1999 in Spain

Events in the year 1999 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister of Spain – José María Aznar

Regional presidents

 * Andalusia: Manuel Chaves
 * Aragón: Santiago Lanzuela (until 2 August), Marcelino Iglesias (starting 2 August)
 * Asturias: Sergio Marqués Fernández (until 20 July), Vicente Álvarez Areces (starting 20 July)
 * Balearic Islands: Jaume Matas (until 29 June), Francesc Antich (starting 29 June)
 * Basque Country: José Antonio Ardanza (until 2 January), Juan José Ibarretxe (starting 2 January)
 * Canary Islands: Manuel Hermoso (until 17 July), Román Rodríguez Rodríguez (starting 17 July)
 * Cantabria: José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
 * Castilla–La Mancha: José Bono
 * Castile and León: Juan José Lucas
 * Catalonia: Jordi Pujol
 * Extremadura: Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
 * Galicia: Manuel Fraga
 * La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
 * Community of Madrid: Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón
 * Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
 * Navarre: Miguel Sanz
 * Valencian Community: Eduardo Zaplana
 * Ceuta: Jesús Cayetano Fortes Ramos (until 26 August), Antonio Sampietro (starting 26 August)
 * Melilla: Enrique Palacios Hernández (until 5 July), Mustafa Aberchán (starting 5 July)

Events

 * 1 January - The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally made its debut on European and the worldwide financial markets.
 * 14 September - Britannia Airways Flight 226A, a charter flight from Cardiff, crashes at Girona Airport, resulting in one death and 43 injuries.
 * 9 October - Beginning of the Wanninkhof case: Rocío Wanninkhof leaves home never to return; her body is found several weeks later.

Undated

 * Virtway game development studio is founded in Oviedo.
 * Web Medica Acreditada, an international website quality and certification programme

Music

 * See Category:1999 in Spanish music

Film

 * See Category:1999 in Spanish cinema

Television

 * See Category:1999 in Spanish television

Sport

 * See Category:1999 in Spanish sport

Notable births

 * 19 February - Hugo Gonzalez, swimmer
 * 3 August - Brahim Díaz, footballer
 * 13 September - Pedro Porro, footballer

Notable deaths

 * 27 January – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, writer (b. 1910)
 * 20 April – Señor Wences, ventriloquist and comedian (b. 1896)
 * 6 July – Joaquín Rodrigo, pianist and composer (b. 1901)
 * 10 September – Alfredo Kraus, operatic tenor (b. 1927)
 * 28 October – Rafael Alberti, poet (b. 1902)
 * 17 November – Enrique Urquijo, singer-songwriter (b. 1960; drug overdose)