Events in the year 2016 in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

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 ...

Nicolás Maduro Nicolás Maduro Moros (; born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician and president of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency under dispute since 2019. Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade unio ...

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 ...

Jorge Arreaza Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat (Venezuelan ; born 6 June 1973) is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro. From August 2017 to August 2 ...

(until January 6), Aristóbulo Istúriz (starting January 6)

Governors

* Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla *

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: Aristóbulo Istúriz then Nelson Moreno * Apure:

Ramón Carrizales Ramón Alonso Carrizales Rengifo (born 8 November 1952) is a Venezuelan politician who was the vice president of Venezuela from January 2008 to January 2010. Carrizales was a Colonel of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (retired in 1994) and was educat ...

* Aragua: Tareck El Aissami * Barinas: Adán Chávez * Bolívar:

Francisco Rangel Gómez Francisco Gómez is a Venezuelan politician. He was governor of Bolívar state. In the 2008 Venezuelan regional elections he won 67% of the vote, against Andrés Velásquez' 30%. He was previously president of the Corporacion Venezolana de Guay ...

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Francisco Ameliach Francisco José Ameliach Orta (born 14 June 1963) is a Venezuelan retired military officer and politician who is vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Political career Born in Valencia, Ameliach was part of the 1992 V ...

then

Gustavo Pulido Cardier Gustavo is the Latinate form of a Germanic male given name with respective prevalence in Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. It has been a common name for Swedish monarchs since the reign of Gustav Vasa. It is derived from Gustav /ˈɡʊstɑːv/, al ...

* Cojedes: Erika Farías then Margaud Godoy * Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández *

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: Stella Lugo * Guárico:

Ramón Rodríguez Chacín Ramón Rodríguez Chacín (born November 9, 1951) is a Venezuelan politician. A retired naval officer, he was Minister of the Interior and Justice in 2002, and again in 2008. He took part in the November 1992 coup attempt. Early years Rodríguez ...

* Lara: Henri Falcón * Mérida: Alexis Ramirez then Ramón Guevara * Miranda:

Henrique Capriles Radonski Henrique Capriles Radonski (; born 11 July 1972) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda from 2008 to 2017. Born in Caracas, he received a degree in law from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, ...

Monagas ) , anthem = '' Himno del Estado Monagas'' , image_map = Monagas in Venezuela.svg , map_alt = , map_caption = Location within Venezuela , pushpin_map = , pushpin_m ...

: Yelitza Santaella *

Nueva Esparta The Nueva Esparta State (in Spanish: ''Estado Nueva Esparta'', ), is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island, Coche, and the largely uninhabited Cubagua. The state has the smallest area, and is located off the northe ...

: Carlos Mata Figueroa * Portuguesa: Wilmar Castro then Reinaldo Castañeda *

Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

: Luis Acuña then Edwin Rojas * Táchira:

José Vielma Mora José Gregorio Vielma Mora (born 26 October 1964, San Cristóbal, Táchira) was the former governor of the Venezuelan state of Táchira (2012-2017). He is a member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Election results Sanctions The G ...

* Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva * Vargas:

Jorge García Carneiro Jorge Luis García Carneiro (8 February 1952 – 22 May 2021) ...

* Yaracuy:

Julio León Heredia Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: * Julio (given name) * Julio (surname) * Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation a ...

Zulia Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It ...

Francisco Arias Cárdenas Francisco Javier Arias Cárdenas (born 20 November 1950) is a Venezuelan politician and career military officer, and was the governor of Zulia state. He participated in Hugo Chávez's unsuccessful February 1992 coup attempt, being pardoned in ...

Events

*13 May – a

state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...

was declared by the president

Sport

*5-21 August – Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 87 competitors in 20 sports

Deaths

*4 January – Andres Rodriguez, equestrian and businessperson (b. 1984). *10 January –

Hernán Gamboa Hernan José Gamboa Alexis, better known as Hernan José Gamboa Alexis (June 18, 1946 – January 10, 2016) was a Venezuelan musician, composer and singer. He was a member of the Venezuelan fold music group Serenata Guayanesa, and later releas ...

, musician (b. 1946). *10 January –

Cornelis Zitman Cornelis Zitman (9 November 1926 – 10 January 2016) was a Dutch sculptor and draftsman. Biography Zitman was born to a family of construction workers in Leiden, the Netherlands in 1926. He enrolled in the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague at th ...

, sculptor (b. 1926). *18 January –

Pablo Manavello Pablo Manavello (May 21, 1950 – January 18, 2016) was an Italian-born Venezuelan composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter. Manavello started his career in the early 1970s in Caracas and participated in more than 50 albums (including his own). ...

, composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1950) *24 January – Teófilo Rodríguez, criminal (b. 1971). *14 February –

Peter Bottome Peter Bottome Deery (28 December 1937 – 14 February 2016) was a Venezuelan businessman. He was shareholder and the General Director of Venezuelan corporation Empresas 1BC. Biography His parents were Robert Bottome and Kathleen Deery. Later, ...

, businessperson (b. 1937) *14 February – Anselmo López, bandola player (b. 1934) *23 February –

Luis Alberto Machado Luis Alberto Machado (21 January 1932 – 23 February 2016) was a Venezuelan lawyer, author, Secretary of the Presidency and Minister of Intellectual Development of Venezuela. He was best known for his ideas about the malleability of intelligence ...

, lawyer and writer (b. 1932) *4 March –

Ramón Palomares David Ramón Sánchez Palomares (7 May 1935 – 4 March 2016) was a Venezuelan poet, born in Escuque. In 1975 received the National Prize for Literature; in 2006 the first Víctor Valera Mora International Prize for Poetry; and in 2010 the Ibero- ...

, poet (b. 1935) *22 May – Alexis Navarro, politician and diplomat (b. 1946) *7 June –

Rubén Quevedo Rubén Eduardo Quevedo (; January 5, 1979 – June 7, 2016) was a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs (2000) and Milwaukee Brewers (2001–03). Career Quevedo was signed as an in ...

, baseball player (b. 1979) *18 June –

Susana Duijm Carmen Susana Duijm Zubillaga (August 11, 1936 – June 18, 2016) was a Venezuelan actress, television host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Venezuela 1955 and competed at Miss Universe 1955, placing in the top 15. She then went to com ...

, actress, television host, beauty queen,

Miss World 1955 Miss World 1955, the 5th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 20 October 1955 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. 21 contestants competed for the crown. Eunice Gayson crowned Susana Duijm of Venezuela as the new Miss Wor ...

winner (b. 1936) *29 June – Inocente Carreño, composer (b. 1919) *2 July –

Carlos Morocho Hernández Carlos Enrique Hernández Ramos (April 21, 1940 – July 2, 2016) was a Venezuelan world champion professional boxer. Known professionally as Carlos Morocho Hernandez (Carlos "Dark Haired" Hernandez), he ended his career following a TKO by Scotti ...

, professional boxer, world champion (b. 1940) *5 July –

Alirio Díaz __NOTOC__ Alirio Díaz (12 November 19235 July 2016) was a Venezuelan classical guitarist and composer, considered one of the most prominent composer-guitarists of South America and an eminent musician. He studied with Andrés Segovia, and gave ...

, classical guitarist and composer (b. 1923) *17 July – Aníbal José Chávez Frías, politician (b. 1957) *1 August – Oscar Celli Gerbasi, politician (b. 1946) *7 August – Rodolfo Camacho, cyclist (b. 1975) *23 August – Mercedes Pulido, politician and diplomat (b. 1938) *6 September –

Alfredo Peña Alfredo Antonio Peña (13 April 1944 – 6 September 2016) was a Venezuelan journalist and politician. Journalism career He studied journalism at the Central University of Venezuela and became well known after he was hired as the director of th ...

, journalist and politician (b. 1944) *18 November –

Kervin Piñerua Kervin Martin Piñerúa Urbina (22 February 1991 – 18 November 2016) was a Venezuelan volleyball player who played as an opposite hitter for Miranda and as captain for Venezuela's national team. On November 18, 2016 he died at a hospital in A ...

, volleyball player (b. 1991) *24 November –

Luis Miquilena Luis Manuel Miquilena Hernández (July 29, 1919 – November 24, 2016) was a Venezuelan politician. He was involved in politics in the 1940s, and again after the 1958 restoration of democracy, but retired from politics in 1964 until the early 1 ...

, politician (b. 1919) *25 November – Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, diplomat (b. 1956)

References

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