsi.ch (in Italian). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
5. "Paul Kölliker". olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
6. "La militante féministe Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre n'est plus". Le Temps (in French). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
7. "Robert Heuberger im Alter von 99 Jahren verstorben". toponline.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
8. "Olympedia – Sepp Benz". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
9. "Le compositeur romand Julien-François Zbinden est mort à 103 ans". rts.ch (in French). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
10. "Jason Dupasquier è morto all'ospedale di Firenze: il 19enne pilota svizzero non ce l'ha fatta". fanpage.it (in Italian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
11. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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