2019 in Spain
Events of the year 2019 in Spain.
Incumbents
Regional presidents
- Andalusia: Susana Diaz, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla
- Aragón: Javier Lambán
- Asturias: Javier Fernandez, Adrián Barbón
- Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol
- Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
- Canary Islands: Fernando Clavijo Batlle, Ángel Víctor Torres
- Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
- Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page
- Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
- Catalonia: Quim Torra
- Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
- Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros, Concha Andreu
- Community of Madrid:
- * until 17 April: Ángel Garrido
- * 17 April–17 August: Pedro Rollán
- * starting 19 August: Isabel Díaz Ayuso
- Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
- Navarre: Uxue Barkos, María Chivite
- Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
- Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
- Melilla: Juan José Imbroda, Eduardo de Castro
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.
- 7 November - 25-year-old woman Marta Calvo disappears in Valencia.
Deaths
January
- January 1
- * Joan Guinjoan, Spanish composer and pianist
- * José Antonio Pujante, Spanish politician
- January 3 – José Vida Soria, Spanish jurist and politician
- January 4 – Francisco Olivencia, Spanish lawyer and politician
- January 17
- * Vicente Álvarez Areces, 75, President of Asturias, Senator and Mayor of Gijón
- * Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, 72, President of the European Court of Justice.
- January 20 – Lolo Rico, 83, television director and journalist
- January 24
- * Elio Berhanyer, 89, fashion designer
- * Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish cardinal
- January 25 – Jaume Traserra Cunillera, 84, Bishop of Solsona
February
- February 4 – Isacio Calleja, Spanish footballer
- February 28 – Xabier Arzalluz, Spanish lawyer and academic
March
- March 3
- * Martí Galindo, Spanish actor
- * José García Ladrón de Guevara, Spanish politician
- March 8 – Jaume Muxart, Spanish painter
- March 11 – Martín Chirino, Spanish sculptor
- March 15 – Juan Manuel Arza Muñuzuri, Spanish politician and lawyer
- March 24 – Pancracio Celdrán, Spanish professor, intellectual and journalist
- March 29 – Josep Esteve i Soler, Spanish pharmaceutical executive
- March 30 – Paloma Cela, Spanish actress
- March 31 – José Antonio Gurriarán, Spanish journalist
April
- April 13 – Neus Català, Spanish Holocaust survivor, anti-Franco militant and member of the French Resistance
- April 24 – Conrado San Martín, Spanish actor
- April 25 – Paloma Tortajada, Spanish broadcaster and journalist
May
- May 9 – Manuel Giner Miralles, Spanish politician
- May 10 – Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician
- May 18 – Analía Gadé, Argentine actress
- May 24 – Manuel Pazos, Spanish footballer
June
- June 1 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
- June 19 – Rafael de la Sierra, Spanish politician
- June 22 – Concepción Paredes, Spanish athlete
- June 30 – Armando Salas, Spanish cartoonist
July
- July 2 – José Luis Merino, Spanish film writer and director
- July 4
- * Eduardo Fajardo, Spanish actor
- * Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Spanish actor
- July 5 – José Muñoz Sánchez, Spanish politician
- July 21 – José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish cardinal