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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Events from 2004 in Switzerland.

Events

Incumbents

• Joseph Deiss -- President of the Confederation 2004
• Samuel Schmid -- Vice-President of the Confederation 2004
• Max Binder -- President of the National Council 2004
• Fritz Schiesser -- President of the Council of States 2004
• Heinz Aemisegger - President of the Federal Supreme Court 2003-2004
• Giusep Nay - Vice-President of the Federal Supreme Court 2003-2004

Awards

Deaths

• January 19: Walter Hagmann, 72, National Councillor (1963–1975)
• February 1: O. W. Fischer, 89, German actor, Ticino resident since the 1960s
• February 7: Willi Gautschi, 84, historian
• February 24?: Rudolf von Albertini, 80, historian
• March 11: Hans Gygax, 98, author
• March 17: Monique Laederach, 65, French and German language author
• March 29: Peter Ustinov, 82, actor
• March 31: Hedi Lang, 72, politician, first woman to preside the National Council, member of the government the canton of Zurich
• April 15: Hans Gmür, 77, theatre author, director, composer, and producer
• April 17: Edmond Pidoux, 95, author
• April 24: José Giovanni, 80, French author, crime writer, film producer
• May 1: Felix Haug, 52, pop musician (Double)
• May 16: Andreas Dürr, 70, National Councillor (1970–1983)
• May 24: Karl Bachmann, 88, politician, National Councillor from Schwyz in the 1960s
• May 28: Carlos Grosjean, 85, National Councillor
• May 30: Christian Staub, 85, photographer
• June 4: Werner Spross, 79, businessman
• June 6: Louis Conne, 98, sculptor and graphist
• June 9: Roland Ruffieux, c. 81, historian
• June 15: Ulrich Inderbinen, 103, mountain guide
• June: Riccardo Anselmi, 58, musician
• June: Rolf Wüthrich, 65, football player
• June 30: Paul Bürgi, 83, politician, parliamentarian of St. Gallen (1959–1987)
• July 1: Ettore Cella, 90, actor, director, author, and translator
• July 4: Jean-Marie Auberson, 84, orchestra conductor
• July 14: Hans A. Pestalozzi, 75, author, manager, social critic
• July 17: Alfred Hofkunst, 61, artist
• August 17: Clo Duri Bezzola, 59, Romansh language author, teacher
• August: Walo Bertschinger, construction entrepreneur
• August 22: Ota Šik, 84, Czech economist and politician, professor at St. Gallen
• August 24: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 78, Swiss-born American psychiatrist
• August 28: Sigi Feigel, 83, attorney
• September 29: Alberto Camenzind, 90, architect (Professor emeritus at the ETH Zurich)
• October 2: Robert Leuenberger, 88, theologian, president of the University of Zurich, father of Moritz Leuenberger
• October 4: Willy Guhl, 89, designer
• October 8: Rico Weber, 62, artist
• October 15: Walter Bretscher, 66, screenwriter, journalist
• October 16: Mario Santi, 63, Sports commentator
• October 22: Jean-François Leuba, 70, politician
• October 30: Ernst Cincera, 77, National Councillor
• November 4: Beat Tschümperlin, 50, politician, member of the Nidwalden government in office
• November 8: Davy Sidjanski, 49, editor
• November 16: Hans Künzi, 80, politician
• November 21: Uwe Scholz, 45, German dance choreographer, director Zurich Opera ballet (1985–1991)
• November 26: Hans Schaffner, 96, member of the Federal Council in the 1960s
• November 27: 7 fire fighters in Gretzenbach
• December 1: Rudolf Gisler, 62, politician, former Landammann of Glarus
• December 16: Dietrich Schwanitz, 64, German professor and author, grew up in Switzerland.
• December 17: Gyula Marsovsky, 68, Grand Prix motorcycle rider
• December 18: Marcel Pasche, 73, former Edipresse manager, 24 Heures editor-in-chief.
• December: Heinrich (Heini) Gränicher, 71, ETH professor for experimental physics
• December 22: Peter Schärer, 71, dean of Dental School, Zurich
• December 26: Otto Marchi, 62, writer, one of the Swiss tsunami victims
• December 28, Aldo Zappia, 80, football player

• See also: Deaths in 2004, List of Swiss people, 2005 in Switzerland#Deaths.