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.

  Sport

• 5-21 August - Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 147 competitors in 23 sports

  Deaths

• 16 February - Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, Roman Catholic bishop.
• 22 March - Javier de Nicoló, salesian priest.
• 23 March - Gloria Galeano Garcés, botanist and agronomist.
• 31 March - Aníbal Alzate, footballer.
• 3 April - Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, criminal
• 11 April - Édgar Perea, politician and football commentator
• 17 April - Luis Horacio Gomez González, Roman Catholic bishop
• 2 May - Fernando Soto Aparicio, poet, storyteller, playwright, novelist, librettist, and screenwriter
• 16 August - Jorge García Isaza, Roman Catholic bishop
• 27 October - Nelson Pinedo, singer
• 18 December - Gustavo Quintero, singer-songwriter