2020 in Spain

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Events in the year 2020 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Felipe VI
• Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez
• President of the Congress of Deputies: Meritxell Batet
• President of the Senate of Spain: Pilar Llop
• President of the Supreme Court: Carlos Lesmes
• President of the Constitutional Court: Juan José González Rivas
• Attorney General:
  • María José Segarra (until 15 January)
  • Luis Navajas (acting 15 January – 26 February)
  • Dolores Delgado (since 26 February)
• Chief of the Defence Staff: Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta
• President of the Episcopal Conference:
  • Ricardo Blázquez (until 3 March)
  • Juan José Omella (since 3 March)
• Sánchez II Government

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla
• Aragón: Javier Lambán
• Asturias: Adrián Barbón
• Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
• Canary Islands: Ángel Víctor Torres
• Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page
• Castile and León: Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
• Catalonia: Quim Torra
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Concha Andreu
• Community of Madrid: Isabel Díaz Ayuso
• Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
• Navarre: María Chivite
• Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Eduardo de Castro

Events

• 25 January – Scheduled date for presentation of the 34th Goya Awards
• 19 February – The investigation into the Bolivian diplomatic incident is completed. The Spanish government accuses the Bolivian government of risking the safety of its diplomats while emphasizing the desire to continue good relations with the South American country.[1]
• COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

Deaths

January

Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

Isabel-Clara Simó

José Luis Cuerda

• 7 January – Jaime Monzó (also spelled Jaume), swimmer (b. 1946).[2]
• 8 January – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (b. 1936).[3]
• 13 January – Isabel-Clara Simó, journalist and writer (b. 1943).[4]
• 21 January – Meritxell Negre, singer (b. 1971).[5]
• 22 January – Roser Rahola d'Espona, editor and baroness (b. 1914).[6]
• 30 January – Mauro Varela, politician and banker (b. 1941).[7]

February

• 4 February – José Luis Cuerda, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)[8]
• 8 February – Carlos Rojas Vila, author (b. 1928)[9]
• 9 February – David Gistau, TV writer and novelist, brain injury (b. 1970).[10]
• 10 February – Diana Garrigosa, teacher and activist (b. 1944).[11]
• 12 February – Miguel Cordero del Campillo, veterinarian, parasitologist, academic and politician (b. 1925).[12]
• 13 February – Rafael Romero Marchent, film director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1926).[13]
• 18 February – Jaime Amat, Olympic field hockey player (b. 1941)[14]
• 19 February – Fernando Morán, diplomat and politician (b. 1926).[15]
• 24 February – Juan Eduardo Zúñiga, literary scholar and writer (b. 1919).[16]
• 26 February – Eduardo Bort, guitarist (b. 1948).[17]

March

Lorenzo Sanz

Carmen de Mairena

• 9 March
  • José Jiménez Lozano, writer, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (b. 1930).[18]
  • Luis Racionero, writer (b. 1940).[19]
• 18 March – Joaquín Peiró, football player and manager, (b. 1936).[20]
• 20 March – Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón, nobleman, socialite and entrepreneur, Grandee of Spain (b. 1937).[21]
• 21 March – Lorenzo Sanz, businessman and sports executive (b. 1943).[22]
• 22 March
  • Germà Colón, philologist (b. 1928).[23]
  • Máximo Hernández, 74, football player and manager (b. 1945).[24]
  • Benito Joanet, football player and coach (b. 1935).[25]
  • José María Loizaga Viguri, businessman (b. 1936)[26]
  • Carmen de Mairena, actress, cuplé singer and television personality (b. 1933).[27]
• 23 March
  • Lucia Bosè, Italian-born actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1931).[28]
  • José Folgado, businessman and politician (b. 1944).[29]
  • José García González, psychiatrist and neurologist (b. 1938).[30]
• 27 March – Jesús Gayoso Rey, Civil Guard lieutenant colonel (b. 1971).[31]
• 28 March – Chato Galante, pro-democracy activist and political prisoner (b. 1948).[32]
• 29 March – José Luis Capón, footballer (b. 1948).[33]
• 31 March
  • Rafael Gómez Nieto, resistance fighter (b. 1921).[34]
  • Daniel Yuste, Olympic racing cyclist (b. 1944).[35]

April

Enrique Múgica

Landelino Lavilla

José María Calleja

• 1 April – Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, economist and diplomat (b. 1928).[36]
• 2 April – Goyo Benito, football player (b. 1946).[37]
• 3 April – Francisco Hernando Contreras, housing developer (b. 1945).[38]
• 4 April – Luis Eduardo Aute, artist (b. 1943).[39]
• 6 April
  • Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1940).[40]
  • Alfonso Cortina, businessman (b. 1944).[41]
  • Riay Tatary, Syrian-born doctor and imam (b. 1948).[42]
• 8 April – Miguel Jones, footballer (b. 1938).[43]
• 10 April
  • Antonio Carro, politician (b. 1923).[44]
  • Enrique Múgica, lawyer and politician (b. 1932).[45]
  • Iris M. Zavala, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual (b. 1936).[46]
• 11 April – Antonio Ferres, writer and poet (b. 1924).[47]
• 12 April
  • Francisco Aritmendi, Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1938).[48]
  • Mary Begoña, vedette and actress (b. 1929).[49]
  • Carlos Seco Serrano, historian (b. 1923).[50]
• 13 April
  • Baldiri Alavedra, footballer (b. 1944).[51]
  • Juan Cotino, businessman and politician (b. 1950).[52]
  • Landelino Lavilla Alsina, lawyer and politician (b. 1934).[53]
• 16 April – Santiago Lanzuela, politician (b. 1948).[54]
• 17 April – Jesús Vaquero, neurosurgeon (b. 1950).[55]
• 18 April – Aurelio Campa, footballer (b. 1933).[56]
• 20 April – Josep Sala Mañé, casteller (b. 1938).[57]
• 21 April
  • José María Calleja, journalist, political prisoner and anti-ETA activist (b. 1955).[58]
  • Miguel Ángel Troitiño, geographer (b. 1947).[59]
• 22 April – El Príncipe Gitano, flamenco singer and actor (b. 1928).[60]
• 23 April – Bernardino Lombao, athlete and personal trainer (b. 1938).[61]

May

Julio Anguita

Adolfo Nicolás

• 1 May
  • África Lorente Castillo, politician and activist (b. 1954).[62]
  • Benjamín Moreno, footballer (b. 1955).[63]
• 7 May
  • Antonio González Pacheco, Francoist police inspector and torturer (b. 1946).[64]
  • Manuel Jove, businessman (b. 1941).[65]
• 10 May – José López Calo, musicologist and priest (b. 1922).[66]
• 11 May – Francisco Aguilar, footballer (b. 1949).[67]
• 13 May – Adolfo Pajares, politician (b. 1937)[68]
• 15 May – Juan Genovés, painter and graphic artist (b. 1930).[69]
• 16 May – Julio Anguita, politician and communist leader (b. 1941).[70]
• 20 May – Adolfo Nicolás, Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and Superior General (b. 1936).[71]
• 21 May – Lluís Juste de Nin, cartoonist and fashion designer (b. 1945).[72]
• 22 May – Antonio Bonet Correa, art historian (b. 1925).[73]
• 25 May – Marcelino Campanal, footballer (b. 1932).[74]
• 26 May – Miguel Artola Gallego, historian (b. 1923)[75]

References

1. Oscar López-Fonseca; Lucía Abellán. "España acusa a Bolivia de hostigar a sus funcionarios en la crisis diplomática de diciembre" [Spain accuses Bolivia of harassing its officials in the diplomatic crisis of December]. El País (in Spanish).
2. "Jaume Monzó i Cots : Fallecimiento". enmemoria.lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
3. "Muere la infanta Pilar de Borbón a los 83 años". lavanguardia.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
4. "Fallece la prolífica y comprometida escritora Isabel-Clara Simó a los 76 años". elpais.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
5. Muere Meritxell Negre, concursante de ‘El Número Uno’ (in Spanish)
6. Mor als 105 anys Roser Rahola, fundadora de l'editorial Vicens Vives (in Catalan)
7. Muere Mauro Varela, expresidente de Caixa Galicia (in Spanish)
8. "Muere José Luis Cuerda, maestro del humor absurdo, a los 72 años". Lavan Guardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
9. "Writer Carlos Rojas dies at 91". Archyde. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
10. Muere el periodista David Gistau a los 49 años (in Spanish)
11. Muere Diana Garrigosa, esposa del expresidente de la Generalitat, Pasqual Maragall (in Spanish)
12. Muere Miguel Cordero del Campillo, alma mater veterinaria de la Universidad, a los 95 años (in Spanish)
13. Fallece Rafael Romero Marchent, pionero en rodar westerns en España (in Spanish)
14. Mor Jaime Amat, llegenda del hockey terrassenc (in Catalan)
15. Muere Fernando Morán, primer ministro de Exteriores de Felipe González (in Spanish)
16. Muere el escritor Juan Eduardo Zúñiga (in Spanish)
17. El último acorde de Eduardo Bort, pionero del rock progresivo español (in Spanish)
18. Muere a los 89 años el escritor abulense José Jiménez Lozano, Premio Cervantes y Nacional de las Letras (in Spanish)
19. Muere Luis Racionero, el introductor de la contracultura en España que acabó siendo liberal (in Spanish)
20. Fallece Joaquín Peiró a los 84 años (in Spanish)
21. Muere Carlos Falcó, marqués de Griñón, a los 83 años por coronavirus (in Spanish)
22. "Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz dies of coronavirus". Marca. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
23. S’ha mort el lingüista Germà Colón, víctima de la Covid-19 (in Catalan)
24. Máximo Hernández, exentrenador del Albacete, fallece a los 74 años en Madrid (in Spanish)
25. Fallece Benito Joanet, víctima del coronavirus (in Spanish)
26. Muere José María Loizaga, consejero de ACS, a los 84 años, víctima de coronavirus (in Spanish)
27. Muere Carmen de Mairena, pionera del transformismo y estrella de 'Crónicas Marcianas' (in Spanish)
28. The famous Italian actress, a former “Miss Italy” died of coronavirus (photo)
29. Muere el ex-presidente de Red Eléctrica José Folgado por coronavirus (in Spanish)
30. Fallece José García, exconsejero de Salud y Asuntos Sociales (in Spanish)
31. Fallece por Covid-19 el jefe de la unidad de élite de la Guardia Civil (in Spanish)
32. Muere por coronavirus el activista y expreso político madrileño Chato Galante (in Spanish)
33. Fallece Jose Luis Capón por coronavirus, histórico lateral del Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish)
34. Fallece el último superviviente de la compañía que liberó París de los nazis (in Spanish)
35. "Former Madrid cyclist Daniel Yuste dies of coronavirus at 75". Archived from the original on 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
36. Fallece Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, Presidente de Honor del Club Roma (in Spanish)
37. Muere Goyo Benito, histórico defensa del Real Madrid (in Spanish)
38. Muere por coronavirus Paco el Pocero, el famoso constructor de Seseña durante la burbuja inmobiliaria (in Spanish)
39. Muere Luis Eduardo Aute a los 76 años (in Spanish)
40. Muere Benet i Jornet, referente de la dramaturgia catalana, a los 79 años a causa del coronavirus (in Spanish)
41. Muere Alfonso Cortina, expresidente de Repsol, por coronavirus (in Spanish)
42. Riay Tatary, presidente de la Comisión Islámica de España, muere por coronavirus (in Spanish)
43. Muere por coronavirus Miguel Jones, otra leyenda del Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish)
44. Fallece el exministro y exdiputado lucense Carro Martínez fallece a los 96 años en Madrid (in Spanish)
45. Muere Enrique Múgica, ex ministro de Justicia y Defensor del Pueblo (in Spanish)
46. Muere la escritora puertorriqueña Iris Zavala por coronavirus en España (in Spanish)
47. Antonio Ferres en su encierro (in Spanish)
48. Muere Francisco Aritmendi, único atleta español que ganó un Mundial de Cross (in Spanish)
49. Mary Begoña, vedette y actriz, fallece a los 95 años (in Spanish)
50. Fallece Carlos Seco Serrano, maestro de la Historia de España (in Spanish)
51. Mor Baldiri Alavedra (in Catalan) code: cat promoted to code: ca;
52. Muere por coronavirus Juan Cotino, exdirector de la Policía Nacional y antiguo dirigente del PP (in Spanish)
53. Muere Landelino Lavilla, consejero de Estado y presidente del Congreso durante el 23-F (in Spanish)
54. Muere el expresidente Santiago Lanzuela (in Spanish)
55. Fallece a los 70 años el prestigioso neurocirujano Jesús Vaquero Crespo (in Spanish)
56. Fallece con 86 años Aurelio Campa, exjugador de la UD Las Palmas y del Real Madrid (in Spanish)
57. Muere el fundador de los Castellers de Barcelona, Josep Sala, por coronavirus (in Spanish)
58. José María Calleja fallece por coronavirus (in Spanish)
59. Fallece con coronavirus Miguel Ángel Troitiño, geógrafo "clave" en la declaración de Cuenca como Ciudad Patrimonio (in Spanish)
60. Fallece por coronavirus a los 88 años el 'Príncipe gitano' (in Spanish)
61. Muere Bernardino Lombao, exatleta y entrenador personal de José María Aznar (in Spanish)
62. Muere la ex diputada del PSC África Lorente a los 65 años (in Spanish)
63. Muere Benjamín Moreno, leyenda del Leganés, a los 65 años (in Spanish)
64. Muere el torturador del franquismo Billy el Niño por coronavirus (in Spanish)
65. Fallece el empresario coruñés Manuel Jove (in Spanish)
66. Fallece el padre José López Calo, uno de los máximos representantes de la musicología a nivel internacional (in Spanish)
67. Official Announcement: passing of Ico Aguilar
68. Fallece Adolfo Pajares, presidente del Parlamento de Cantabria una década (in Spanish)
69. Muere Juan Genovés, el artista que propició «el abrazo» de todos los españoles durante la Transición (in Spanish)
70. Muere Julio Anguita, histórico líder de Izquierda Unida, a los 78 años (in Spanish)
71. Former Jesuit superior general Adolfo Nicolás has died in Tokyo
72. Fallece Juste de Nin, el dibujante creador de la Norma (in Spanish)
73. Muere a los 94 años el historiador y crítico de arte Antonio Bonet Correa (in Spanish)
74. Muere a los 89 años Marcelo Campanal, leyenda avilesina del fútbol español (in Spanish)
75. Muere Miguel Artola, gran historiador del liberalismo y la España del siglo XIX (in Spanish)