2016 in Venezuela

Events in the year 2016 in Venezuela.

Incumbents

 * President: Nicolás Maduro
 * Vice President: Jorge Arreaza (until January 6), Aristóbulo Istúriz (starting January 6)

Governors

 * Amazonas: Liborio Guarulla
 * Anzoátegui: Aristóbulo Istúriz then Nelson Moreno
 * Apure: Ramón Carrizales
 * Aragua: Tareck El Aissami
 * Barinas: Adán Chávez
 * Bolívar: Francisco Rangel Gómez
 * Carabobo: Francisco Ameliach then Gustavo Pulido Cardier
 * Cojedes: Erika Farías then Margaud Godoy
 * Delta Amacuro: Lizeta Hernández
 * Falcón: Stella Lugo
 * Guárico: Ramón Rodríguez Chacín
 * Lara: Henri Falcón
 * Mérida: Alexis Ramirez then Ramón Guevara
 * Miranda: Henrique Capriles Radonski
 * Monagas: Yelitza Santaella
 * Nueva Esparta: Carlos Mata Figueroa
 * Portuguesa: Wilmar Castro then Reinaldo Castañeda
 * Sucre: Luis Acuña then Edwin Rojas
 * Táchira: José Vielma Mora
 * Trujillo: Henry Rangel Silva
 * Vargas: Jorge García Carneiro
 * Yaracuy: Julio León Heredia
 * Zulia: Francisco Arias Cárdenas

Events

 * 13 May – a state of emergency was declared by the president

Sport

 * 5-21 August – Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 87 competitors in 20 sports

Deaths



 * 4 January – Andres Rodriguez, equestrian and businessperson (b. 1984).


 * 10 January – Hernán Gamboa, musician (b. 1946).


 * 10 January – Cornelis Zitman, sculptor (b. 1926).


 * 18 January – Pablo Manavello, composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1950)


 * 24 January – Teófilo Rodríguez, criminal (b. 1971).


 * 14 February – Peter Bottome, businessperson (b. 1937)


 * 14 February – Anselmo López, bandola player (b. 1934)


 * 23 February – Luis Alberto Machado, lawyer and writer (b. 1932)


 * 4 March – Ramón Palomares, poet (b. 1935)


 * 22 May – Alexis Navarro, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)


 * 7 June – Rubén Quevedo, baseball player (b. 1979)


 * 18 June – Susana Duijm, actress, television host, beauty queen, Miss World 1955 winner (b. 1936)


 * 29 June – Inocente Carreño, composer (b. 1919)


 * 2 July – Carlos Morocho Hernández, professional boxer, world champion (b. 1940)


 * 5 July – Alirio Díaz, classical guitarist and composer (b. 1923)


 * 17 July – Aníbal José Chávez Frías, politician (b. 1957)


 * 1 August – Oscar Celli Gerbasi, politician (b. 1946)


 * 7 August – Rodolfo Camacho, cyclist (b. 1975)


 * 23 August – Mercedes Pulido, politician and diplomat (b. 1938)


 * 6 September – Alfredo Peña, journalist and politician (b. 1944)


 * 18 November – Kervin Piñerua, volleyball player (b. 1991)


 * 24 November – Luis Miquilena, politician (b. 1919)


 * 25 November – Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, diplomat (b. 1956)