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Events in the year 2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
*16 February – Srđan Dizdarević, diplomat and journalist (b. 1952).
*20 February – Muhamed Mujić, footballer (b. 1933).
*3 May – Jadranka Stojaković, singer-songwriter (b. 1950).
*12 May – Božidar Matić, politician (b. 1937).
*8 August – Željko Kopanja, newspaper editor (b. 1954).
*30 August – Josip Bukal, footballer (b. 1945).
Incumbents
* President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, President – Bakir Izetbegović, Mladen Ivanić, and Dragan Čović * Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prime Minister – Denis ZvizdićEvents
February
*15 February – Bosnia and Herzegovina Enlargement of the European Union, formally applies to join the European Union.March
*24 March – Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia find former President of the Republika Srpska Radovan Karadžić guilty of committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia during the Bosnian War and is sentenced to 40 years in prison. Karadžić is found to be "criminally responsible" for the Srebrenica massacre. *31 March – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Serbian nationalism, nationalist politician, Vojislav Šešelj, is acquitted of all nine charges of committing atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Croatia during Yugoslav Wars, the early 1990s by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.June
*30 June – The country officially releases its first Census, census report since the end of the Bosnian War after multiple delays, showing that Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country had lost one fifth of its population from 4.4 million to 3.5 million between then and 2013.July
*11 July – The 127 people who were massacred in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 and were subsequently discovered in mass graves are buried at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial following a funeral. For the first time, Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serbs were not welcome to attend the ceremony.August
*5 – 21 August – Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2016 Summer Olympics, The country competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the nation's Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics, seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics. A total of Athletic Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 athletes represented the country in Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, athletics, Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification, judo, Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification, shooting, Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics, swimming, and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics, tennis.September
*20 September – The European Union's 28 member states formally Potential enlargement of the European Union, accept the country's membership application. The European Commission later must determine Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union, whether the country meets the criteria to join the union, a process that is expected to take a year.October
*2 October – In 2016 Bosnian municipal elections, municipal elections, 30,000 candidates competed in the election for 2,835 Local councillor, local councillors, 301 City Councillor, city councillors, 131 Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipal mayors and 12 List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, city mayors.Deaths
*16 February – Srđan Dizdarević, diplomat and journalist (b. 1952).
*20 February – Muhamed Mujić, footballer (b. 1933).
*3 May – Jadranka Stojaković, singer-songwriter (b. 1950).
*12 May – Božidar Matić, politician (b. 1937).
*8 August – Željko Kopanja, newspaper editor (b. 1954).
*30 August – Josip Bukal, footballer (b. 1945).
References
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