2016 in Peru

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Last updated June 28, 2023

This article lists events from the year 2016 in Peru .

Incumbents

President: Ollanta Humala (until 28 July) Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (from 28 July)
First Vice President : Marisol Espinoza (until 28 July) Martín Vizcarra (from 28 July)
Second Vice President : Omar Chehade (until 28 July) Mercedes Aráoz (from 28 July)
Prime Minister : Pedro Cateriano (until 28 July) Fernando Zavala Lombardi (from 28 July)

Events

10 April – 2016 Peruvian general election
28 July – Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took over as president

Publications

Poetry

Rossella Di Paolo: La silla en el mar (The chair in the sea).

Novel

Isabel Sabogal: Un Universo dividido (A divided Universe).

Anthology

Ricardo Silva Santisteban (anthologist): Antología general de la traducción en el Perú (General anthology of translation in Peru), volume VII.

Cinema

Extirpator of Idolatries by Manuel Siles.
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) by Juan Daniel F. Molero.

Sport

5-21 August – Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 29 competitors in 11 sports

Deaths

17 February – Eduardo Chirinos, poet (b. 1960).^[1]

26 February – Juan Conway McNabb, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1925).^[2]

6 March – María Rostworowski, historian (b. 1915).^[3]

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References

↑ "Falleció Eduardo Chirinos, destacado poeta peruano". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ Patricia Trebe (2 March 2016). "Bishop John C. McNabb dies". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
↑ "Falleció María Rostworowski, destacada historiadora peruana". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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[1] "Falleció Eduardo Chirinos, destacado poeta peruano". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[2] Patricia Trebe (2 March 2016). "Bishop John C. McNabb dies". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[3] "Falleció María Rostworowski, destacada historiadora peruana". elcomercio.pe (in Spanish). 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

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