2016 in Colombia

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See also:
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Events in the year 2016 in Colombia.

Incumbents

Juan Manuel Santos, President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
  • 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.[1]
  • 28 November – the LaMia Flight 2933 crashed, killing 71 people.
  • 30 November – the Congress ratified a revised peace accord with the FARC.[2]


Sport

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

Deaths

Fernando Soto Aparicio
  • 16 February – Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919).[3]
  • 5 March – Eliseo Herrera, singer and songwriter (b. 1925)[4]
  • 22 March – Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest (b. 1928).[5]
  • 23 March – Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958).
  • 31 March – Aníbal Alzate, footballer (b. 1933).[6]
  • 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)

References

  1. ^ Casey, Nicholas (7 October 2016). "Colombia's President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Colombia's congress approves historic peace deal with FARC rebels". Washington Post. 30 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ Juan Carlos Piedrahita (2016-03-07), "Eliseo Herrera Junco (1925–2016)", El Espectador (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-05-15
  5. ^ "Colombia – "Thanks, Fr Javier, you changed our lives!". A memory of Fr de Nicolò". www.infoans.org. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Murió el 'Mocho' Alzate mundialista con Colombia en Chile 62". www.sinchi.org.co (in Spanish). 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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