2016 in Bulgaria

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This article lists events from the year 2016 in Bulgaria

Incumbents

• President: Rosen Plevneliev
• Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov

Events

• 5-21 August – Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 51 competitors in 14 sports.
• 6 November – Bulgarian presidential election, 2016
• 6 November – a three-question referendum was held alongside presidential elections
• 10 December – the Hitrino train derailment, killing at least seven people

Deaths

Lyubka Rondova

• 13 February – Trifon Ivanov, footballer (b. 1965). ^[1]

• 24 February – Yordan Sokolov, jurist and politician (b. 1933)
• 15 March – Lyubka Rondova, folk singer (b. 1936). ^[2]

• 19 March – Pavel Chernev, politician and lawyer (b. 1969)
• 4 April – Georgi Hristakiev, footballer (b. 1944)
• 1 August – Trayan Dyankov, footballer (b. 1976)
• 8 August – Nikola Anastasov, actor (b. 1932)
• 6 November – Biser Kirov, pop singer (b. 1942)
• 10 November – Nikola Korabov, film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 25 November – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor (b. 1940)
• 26 November – Velko Valkanov, politician (b. 1927)
• 3 December – Nikola Gigov, poet (b. 1937)
• 18 December – Guinio Ganev, politician (b. 1928)

References

1. "Former Bulgaria defender Ivanov dies aged 50". UEFA . 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
2. "Почина народната певица Любка Рондова". bgnes.com (in Bulgarian). 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

Links

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