title: 2021 in Switzerland
text: # 2021 in Switzerland
  
  Events in the year 2021 in Switzerland.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President of the Swiss Confederation: Guy Parmelin
  * President of the National Council: Andreas Aebi
  * President of the Swiss Council of States: Alex Kuprecht
  
  ## Events
  
  Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
  
  * 1 January – The municipality of Val de Bagnes is created as a merge between the communes of Bagnes and Vollèges.
  * 1 January – The Center (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: Alleanza del Centro; Romansh: Allianza dal Center) is formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland.
  * 7 March – In a March 2021 referendum, Swiss voters approved a nationwide ban on full facial coverings in public places, with over 51% of the electorate supporting it.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 7 January – Henri Schwery, Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Sion (born 1932).
  * 11 January – Paul Kölliker, rower (born 1932).
  * 22 January – Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre, politician and activist (born 1921).
  * 29 January – Robert Heuberger, businessman (born 1922).
  * 8 March – Julien-François Zbinden, composer and jazz pianist (born 1917).
  * 30 May – Jason Dupasquier, motorcycle road racer (born 2001).
  