2016 in Bulgaria
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Incumbents
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
- 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)
