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This article lists events from the year 2016 in Peru.

Incumbents

  • President: Ollanta Humala (until 28 July) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (from 28 July)
  • First Vice President: Marisol Espinoza (until 28 July) Martín Vizcarra (from 28 July)
  • Second Vice President: Omar Chehade (until 28 July) Mercedes Aráoz (from 28 July)
  • Prime Minister: Pedro Cateriano (until 28 July) Fernando Zavala Lombardi (from 28 July)

Events

  • 10 April – 2016 Peruvian general election
  • 28 July – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took over as president

Publications

Poetry

  • Rossella Di Paolo: La silla en el mar (The chair in the sea).

Novel

  • Isabel Sabogal: Un Universo dividido (A divided Universe).

Anthology

  • Ricardo Silva Santisteban (anthologist): Antología general de la traducción en el Perú (General anthology of translation in Peru), volume VII.

Cinema

  • Extirpator of Idolatries by Manuel Siles.
  • Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) by Juan Daniel F. Molero.

Sport

  • 5-21 August – Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 29 competitors in 11 sports

Deaths

  • 17 February – Eduardo Chirinos, poet (b. 1960).[1]
  • 26 February – Juan Conway McNabb, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).[2]
  • 6 March – María Rostworowski, historian (b. 1915).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Falleció Eduardo Chirinos, destacado poeta peruano". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. ^ Patricia Trebe (2 March 2016). "Bishop John C. McNabb dies". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Falleció María Rostworowski, destacada historiadora peruana". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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