2013 in Spain

Events of 2013 in Spain

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

 * Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán (until 5 September), Susana Díaz (starting 5 September)
 * Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi
 * Asturias: Javier Fernandez
 * Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá
 * Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
 * Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
 * Cantabria: Ignacio Diego
 * Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal
 * Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
 * Catalonia: Artur Mas
 * Extremadura: José Antonio Monago
 * Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
 * La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
 * Community of Madrid: Ignacio Gonzalez
 * Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
 * Navarre: Yolanda Barcina
 * Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra
 * Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
 * Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

 * 30 January – The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses.
 * 8 July – Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila.
 * 24 July – The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills 77.
 * September – Miss Universe Spain 2013
 * 28 October – A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured.

Births in 2013

 * January 22 – Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard Piqué

Deaths in 2013

 * January 8 – Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide.
 * January 6
 * Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
 * Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer.
 * March 28 – Manuel García Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.
 * April 2 – Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
 * October 11 – María de Villota, 33, racing driver.