2016 in Colombia

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See also:	Other events of 2016 Timeline of Colombian history

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]

• 22 March – Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest (b. 1928).[4]

• 23 March – Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958).
• 31 March – Aníbal Alzate, footballer (b. 1933).[5]

• 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. "Colombia – "Thanks, Fr Javier, you changed our lives!". A memory of Fr de Nicolò". www.infoans.org. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
5. "Murió el 'Mocho' Alzate mundialista con Colombia en Chile 62". www.sinchi.org.co (in Spanish). 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.