Events in the year 1988 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Otto Stich (President) Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Elisabeth Kopp Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti René Felber Adolf Ogi

Events 11–17 April – The 1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship takes place in Lausanne.

Births

8 February – Christian Schneuwly, footballer 18 February – Michael Siegfried, footballer 16 April Julia Marty, ice hockey player Stefanie Marty, ice hockey player 1 September – Simona de Silvestro, racing driver 27 September – Mathias Flückiger, mountain biker 30 November – Benjamin Lüthi, footballer

Deaths

28 February – Hermann Burger, author and poet (born 1942) 9 May – Karl Brunner, economist (born 1916) 29 July – Georges Vuilleumier, footballer (born 1944) August – Albert Büchi, cyclist (born 1907) 16 September – Richard Paul Lohse, Swiss painter (born 1902) 5 November – Rudolf Wirz, handball player (born 1918) Date unknown Benjamin Romieux, journalist (born 1914)

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