The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Azerbaijan.

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 ...

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

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 ...

Artur Rasizade Artur Tahir oghlu Rasizade ( az, Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizadə; born 26 February 1935) is an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1996 until 2003, and again from 2003 until 2018. Rasizade was a long-time Communis ...

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

Ogtay Asadov Ogtay Sabir oglu Asadov ( az, Oqtay Sabir oğlu Əsədov; born January 3, 1955) is an Azerbaijani politician who has served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan between 2005 and 2020. Early life Asadov was born in the village of ...

January

* January 20 - National Council of

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recognizes Khojaly Massacre

February

* February 11 - US State of Nebraska recognized the Khojaly Massacre * February 15 - US State of Hawaii recognized the Khojaly Massacre * February 18 - US State of Montana announced "Khojaly Remembrance Day" * February 26 - US State of Georgia recognizing Khojaly massacre * February 26 - US State of Idaho recognized Khojaly massacre

March

* March 24 - US State of Minnesota accepted a resolution on Khojaly massacre. * March 29 - Order of the

President of Azerbaijan The president of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state of Azerbaijan. The Constitution states that the president is the embodiment of executive power, commander-in-chief, "representative of Azerbaijan in home and foreign policies" ...

on improving the structure of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic.

April

* April 1–5 - Nagorno-Karabakh clashes

June

* June 3–4 - Fourth Congress of World Azerbaijanis was held. * June 15 - Correctional facilities of Azerbaijan starts execution of amnesty act. * June 19 -

European Grand Prix The European Grand Prix (also known as the Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One event that was introduced during the mid-1980s and was held every year from to , except in . During these years, the European Grand Prix was held in a count ...

September

* September 26 - Azerbaijani constitutional referendum

October

* October 2 - Visit of Papa Francesco Azerbaijan.

Death

Jalal Aliyev Jalal Alireza oglu Aliyev ( az, Cəlal Əlirza oğlu Əliyev; June 30, 1928 – January 31, 2016) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani scientist-breeder, statesman; academician, member of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and dep ...

- Azerbaijani politician, died in Baku on January 31. *

Ilhama Guliyeva Ilhama Mazahir gyzy Guliyeva ( az, İlhamə Məzahir qızı Quliyeva; 17 August 1943 – 25 February 2016) was an Azerbaijani celebrity, actress and singer of Azerbaijani folk and classical music. Throughout active musical-stage career, Ilhama ...

- Azerbaijani People's artist, died of thromboembolism on February 25. *

Zelimkhan Yaqub Zelimkhan Yaqub (; 21 January 1950 – 9 January 2016) was an Azerbaijani poet. He served as a deputy of the National Assembly (Azerbaijan), National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2005. He was also named the national poet of Azerbaijan i ...

- died on January 9.

Events

*Azerbaijani police used tear gas and water cannons on 15 January on protesters in the Quba District who were protesting the worsening economic situation in the country, leading to the arrest of numerous people. *Azerbaijan will send 30 athletes to compete in the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

from 5–21 August

References

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Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...