1990 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Otto Stich
• *Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• *Kaspar Villiger
• *Arnold Koller
• *Flavio Cotti
• *René Felber
• *Adolf Ogi

  Events

• 1 April - Six referenda are done, the subjects being four popular initiatives, a federal resolution on viticulture and an amendment to the federal law on the organisation of the federal judiciary. All six are rejected by voters.
• 23 September - A further four referenda are held, on two popular initiatives to phase out nuclear power and to stop the construction of any new nuclear power plants, as well as on a federal resolution on the energy article in the Swiss Federal Constitution and an amendment to the federal law on road traffic. The nuclear power phase-out was rejected, but the other three proposals were approved.

  Births

• 1 May - Patrick Schelling.
• 22 June - Mario Dolder.
• 21 July - Whitney Toyloy, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2008
• 26 August - Marcel Aregger.
• 1 September - Mélanie René.
• 5 October - Andreas Wittwer.

  Deaths

• 31 May - Willy Spühler.
• 27 August - Armin Scheurer.
• 21 November - Pierre Musy.
• 30 December - Herman Volz, painter and designer, 86