Events in the year 2016 in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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 ...

: Juan Manuel Santos *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

: Germán Vargas Lleras

Events

*2 October – the

Colombian peace agreement referendum The Colombian peace agreement referendum was held on 2 October 2016 to ratify the final agreement on the termination of the Colombian conflict between the Colombian government and the FARC guerillas. It failed with 50.2% voting against it and 4 ...

failed with 50.2% voting against it and 49.8% voting in favor. *7 October – the

2016 Nobel Peace Prize The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos (b. 1951) "for his resolute efforts to bring the Colombian conflict, country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of a ...

was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. *28 November – the

LaMia Flight 2933 LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad a ...

crashed, killing 71 people. *30 November – the Congress ratified a revised peace accord with the FARC.

Sport

*5-21 August – Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 147 competitors in 23 sports (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze medals)

Deaths

*16 February –

Gregorio Garavito Jiménez Gregorio Garavito Jiménez S.M.M. (March 9, 1919 – February 16, 2016) was a Colombian bishop of the Catholic Church. At the time of his death, he was one of oldest Colombian Catholic bishops. Garavito was born in Junín, Colombia and wa ...

, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919). *22 March –

Javier de Nicoló Javier De Nicoló, (29 April 1928 – 22 March 2016) or Saverio (Javier) De Nicolò was an Italian-born Colombian salesian priest who developed a program that has offered more than 40,000 young people the education and moral support they needed t ...

, salesian priest (b. 1928). *23 March –

Gloria Galeano Garcés Gloria Amparo Galeano Garcés (April 22, 1958 – March 23, 2016) was a Colombian botanist and agronomist specializing in the palm family. Galeano was a faculty member at the National University of Colombia, and was the director of the Institu ...

, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958). *31 March –

Aníbal Alzate Aníbal Alzate Sosa (31 January 1933 – 31 March 2016) was a Colombian footballer. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a count ...

, footballer (b. 1933). *3 April –

Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus (May 12, 1938 – April 3, 2016) was a Colombian drug trafficker. He was a member of the Cali Cartel and the fifth most important in the chain of command. Information Arizabaleta was in charge of kidnappings and extortio ...

, criminal (b. 1937) *11 April – Édgar Perea, politician and football commentator (b. 1934) *17 April – Luis Horacio Gomez González, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1958) *2 May –

Fernando Soto Aparicio Fernando Soto Aparicio (October 1, 1933 – May 2, 2016) was a Colombian poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter. He was born in Socha, in the Department of Boyacá. Fernando Soto Aparicio spent his childhood in ...

, poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter (b. 1933) *16 August –

Jorge García Isaza Jorge García Isaza (July 2, 1928 – August 16, 2016) was a Colombian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1964, García Isaza served as prefect apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tierradentro, Colombia, from 2000 to 200 ...

, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1928) *27 October –

Nelson Pinedo Napoleón Nelson Pinedo Fedullo (10 February 1928 – 27 October 2016) was a singer from Barranquilla, Colombia. In 1954, Pinedo began a five-year career with the Sonora Matancera, a Cuban ensemble, which at the time had widespread fame in Latin Ame ...

, singer (b. 1928) *18 December – Gustavo Quintero, singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

References

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