2016 in Venezuela
# 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)
