2016 in Bulgaria

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.
 * 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)