2016 in Peru

This article lists events from the year 2016 in Peru.

Incumbents

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

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.

Novel

Isabel Sabogal: Un Universo dividido.

Anthology

Ricardo Silva Santisteban : Antología general de la traducción en el Perú, 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.
26 February - Juan Conway McNabb, Roman Catholic bishop.
6 March - María Rostworowski, historian.