Events during the year 2000 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Adolf Ogi (president, until December) Kaspar Villiger Ruth Metzler-Arnold Joseph Deiss Pascal Couchepin Moritz Leuenberger Ruth Dreifuss Samuel Schmid (from December)
Events 26 March – A 22-year-old man opens fire from his apartment in Chur, killing a police dog and wounding two officers as they respond to the attack. In the only such case in Swiss police history, officers authorize a sniper to shoot the suspect to death.
Births 4 February – Stefanie Wetli, ice hockey player 8 February – Mathilde Gremaud, freestyle skier 11 April – Nadine Riesen, association footballer 2 June – Seraina Piubel, association footballer 29 September – Amy Baserga, biathlete
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