Events during the year 1955 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Max Petitpierre (president) Philipp Etter Markus Feldmann Paul Chaudet Thomas Holenstein Giuseppe Lepori Hans Streuli

Events 14-16 February – Four Romanian émigrés seize the Romanian embassy in Bern and kill a chauffeur in protest of Romania's communist government.

Births 24 August – Sylvie Perrinjaquet, politician 11 September – Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, politician

Deaths 30 June – Félix Bédouret, footballer (born 1897) 23 August – Rudolf Minger, politician (born 1881)

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