2016 in Colombia

Events in the year 2016 in Colombia.

Incumbents

 * President: Juan Manuel Santos
 * Vice President: Germán Vargas Lleras

Events

 * 2 October – the Colombian peace agreement referendum failed with 50.2% voting against it and 49.8% voting in favor.
 * 7 October – the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos.
 * 28 November – the LaMia Flight 2933 crashed, killing 71 people.
 * 30 November – the Congress ratified a revised peace accord with the FARC.

Sport

 * 5-21 August – Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 147 competitors in 23 sports (3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze medals)

Deaths



 * 16 February – Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1919).


 * 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)
 * 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)