2019 in Spain

Events of 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.

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)
 * 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)
 * 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 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)
 * June 19 – Rafael de la Sierra, Spanish politician (b. 1948)
 * June 22 – Concepción Paredes, Spanish athlete (b. 1970)
 * 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)