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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)

References

1. "World-class equestrian jumper, woman die in Wellington crash". palmbeachpost.com. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
2. "El cuatro pierde un cultor: falleció Hernán Gamboa". eluniversal.com (in Spanish). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
3. "Cornelis Zitman, el escultor de la belleza venezolana, falleció el domingo". El Estímulo (in Spanish). 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
4. Peter de Jesus (28 January 2016). "'El Conejo' Murder: Notorious Gang Boss Killed in Venezuelan Prison". latinpost.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

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