2006 in Spain

Events in the year 2006 in 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: Jaume Matas
 * Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe
 * Canary Islands: Adán Martín Menis
 * Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
 * Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
 * Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
 * Catalonia: Pasqual Maragall (until 28 November), José Montilla (starting 28 November)
 * Extremadura: Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
 * 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 27: Spain's sixth terrestrial television broadcaster, La Sexta, starts programming.
 * November 28: Ciberobn, a public research consortium is founded.
 * December 30: A bombing at the Barajas Airport in Madrid kills two people and injures twenty. ETA claims responsibility.

Births

 * April 20: Dean Berta Viñales, Spanish motorcycle rider (d. 2021)

Deaths

 * March 25: Rocío Durcal, singer and actress
 * June 1: Rocío Jurado, singer and actress
 * November 26: Isaac Gálvez López, cyclist