2016 in Peru

This article lists events from the year 2016 in Peru.

Incumbents

 * President: Ollanta Humala (until 28 July) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (from 28 July)
 * First Vice President: Marisol Espinoza (until 28 July) Martín Vizcarra (from 28 July)
 * Second Vice President: Omar Chehade (until 28 July) Mercedes Aráoz (from 28 July)
 * Prime Minister: Pedro Cateriano (until 28 July) Fernando Zavala Lombardi (from 28 July)

Events

 * 10 April – 2016 Peruvian general election
 * 28 July – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took over as president

Poetry

 * Rossella Di Paolo: La silla en el mar (The chair in the sea).

Novel

 * Isabel Sabogal: Un Universo dividido (A divided Universe).

Anthology

 * Ricardo Silva Santisteban (anthologist): Antología general de la traducción en el Perú (General anthology of translation in Peru), volume VII.

Cinema

 * Extirpator of Idolatries by Manuel Siles.
 * Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) by Juan Daniel F. Molero.

Sport

 * 5-21 August – Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 29 competitors in 11 sports

Deaths

 * 17 February – Eduardo Chirinos, poet (b. 1960).


 * 26 February – Juan Conway McNabb, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).


 * 6 March – María Rostworowski, historian (b. 1915).