Events during the year 1940 in Switzerland.
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Incumbents
- Federal Council:[1]
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz (president)[2]
- 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, politician[3]
- 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician[4]
- 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledder[5]
Deaths
- 23 January – Giuseppe Motta, politician (born 1871)[6]
- 29 June – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (born 1879)[7]
- 21 August – Hermann Obrecht, politician (born 1882)[8]
References
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