1983 in Switzerland
Events during the year 1983 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
- Federal Council:[1]
- Pierre Aubert (President)[2]
- Leon Schlumpf
- Alphons Egli
- Rudolf Friedrich
- Willi Ritschard (resigned 16 October)
- Georges-André Chevallaz (resigned 31 December)
- Kurt Furgler
- Otto Stich (elected 7 December)
- Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (elected 7 December)
Events
- 28 May – The Green Party of Switzerland is established.[3]
- The UCI Track Cycling World Championships take place in Zürich.[4]
Births
- 24 June – Valeria Spälty, curler[5]
Deaths
- 25 June – Alberto Ginastera, composer (born 1916 in Argentina)[6]
- 10 September – Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate (born 1905)[7]
- 16 October – Willi Ritschard, politician (born 1918)[8]
References
- "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 1983. p. 215.
- Schwok, René (2009). Switzerland--European Union: An Impossible Membership?. Peter Lang. p. 147. ISBN 978-90-5201-576-7.
- Nye, Peter Joffre (1 May 2020). Hearts of Lions: The History of American Bicycle Racing. U of Nebraska Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-1-4962-2135-3.
- "Valeria Spälty". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- "Alberto Ginastera | Argentine composer | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- "Willi Ritschard - The Federal Council". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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