2016 in Belarus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: History of Belarus List of years in Belarus ← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in Belarus → 2017 2018 2019 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: History of Belarus List of years in Belarus Events from the year 2016 in Belarus President: Alexander Lukashenko Prime Minister: Andrei Kobyakov Events 15 January – the geostationary telecommunications satellite Belintersat-1 was launched for the Belarusian government's company Belintersat. 5-21 August – Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 124 competitors in 18 sports. 11 September – 2016 Belarusian parliamentary election Deaths Nil Hilevich 29 March – Nil Hilevich, poet (b. 1931).[1] 9 June – Stepan Bondarev, Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general (b. 1923) 26 June – Sergei Cortez, composer (b. 1935).[2] 26 June – Rostislav Yankovsky, actor (b. 1930) 16 July – Oleg Syrokvashko, footballer (b. 1961) 20 July – Pavel Sheremet, Belarusian-born Russian journalist (b. 1971) October – Svetlana Penkina, actress (b. 1951) 17 December – Leanid Marakou, journalist and historian (b. 1958) References ↑ "Nil Hilevich Passed Away". Charter 97. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017. ↑ "Composer Sergey Cortes Died". Charter 97. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017. vteYears in Belarus20th century 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000 21st century 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 vte2016 in Europe Sovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom States with limitedrecognition Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies andother entities Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard Other entities European Union Related Articles