Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2016)

The following is a timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama, from January 1, 2016 to the present. For his time as President-elect, see the Presidential transition of Barack Obama; for a detailed account of his first months in office, see First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency; and for a complete itinerary of his travels, see List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama.

January

• January 5 – President Obama announces an executive order on gun control that would require purchased guns to undergo background checks.
• January 7 – President Obama participates in a town hall meeting regarding gun control entitled Guns in America at the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, organized by CNN and moderated by Anderson Cooper.
• January 12 – President Obama delivers his final State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress.
• January 15 – President Obama holds a live interview with YouTube personalities Adande Thorne, Destin Sandlin and Ingrid Nilsen.
• January 16 – President Obama signs an executive order lifting some of the economic sanctions on Iran.
• January 17 – President Obama delivers a statement on the Iran nuclear deal framework and the release of four Iranian-American prisoners from Iran through prisoner exchange.
• January 19 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia discussing the military intervention against ISIL.
• January 20 – President Obama visits Detroit's auto show.
• January 27 – President Obama meets with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in the Oval Office.

February

• February 3 – President Obama visits the Islamic society at a mosque in Baltimore, marking his first visit to a mosque in the United States.
• February 4 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a press conference with President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, where Obama announced a $450 million plan to fund Plan Colombia.
• February 4 − President Obama honors the 2015 NBA champion, the Golden State Warriors, at the East Room of the White House.
• February 8 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy.
• February 9 – President Obama releases his final budget proposal for the fiscal year 2017.
• February 10 – President Obama addresses the Illinois General Assembly in the State Capital Building in Springfield, Il and spoke about political gridlock.
• February 13 – President Obama issues a statement on the passing of Supreme court Justice Antonin Scalia
• February 15–16 – President Obama hosts the first special U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Summit, participating with the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California.
• February 18 – President Obama welcomes the Stanley Cup winning Chicago Blackhawks to the White House.
• February 23 – President Obama unveils his plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Caimanera, Cuba.
• February 24 − President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan to discuss ISIS, the Syrian war and refugees and the reducing of tensions in the Middle East.
• February 24 – President Obama signs H.R. 1428 – Judicial Redress Act of 2015 and H.R. 644 – Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 into law.
• February 29 − President Obama awards a Medal of Honor to SEAL Team Six member Edward Byers for rescuing an American doctor from the Taliban in Afghanistan in December 2012.

March

President Obama views an exhibition baseball game with Cuban President Raúl Castro at Estadio Latinoamericano during Obama's historic visit to Havana, Cuba, March 22, 2016

• March 10 – The President welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House for a state visit.
• March 10 – The Obamas host a state dinner at the White House for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• March 15 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach of Ireland, Enda Kenny.
• March 16 – President Obama announces Merrick Garland as his nomination to replace the late Antonin Scalia as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• March 20 – The President and the First Family travel to Havana, Cuba, to underscore the thaw in Cuba–United States relations following a 54-year rift; Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
• March 21 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference with President Raúl Castro of Cuba at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana.
• March 22 – President Obama addresses the Cuban people on national television from the Gran Teatro de La Habana in Havana, where he also delivered a statement on the Brussels bombings.
• March 22 – The Obamas and President Castro attend an exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuba national baseball team at Havana's Estadio Latinoamericano to highlight the two countries' cultural relations. The Rays won the game 4–1.
• March 23 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference with President Mauricio Macri of Argentina at Casa Rosada during a visit to Buenos Aires to discuss improving Argentina–United States relations, following tension in trade and investment between the two countries under Néstor and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's administrations.
• March 31 – President Obama hosts the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., participating with 58 leaders and representatives from around the world to lay out a system of global security against nuclear warfare.
• March 31 – On the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama holds a trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan and President Park Geun-hye of South Korea to discuss trilateral cooperation amid North Korea's nuclear program.
• March 31 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China to discuss "global nuclear security cooperation" amid North Korea's nuclear program, as well as "constructive" cooperation regarding the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

April

President Obama greets Prince George of Cambridge, third in line to the British throne, at Kensington Palace during his visit to London, April 22, 2016

• April 4 – President Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to discuss the alliance's involvement in the military intervention against ISIL (particularly in Libya) and the War in Afghanistan, as well as the Syrian refugee crisis.
• April 20 – President Obama holds a bilateral meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh to discuss joint action against the nuclear program of Iran and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Syrian and Yemeni crises, as well as to resolve the issue of human rights.
• April 21 – President Obama participates in a summit meeting with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh to discuss ways of addressing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other regional conflicts, including the Syrian and Yemeni crises.
• April 22 – The President and the First Lady attend a private lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle in England to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday.
• April 22 – President Obama participates in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street in London, reiterating their campaign for British voters to vote for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union ahead of the referendum on June 23.
• April 22 – The President and the First Lady attend a dinner hosted by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry at Kensington Palace in London, where they also greet Prince George of Cambridge.
• April 23 – President Obama participates in a town hall meeting with the British youth at Lindley Hall in London, where he addressed questions regarding political issues like terrorism, trade, and the Northern Ireland peace process, as well as social issues and changes involving LGBT rights, racial inequality (touching on the Black Lives Matter movement), and discrimination towards non-binary gender persons.
• April 24 – During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hanover, Germany, President Obama announces plans to increase U.S. military presence in Syria to at least 250 personnel to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and assist local Syrian forces in doing so.
• April 25 – President Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial fair, which he opened as the U.S. was the "partner country" of the fair.
• April 25 – President Obama and Chancellor Merkel participate in a multilateral meeting with other European leaders including British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President François Hollande, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to discuss cooperation in resolving the Syrian and Libyan civil wars and the Ukrainian crisis.
• April 30 – President Obama attends his last White House Correspondents' Dinner.

May

• May 4 – President Obama visits Flint, Michigan to address the city's water crisis.
• May 7 – President Obama delivers a commencement speech to the 2016 graduating batch of Howard University, urging them to change their country "through action."
• May 13 – President Obama hosts a multilateral meeting and state dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House for the leaders of the five Nordic countries: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen of Denmark, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland, President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven of Sweden. The six leaders discussed humanitarian issues, combating climate change, and the Ukrainian crisis.
• May 15 – President Obama delivers a commencement speech entitled Ignorance is not a Virtue at Rutgers University's 250th anniversary commencement ceremony in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
• May 22 – President Obama arrives in Hanoi for a three-day visit to Vietnam aimed at building stronger economic and defense ties with the country and the Asia-Pacific region.
• May 23 – President Obama announces the full lifting of the 32-year arms embargo on Vietnam.
• May 25 – President Obama attends the 42nd G7 summit in Shima, Japan.
• May 26 – President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe visit one of Japan's holiest Shinto sites, the Ise Grand Shrine and plant trees.
• May 27 – President Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the city of Hiroshima following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where he paid his respects along with Prime Minister Abe and met with survivors at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, calling for the end of nuclear weapons.

See also

• First 100 days of Barack Obama's presidency
• List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2016
• Presidency of Barack Obama
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2009)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2010)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2011)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2012)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2013)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2014)
• Timeline of the presidency of Barack Obama (2015)