• Source: 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.


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      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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