This article lists events from the year 2016 in Bulgaria
Incumbents President: Rosen Plevneliev Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov
Events
5-21 August – Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 51 competitors in 14 sports. 30 September – a legal ban on full face-covering veils was adopted by the Bulgarian parliament. 6 November – Bulgarian presidential election, 2016 6 November – a three-question referendum was held alongside presidential elections 10 December – the Hitrino train derailment, killing at least seven people
Deaths
13 February – Trifon Ivanov, footballer (b. 1965).
24 February – Yordan Sokolov, jurist and politician (b. 1933) 15 March – Lyubka Rondova, folk singer (b. 1936).
19 March – Pavel Chernev, politician and lawyer (b. 1969) 4 April – Georgi Hristakiev, footballer (b. 1944) 1 August – Trayan Dyankov, footballer (b. 1976) 8 August – Nikola Anastasov, actor (b. 1932) 6 November – Biser Kirov, pop singer (b. 1942) 10 November – Nikola Korabov, film director and screenwriter (b. 1928) 25 November – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor (b. 1940) 26 November – Velko Valkanov, politician (b. 1927) 3 December – Nikola Gigov, poet (b. 1937) 18 December – Guinio Ganev, politician (b. 1928)
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