Incumbents Position Person Remarks President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma (till February 11) Second Straujuma cabinet Māris Kučinskis (from February 11) Kučinskis cabinet Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece
Events January January 20 — Heart surgery was performed to President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis
August August 5–21 - Latvia competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December December 3–11 — 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships took place in Latvia.
Deaths January 4 — Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1942) April 9 — Juris Ekmanis, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (b. 1941) April 22 — Ojārs Grīnbergs, singer (b. 1942) August 22 — Jānis Reinis, actor (b. 1960) November 29 — Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, lawyer, writer, poet, and politician (b. 1927)
References https://bsrbcc.org/Webs/BSRBCC/EN/04_Presidency/States/latvia2016_activity_textbaustein.html