2016 in Latvia
Latvia-related events during the year of 2016
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Incumbents
| Position | Person | Remarks |
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| President of Latvia | Raimonds Vējonis | |
| Prime Minister of Latvia | Laimdota Straujuma (till February 11) | Second Straujuma cabinet |
| Māris Kučinskis (from February 11) | Kučinskis cabinet | |
| Speaker of the Saeima | Ināra Mūrniece |
Events
January
- January 20 — to President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis was performed heart surgery[clarification needed]
August
- August 5–21 - Latvia competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
December
- December 3–11 — 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships take place in Latvia.
Deaths
- January 4 — Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1942)
- April 9 — Juris Ekmanis, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (b. 1941)
- April 22 — Ojārs Grīnbergs, singer (b. 1942)[1]
- August 22 — Jānis Reinis, actor (b. 1960)[2]
- November 29 — Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, lawyer, writer, poet, and politician (b. 1927)
References
- ^ Ābeltiņa, Madara; Rozenberga, Māra; Volmārs, Andrejs (22 April 2016). "Mūžībā aizgājis latviešu estrādes dziedātājs Ojārs Grinbergs" (in Latvian). Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Miris aktieris Jānis Reinis". Ir (in Latvian). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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