2016 in Colombia

Events in the year 2016 in Colombia.

Incumbents

• President: Juan Manuel Santos
• Vice President: Germán Vargas Lleras

Events

• 2 October – the Colombian peace agreement referendum failed with 50.2% voting against it and 49.8% voting in favor.
• 7 October – the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos.
• 28 November – the LaMia Flight 2933 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, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919).

• 22 March – Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest (b. 1928).

• 23 March – Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958).
• 31 March – Aníbal Alzate, footballer (b. 1933).

• 3 April – Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 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, poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 16 August – Jorge García Isaza, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1928)
• 27 October – Nelson Pinedo, singer (b. 1928)
• 18 December – Gustavo Quintero, singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

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