2016 in Bulgaria

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.
• 24 February - Yordan Sokolov, jurist and politician
• 15 March - Lyubka Rondova, folk singer.
• 19 March - Pavel Chernev, politician and lawyer
• 4 April - Georgi Hristakiev, footballer
• 1 August - Trayan Dyankov, footballer
• 8 August - Nikola Anastasov, actor
• 6 November - Biser Kirov, pop singer
• 10 November - Nikola Korabov, film director and screenwriter
• 25 November - Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor
• 26 November - Velko Valkanov, politician
• 3 December - Nikola Gigov, poet
• 18 December - Guinio Ganev, politician