2019 in Spain

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Events of 2019 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Felipe VI
• Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez

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.

Births

Deaths

Joan Guinjoan

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

Neus Català

Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba

José Antonio Reyes

José Manuel Estepa Llaurens

January

• January 1
  • Joan Guinjoan, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1931)[1]
  • José Antonio Pujante, Spanish politician (b. 1964)[2]
• January 3 – José Vida Soria, Spanish jurist and politician (b. 1937)[3]
• January 4 – Francisco Olivencia, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1934)[4]
• 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)[5]
• January 25 – Jaume Traserra Cunillera, 84, Bishop of Solsona (2001-2010)

February

• February 4 – Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer (b. 1936)[6]
• February 28 – Xabier Arzalluz, Spanish lawyer and academic (b. 1932)[7]

March

• March 3
  • Martí Galindo, Spanish actor (b. 1937)[8]
  • José García Ladrón de Guevara, Spanish politician (b. 1929)[9]
• March 8 – Jaume Muxart, Spanish painter (b. 1922)[10]
• March 11 – Martín Chirino, Spanish sculptor (b. 1925)[11]
• March 15 – Juan Manuel Arza Muñuzuri, Spanish politician and lawyer (b. 1932)[12]
• March 24 – Pancracio Celdrán, Spanish professor, intellectual and journalist (b. 1942)[13]
• March 29 – Josep Esteve i Soler, Spanish pharmaceutical executive (b. 1930)[14]
• March 30 – Paloma Cela, Spanish actress (b. 1943)[15]
• March 31 – José Antonio Gurriarán, Spanish journalist (b. 1938)[16]

April

• April 13 – Neus Català, Spanish Holocaust survivor, anti-Franco militant and member of the French Resistance (b. 1915)[17]
• April 24 – Conrado San Martín, Spanish actor (b. 1921)[18]

May

• May 9 – Manuel Giner Miralles, Spanish politician (b. 1926)[19]
• May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (b. 1951)[20]
• May 18 – Analía Gadé, Argentine actress (b. 1931)[21]
• May 24 – Manuel Pazos, Spanish footballer (b. 1930)[22]

June

• June 1 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (b. 1983[23]
• June 4 – Antoni Roig Muntaner, Spanish chemist and politician (b. 1931)[24]
• June 19 – Rafael de la Sierra, Spanish politician (b. 1948)[25]
• June 22 – Concepción Paredes, Spanish athlete (b. 1970)[26]
• June 30 – Armando Salas, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1946)[27]

July

• July 2 – José Luis Merino, Spanish film writer and director (b. 1927)[28]
• July 4
  • Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor (b. 1924)[29]
  • Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor (b. 1929)[30]
• July 5 – José Muñoz Sánchez, Spanish politician (b. 1962)[31]
• July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)[32]

August

September

October

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

References

1. Fallece el compositor Joan Guinjoan (in Spanish)
2. Fallece a los 54 años el político de Izquierda Unida José Antonio Pujante (in Spanish)
3. Fallece el exrector de la Universidad de Granada José Vida Soria (in Spanish)
4. Fallece el abogado y político Francisco Olivencia (in Spanish)
5. Fallece el Cardenal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar Archived 2019-01-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
6. Muere Isacio Calleja, una de las grandes leyendas del Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish)
7. Muere Xabier Arzalluz, histórico dirigente del PNV (in Spanish)
8. Mor Martí Galindo als 81 anys (in Catalan)
9. La malafollá está de luto (in Spanish)
10. Muere el pintor Jaume Muxart a los 96 años (in Spanish)
11. Adiós a Martín Chirino, gran señor del hierro (in Spanish)
12. Fallece el expresidente del Gobierno de Navarra Juan Manuel Arza Muñuzuri (in Spanish)
13. En la muerte de Pancracio Celdrán Gomariz (in Spanish)
14. Muere Josep Esteve Soler, expresidente del grupo farmacéutico Esteve (in Spanish)
15. Muere la actriz Paloma Cela a los 76 años (in Spanish)
16. Fallece el periodista de TVE José Antonio Gurriarán a los 80 años (in Spanish)
17. Muere a los 103 años Neus Català, la superviviente de los campos de exterminio nazi (in Spanish)
18. "98-year-old Conrado San Martín dies, the last gallant of Spanish cinema". elcorreo.com.
19. Fallece Manuel Giner Miralles, político y fundador de Nisa (in Spanish)
20. Muere Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, el político socialista que fraguó la derrota de ETA (in Spanish)
21. Muere la actriz Analía Gadé a los 87 años (in Spanish)
22. Muere Manuel Pazos, portero y leyenda del Atlético de Madrid (in Spanish)
23. Jose Antonio Reyes: Former Arsenal winger dies aged 35
24. Fallece el doctor Antoni Roig Muntaner, uno de los impulsores de la UIB (in Spanish)
25. Fallece el ex consejero del Gobierno cántabro Rafael de la Sierra (in Spanish)
26. Fallece la extriplista Conchi Paredes a los 49 años Archived 2019-06-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
27. Adiós a Armando Salas: un hombre libre entre dibujos (in Spanish)
28. Fallece José Luis Merino (in Spanish)
29. Fallece el actor Eduardo Fajardo a los 94 años (in Spanish)
30. Muere Arturo Fernández a los 90 años Archived 2019-07-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
31. Fallece el senador del PSOE por Andalucía José Muñoz (in Spanish)
32. Muere el arzobispo emérito castrense Card. José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (in Spanish) code: spa promoted to code: es;