Events of the year 2019 in Spain.
Incumbents Monarch: Felipe VI Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez
Regional presidents
Andalusia: Susana Diaz (until 18 January), Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (starting 18 January) Aragón: Javier Lambán Asturias: Javier Fernandez (until 18 July), Adrián Barbón (starting 18 July) Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu Canary Islands: Fernando Clavijo Batlle (until 11 July), Ángel Víctor Torres (starting 11 July) Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera (until 11 July), Alfonso Fernández Mañueco (starting 11 July) Catalonia: Quim Torra Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros (until 29 August), Concha Andreu (starting 29 August) Community of Madrid: until 17 April: Ángel Garrido 17 April–17 August: Pedro Rollán (acting) starting 19 August: Isabel Díaz Ayuso Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras Navarre: Uxue Barkos (until 6 August), María Chivite (starting 6 August) Valencian Community: Ximo Puig Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas Melilla: Juan José Imbroda (until 15 June), Eduardo de Castro (starting 15 June)
Events
16 February - Prime Minister Sánchez announced a snap election for 28 April 2019, After the 2019 General State Budget was voted down by the Congress of Deputies on 13 February 2019. 14 October - Supreme Court makes public the sentence of the trial of Catalonia independence leaders. 24 October - Former dictator Francisco Franco is exhumed from Valle de los Caídos. 7 November - 25-year-old woman Marta Calvo disappears in Valencia. 19 November- bicentennial of el Museo Nacional del Prado
Deaths
January January 1 Joan Guinjoan, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1931) José Antonio Pujante, Spanish politician (b. 1964) January 3 – José Vida Soria, Spanish jurist and politician (b. 1937) January 4 – Francisco Olivencia, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1934) January 17 Vicente Álvarez Areces, 75, President of Asturias (1999-2011), Senator (since 2011) and Mayor of Gijón (1987-1999) Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, 72, President of the European Court of Justice (1994–2003). January 20 – Lolo Rico, 83, television director and journalist January 24 Elio Berhanyer, 89, fashion designer Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal (b. 1929)Fallece el Cardenal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar January 25 – Jaume Traserra Cunillera, 84, Bishop of Solsona (2001-2010)
February February 4 – Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer (b. 1936) February 28 – Xabier Arzalluz, Spanish lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
March March 3 Martí Galindo, Spanish actor (b. 1937) José García Ladrón de Guevara, Spanish politician (b. 1929) March 8 – Jaume Muxart, Spanish painter (b. 1922) March 11 – Martín Chirino, Spanish sculptor (b. 1925) March 15 – Juan Manuel Arza Muñuzuri, Spanish politician and lawyer (b. 1932) March 24 – Pancracio Celdrán, Spanish professor, intellectual and journalist (b. 1942) March 29 – Josep Esteve i Soler, Spanish pharmaceutical executive (b. 1930)Muere Josep Esteve Soler, expresidente del grupo farmacéutico Esteve March 30 – Paloma Cela, Spanish actress (b. 1943) March 31 – José Antonio Gurriarán, Spanish journalist (b. 1938)
April April 13 – Neus Català, Spanish Holocaust survivor, anti-Franco militant and member of the French Resistance (b. 1915) April 24 – Conrado San Martín, Spanish actor (b. 1921) April 25 – Paloma Tortajada, Spanish broadcaster and journalist (b. 1965)
May May 9 – Manuel Giner Miralles, Spanish politician (b. 1926) May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (b. 1951) May 18 – Analía Gadé, Argentine actress (b. 1931) May 22 - Eduard Punset, Spanish politician (b. 1936) May 24 – Manuel Pazos, Spanish footballer (b. 1930)
June June 1 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (b. 1983 June 4 – Antoni Roig Muntaner, Spanish chemist and politician (b. 1931)Fallece el doctor Antoni Roig Muntaner, uno de los impulsores de la UIB June 19 – Rafael de la Sierra, Spanish politician (b. 1948) June 22 – Concepción Paredes, Spanish athlete (b. 1970)Fallece la extriplista Conchi Paredes a los 49 años June 30 – Armando Salas, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1946)
July July 2 – José Luis Merino, Spanish film writer and director (b. 1927) July 4 Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (b. 1924) Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (b. 1929) July 5 – José Muñoz Sánchez, Spanish politician (b. 1962) July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
August
September
September 8 - Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
October
See also
2019 European Parliament election
References