2008 in Switzerland

none 2008 Events during the year 2008 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 Pascal Couchepin (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 Moritz Leuenberger Samuel Schmid (until December), then Ueli Maurer Micheline Calmy-Rey Hans-Rudolf Merz Doris Leuthard Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Events 27 August – Anna Göldi, who was beheaded in 1782 for witchcraft, is exonerated by the parliament of the Canton of Glarus.Swiss exonerate Europe's last executed witch https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26422359 NBC News 11 March 2024 en 27 August 2008 10 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva.Sample Ian Cern throws switch on largest machine ever built https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2008/sep/10/cern.large.hadron.collider The Guardian 14 February 2024 10 September 2008 Deaths 29 April – Albert Hofmann, chemist (born 1906)Dr Albert Hofmann obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/apr/30/drugs.chemistry The Guardian 26 February 2024 23 July – Kurt Furgler, politician (born 1924)Kurt Furgler https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/members-of-the-federal-council/kurt-furgler.html www.admin.ch 10 February 2024 en References 2008 Switzerland Switzerland Category:2000s in Switzerland