1988 in Spain

← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in Spain → 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1988 List of years in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 1988 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Felipe González ^[2]

Events

• 29 May: In the 1988 Catalan regional election, Jordi Pujol retains the regional presidency. ^[3]
• 14 December: The 1988 Spanish general strike ("14-D") takes place, in opposition to government economic reforms. ^[4]

Sports

• 2 October: The Spanish Grand Prix takes place at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, and is won by Alain Prost of France.

Births

• 8 January: Adrián López, footballer ^[5]
• 3 March: Rafael Muñoz, swimmer
• 14 April: Roberto Bautista Agut, tennis player
• 28 April: Juan Mata, footballer
• 16 July: Sergio Busquets, footballer
• 7 October: Diego Costa, footballer
• 17 October: Marina Salas, actress
• 21 October: Blanca Suárez, Spanish actress

Deaths

• 14 November: Julia Caba Alba, actress. (b. 1902) ^[6]
• 27 November: Carmen Carbonell, actress (b. 1900) ^[7]
• 26 December: Pablo Sorozábal, composer (b. 1897) ^[8]

See also

• 1988 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 1988

References

1. "King Juan Carlos I Fast Facts". CNN. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
2. Wilsford, David, ed. Political leaders of contemporary Western Europe: a biographical dictionary (Greenwood, 1995) pp 176–82
3. Frances Nicholson (1990). Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of Western Europe. St. James Press. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-55862-072-8.
4. Katrina Burgess (25 January 2004). Parties And Unions In The New Global Economy. University of Pittsburgh Pre. p. 1. ISBN   978-0-8229-7248-8.
5. "Olympedia – Adrián López". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
6. Julia Caba Alba, actriz de cine y teatro (Julia Caba Alba, film and theatre actress). EL PAÍS. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
7. "Carmen Carbonell. Film, Theatre. Biography and works at Spain is culture". spainisculture.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
8. Robert Ignatius Letellier (19 October 2015). Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume II. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 894. ISBN   978-1-4438-8508-9.