1988 in Switzerland
Incumbents
- Federal Council:{{cite web |title=All federal councillors since 1848 |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/history-of-the-federal-council/federal-council-elections-since-1848/alle-bundesraete-liste.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Otto Stich (President){{cite web |title=Presidents of the Confederation |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
- Elisabeth Kopp
- Arnold Koller
- Flavio Cotti
- René Felber
- Adolf Ogi
Events
Births
- 8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/swaziland/32583/christian-schneuwly|title=Christian Schneuwly - Goal.com|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
- 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer{{cite web|title=Michael Siegfried - FIFA 15 - 26 January 2015|url=http://sofifa.com/player/148050-michael-siegfried?hl=en-GB|publisher=Sofifa}}
- 16 April
- Julia Marty, ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Julia Marty |url=https://www.eurosport.com/ice-hockey/julia-marty_prs231873/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=31 January 2024}}
- Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Stefanie Marty |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/110278 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=31 January 2024}}
- 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Paula |title=Indy 500: Who Is Simona De Silvestro and Why Should We Care About Her? |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/708670-indy-500-who-is-simona-de-silvestro-and-why-should-we-care-about-her |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=4 February 2024 |language=en}}
- 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Mathias Flückiger |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/135936 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=10 February 2024}}
- 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer{{cite web|url=http://sofifa.com/player/177800?hl=en-GB|title=Benjamin Lüthi - FIFA 15 - 26 January 2015 - SoFIFA|publisher=SoFIFA}}
Deaths
- 28 February – Hermann Burger, author and poet (born 1942){{cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/hermann-burger-die-kunst-des-selbstmords/1461504.html|title=Hermann Burger_ Die Kunst des Selbstmords - Kultur - Tagesspiegel|year=2009}}
- 9 May – Karl Brunner, economist (born 1916){{cite book|title=Economic Analysis and Political Ideology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L12VzXc6tfQC|page=8| isbn=978-1-78254-154-7 | last1=Brunner | first1=Karl | date=17 October 1996 | publisher=Edward Elgar }}
- 29 July – Georges Vuilleumier, footballer (born 1944){{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/georges-vuilleumier/|title=Georges Vuilleumier|website=worldfootball.net}}
- August – Albert Büchi, cyclist (born 1907){{cite web|title=Albert Büchi|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=11740|accessdate=14 May 2015}}
- 16 September – Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (born 1902){{cite book |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.) | chapter=Lohse, Richard |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/acref-9780198604761-e-2083?rskey=N7Fe6J&result=14 |website=Oxford Reference | date=January 2004 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-860476-1 |access-date=19 February 2024 |language=en }}
- 5 November – Rudolf Wirz, handball player (born 1918){{cite web |title=Olympedia – Rudolf Wirz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/32682 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=22 January 2024}}
Date unknown
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