1940 in Switzerland

none 1940 thumb|Ceremony at the 2nd Infantry Division in Switzerland Events during the year 1940 in Switzerland. Incumbents Federal Council:All federal councillors since 1848 https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/history-of-the-federal-council/federal-council-elections-since-1848/alle-bundesraete-liste.html www.admin.ch 22 January 2024 en Marcel Pilet-Golaz (president)Presidents of the Confederation https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html www.admin.ch 22 January 2024 en Philipp Etter Giuseppe Motta (until January) Johannes Baumann (until December) Hermann Obrecht (until July) Ernst Wetter Rudolf Minger (until December) Enrico Celio (from February) Walther Stampfli (from July) Karl Kobelt (from December) Eduard von Steiger (from December) Births 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politicianRuth Dreifuss https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/ruth-dreifuss.html www.admin.ch 6 February 2024 en 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politicianChristoph Blocher https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/christoph-blocher.html.html www.admin.ch 13 April 2024 en 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledderOlympedia – Willi Hofmann https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86703 www.olympedia.org 13 April 2024 Deaths 23 January – Giuseppe Motta, politician (born 1871)Giuseppe Motta https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/giuseppe-motta.html www.admin.ch 19 February 2024 en 29 June – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (born 1879)Klee, Paul https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/acref-9780198604761-e-1888 Oxford Reference January 2004 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-860476-1 26 February 2024 21 August – Hermann Obrecht, politician (born 1882)Hermann Obrecht https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/hermann-obrecht.html www.admin.ch 19 February 2024 en References 1940 Switzerland Switzerland Category:1940s in Switzerland