2009 in Spain

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Events in the year 2009 in Spain .

Incumbents

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

Regional presidents

• Andalusia:
  • until 7 April: Manuel Chaves
  • 7 April–22 April: Gaspar Zarrias
  • starting 22 April: José Antonio Griñán
• Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
• Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
• Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
• Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe (until 7 May), Patxi López (starting 7 May)
• 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 (until 18 April), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (starting 18 April)
• 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

The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated on July 24

• March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections. ^[2]
• May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain. ^[3]
• June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman. ^[4]
• July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. ^[5]
• July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years. ^[6]
• July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. ^[7]
• July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people. ^[8]
• July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca. ^[9]
• August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain. ^[10]
• November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid. ^[11]

Film

• February 22 – Penélope Cruz wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona , the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award.
• September 28 – Spain's Pablo Pineda wins the best actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first actor with Down's syndrome to win an international film award. ^[12]
• 2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released. ^[13]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain

Rank	Title	Nation	Gross
1	Up	United States	€23,957,870
2	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	United States	€21,197,890
3	Agora	Spain	€18,532,500
4	Angels & Demons	United States	€15,518,330
5	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	United Kingdom/ United States	$13,633,800
6	Gran Torino	United States	$12,747,330
7	New Moon	United States	$12,646,590
8	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	United States	$12,168,450
9	Slumdog Millionaire	United Kingdom	$10,569,130
10	Inglourious Basterds	Germany/ United States	$10,416,820

Television

• 2009 in Spanish television

Literature

Main article: 2009 in literature

Sport

• February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles. ^[14]
• March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.
• May 13 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Cup.
• May 16 – FC Barcelona wins the Liga.
• May 27 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League and becomes the first Spanish team to win the treble.
• June 13–14 – Marc Gené, as part of the Peugeot Sport Total team, wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• June 30 – July 3 − The Spanish team wins 83 medals (28 gold, 21 silver, 34 bronze) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
• July 26 – Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France.
• August 23 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup.
• August 28 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Super Cup.
• September 20 – Spain wins the EuroBasket 2009.
• September 20 – Alejandro Valverde wins the Vuelta a España.
• October 17 – Alberto Contador finishes first in the UCI World Ranking.
• December 13 – Alemayehu Bezabeh wins the European Cross Country Championships.
• December 19 – FC Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup and becomes the first team to win six competitions in one year.

Notable deaths

Daniel Jarque

• January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe. ^[15]
• February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist. ^[16]
• March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer. ^[17]
• April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress. ^[18]
• April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure. ^[19]
• April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer. ^[20]
• May 12
  • Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia. ^[21]
  • Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician. ^[22]
• May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger. ^[23]
• June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist. ^[24]
• June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes. ^[25]
• July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer. ^[26]
• July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer. ^[27]
• August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake . ^[28]
• August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack. ^[29]
• August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community. ^[30]
• August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician. ^[31]
• September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma. ^[32]
• September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor. ^[33]
• September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
• September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet. ^[34]
• October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator. ^[35]
• October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method). ^[36]
• October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état. ^[37]
• November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness. ^[38]
• November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
• November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice. ^[39]
• November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer. ^[40]
• December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat. ^[41]
• December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor. ^[42]
• December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist. ^[43]
• December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director. ^[44]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2009

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