2016 in Libya

← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in Libya → 2017 2018 2019
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2016 List of years in Libya

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Libya.

Incumbents

• Aguila Saleh Issa, President of the Council of Deputies, 5 August 2014-current
• Abdullah al-Thani, Prime Minister, 11 March 2014-current

Events

• Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
• The Islamic State seized control of Bin Jawad before militants in twelve vehicles attacked the city of Sidra, killing two Petrol Facilities Guard militants in a suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint on 4 January.^[1]
• At least 65 people were killed on 7 January when a truck bomb hit a police training center in the Libyan town of Zliten.^[2]
• Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209 is hijacked en route from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted to Malta.^[3]

Public holidays

See also

• Timeline of Libyan history

References

Years in Libya (1943–present)
Pre-1943 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019