The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Spain.
Incumbents Monarch: Juan Carlos I Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Regional presidents
Andalusia: Manuel Chaves Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera Catalonia: José Montilla Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara Galicia: Emilio Pérez Touriño La Rioja: Pedro Sanz Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel Navarre: Miguel Sanz Valencian Community: Francisco Camps Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events
March 9 – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is reelected as Prime Minister after defeating Mariano Rajoy. April 5 – Greenpeace announces that in November 2007 a radioactive leak was reported at the Ascó Nuclear Power Plant, but it was kept hidden from the press. August 20 – Spanair flight 5022 crashed just after takeoff from runway 36L of Barajas Airport, killing 154 of the 166 people on board. December 31 – A truck-bomb explodes near the EITB headquarters in Bilbao. 942 Dakar, historia de una familia, a documentary film is released.
Births 11 August – Levi Díaz, Singer
Deaths February 26 – Rogelio Baón, politician (born 1942) May 3 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Prime Minister (1981–82)
See also 2008 in Spanish television List of Spanish films of 2008
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