2008 in Spain

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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I ^[1]
• Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Manuel Chaves
• Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
• Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
• Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
• Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe
• Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
• Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
• Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
• Catalonia: José Montilla
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Emilio Pérez Touriño
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
• Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre
• Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
• Navarre: Miguel Sanz
• Valencian Community: Francisco Camps
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

• March 9 – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is reelected as Prime Minister after defeating Mariano Rajoy. ^[2]
• April 5 – Greenpeace announces that in November 2007 a radioactive leak was reported at the Ascó Nuclear Power Plant, but it was kept hidden from the press. ^[3]
• August 20 – Spanair flight 5022 crashed just after takeoff from runway 36L of Barajas Airport, killing 154 of the 166 people on board. ^[4]
• December 31 – A truck-bomb explodes near the EITB headquarters in Bilbao. ^[5]
• 942 Dakar, historia de una familia , a documentary film is released. ^[6]

Births

• 11 August – Levi Díaz, Singer

Deaths

• February 26 – Rogelio Baón, politician (born 1942)
• May 3 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Prime Minister (1981–82)

See also

• 2008 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2008

References

1. "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "El PSOE gana las elecciones". 9 March 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
3. "Escape radioactivo en Ascó". 20 Minutos. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
4. "147 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport". Associated Press. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
5. "Explota un coche bomba con 100 kilos de explosivos en la sede de EITB de Bilbao". 20 Minutos. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
6. "SOS Racismu proyecta "942 Dakar, historia de una familia"". Asturnews. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2022-07-31.