2016 in Nauru

Events in the year 2016 in Nauru.

Incumbents

4 February - Lucina Detsiogo is crowned Miss Nauru 2016.
8 April - Nauruan Ambassador to Taiwan Ludwig Keke is awarded by Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou with the Order of Brilliant Star.
13 May - Nauru holds its first citizenship ceremony, in which 35 people gain Nauruan citizenship.
27 May - Parliament passes a bill replacing their criminal code, and in doing so decriminalises homosexuality and suicide, and outlaws marital rape, among several other things.
9 July - Parliamentary elections are held, with President Waqa being re-elected.
10 July - MP Roland Kun flees Nauru to New Zealand after alleged involvement in capital protest in 2015.
11 July - The parliamentary election in the Aiwo Constituency are held, following a legal dispute, resulting in the elections of Milton Dube and Aaron Cook.
13 July - Cyril Buraman is elected speaker by the parliament.
15 July - The new cabinet of Nauru is sworn in.
27 July - President Tsai Ing-wen receives ambassador from Nauru to Taiwan Chitra Jeremaih.
12 November - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces that Australia and the United States have made a one-off resettlement agreement regarding refugees held in Nauru and Manus Island.