Events in the year 2016 in Nauru.
Incumbents President Baron Waqa Speaker of Parliament Ludwig Scotty (until 13 July) Cyril Buraman (after 13 July)
Events 4 February - Lucina Detsiogo is crowned Miss Nauru 2016. 8 April - Nauruan Ambassador to Taiwan Ludwig Keke is awarded by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou with the Order of Brilliant Star. 13 May - Nauru holds its first citizenship ceremony, in which 35 people gain Nauruan citizenship. 27 May - Parliament passes a bill replacing their criminal code, and in doing so decriminalises homosexuality and suicide, and outlaws marital rape, among several other things. 9 July - Parliamentary elections are held, with President Waqa being re-elected. 10 July - MP Roland Kun flees Nauru to New Zealand after alleged involvement in capital protest in 2015. 11 July - The parliamentary election in the Aiwo Constituency are held, following a legal dispute, resulting in the elections of Milton Dube and Aaron Cook. 13 July - Cyril Buraman is elected speaker by the parliament. 15 July - The new cabinet of Nauru is sworn in. 27 July - President Tsai Ing-wen receives ambassador from Nauru to Taiwan Chitra Jeremaih. 12 November - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces that Australia and the United States have made a one-off resettlement agreement regarding refugees held in Nauru and Manus Island.
Deaths 29 September - Joni Madraiwiwi, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru (2014–2016), in Suva, Fiji 8 December - Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, MP, government minister, and former Speaker of Parliament, in Moscow, Russia
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