Events in the year 2016 in Colombia.
Incumbents
President: Juan Manuel Santos Vice President: Germán Vargas Lleras
Events
Ongoing
Colombian conflict Colombian peace process
August
5-21 August – Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 147 athletes representing Colombia compete in 23 sports, winning three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals.
October 2 October – 2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum: a referendum aiming to ratify a final agreement on ending the conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fails, with 50.2% of votes against it and 49.8% in favor. 7 October – the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos.
November 28 November – LaMia Flight 2933: a charter flight from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia to Medellín crashes into a mountain near La Unión, Antioquia. 71 people are killed, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense. 30 November – Congress ratifies a revised peace accord with the FARC. Deaths
16 February – Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919)
5 March – Eliseo Herrera, singer and songwriter (b. 1925)
22 March – Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest (b. 1928)
23 March – Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist (b. 1958) 31 March – Aníbal Alzate, footballer (b. 1933)
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) 20 June – Julio Rojas Buendía, accordionist (b. 1958) 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)
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