Events from the year 2016 in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Andrei Kobyakov Andrei Vladimirovich Kobyakov ( be, Андрэй Уладзіміравіч Кабякоў, ''Andrei Uladzimiravich Kabyakow''; russian: Андрей Владимирович Кобяков; born 21 November 1960) is a Belarusian politician. He ...

Events

*15 January – the geostationary telecommunications satellite Belintersat-1 was launched for the Belarusian government's company Belintersat. *5-21 August –

Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics Belarus competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. It was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. Medalists , width=78% align=left valign=top , ...

: 124 competitors in 18 sports. *11 September –

2016 Belarusian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Belarus on 11 September 2016. Electoral system The 110 members of the House of Representatives were previously elected using the two-round system. However, a new electoral code was introduced in 2013, aboli ...

Deaths

*29 March –

Nil Hilevich Nil Symonavich Hilevich ( be, Ніл Сымонавіч Гілевіч, Nil Symonavič Hilevič; russian: Нил Семёнович Гилевич, Nil Semyonovich Gilevich; 30 September 1931 – 29 March 2016) was a Belarusian poet, a professor ...

, poet (b. 1931). *9 June – Stepan Bondarev, Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general (b. 1923) *26 June – Sergei Cortez, composer (b. 1935). *26 June –

Rostislav Yankovsky Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky ( be, Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі, russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский; 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odessa on 5 Feb ...

, actor (b. 1930) *16 July –

Oleg Syrokvashko Oleg Syrokvashko ( be, Алег Сыраквашка; russian: Олег Сыроквашко; 3 August 1961 – 16 July 2016) was a Belarusian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicki ...

, footballer (b. 1961) *20 July –

Pavel Sheremet Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet (russian: Павел Григорьевич Шеремет, be, Павел Рыгоравіч Шарамет, 28 November 1971 – 20 July 2016) was a Belarusian-born Russian and Ukrainian journalist who was impriso ...

, Belarusian-born Russian journalist (b. 1971) *October – Svetlana Penkina, actress (b. 1951) *17 December –

Leanid Marakou Leanid Marakou ( be, Леанід Маракоў; russian: Леонид Моряков; April 15, 1958 in Minsk – December 17, 2016) was a Belarusian journalist, writer. Biography Marakou ( Belarusian: Леанід Маракоў, Russian: ...

, journalist and historian (b. 1958)

References

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