2009 in Spain

Events in the year 2009 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Regional presidents

 * Andalusia:
 * until 7 April: Manuel Chaves
 * 7 April–22 April: Gaspar Zarrias
 * starting 22 April: José Antonio Griñán
 * Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
 * Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
 * Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
 * Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe (until 7 May), Patxi López (starting 7 May)
 * 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 (until 18 April), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (starting 18 April)
 * 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 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.
 * May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.
 * June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.
 * July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
 * July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.
 * July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
 * July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.
 * July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
 * August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.
 * November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.

Film

 * February 22 – Penélope Cruz wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award.
 * September 28 – Spain's Pablo Pineda wins the best actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first actor with Down's syndrome to win an international film award.
 * 2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.

Television

 * 2009 in Spanish television

Sport

 * February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.
 * March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.
 * May 13 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Cup.
 * May 16 – FC Barcelona wins the Liga.
 * May 27 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League and becomes the first Spanish team to win the treble.
 * June 13–14 – Marc Gené, as part of the Peugeot Sport Total team, wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
 * June 30 – July 3 − The Spanish team wins 83 medals (28 gold, 21 silver, 34 bronze) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
 * July 26 – Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France.
 * August 23 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup.
 * August 28 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Super Cup.
 * September 20 – Spain wins the EuroBasket 2009.
 * September 20 – Alejandro Valverde wins the Vuelta a España.
 * October 17 – Alberto Contador finishes first in the UCI World Ranking.
 * December 13 – Alemayehu Bezabeh wins the European Cross Country Championships.
 * December 19 – FC Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup and becomes the first team to win six competitions in one year.

Notable deaths

 * January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.
 * February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.
 * March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.
 * April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
 * April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.
 * April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.
 * May 12
 * Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
 * Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.
 * May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.
 * June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.
 * June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.
 * July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.
 * July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.
 * August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.
 * August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
 * August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.
 * August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.
 * September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.
 * September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.
 * September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
 * September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.
 * October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.
 * October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).
 * October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.
 * November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.
 * November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
 * November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.
 * November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.
 * December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.
 * December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.
 * December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.
 * December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.