2013 in Spain

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Events of 2013 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán (until 5 September), Susana Díaz (starting 5 September)
• Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi
• Asturias: Javier Fernandez
• Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
• Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
• Cantabria: Ignacio Diego
• Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal
• Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
• Catalonia: Artur Mas
• Extremadura: José Antonio Monago
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
• Community of Madrid: Ignacio Gonzalez
• Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
• Navarre: Yolanda Barcina
• Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

Santiago de Compostela derailment

12 May--Nico Rosberg - a German/Finish driver for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One won the forty-third running of the Spanish Gran Prix-held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso finished fifth.

• 30 January – The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses. ^[2]
• 8 July – Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila. ^[3]
• 24 July – The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills seventy seven. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• September – Miss Universe Spain 2013
• 28 October – A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured. ^[8]

Births in 2013

• January 22 – Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard Piqué

Deaths in 2013

• January 8 – Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide. ^[9]
• January 6
  • Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack. ^[10]
  • Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer. ^[11]
• March 28 – Manuel García Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery. ^[12]
• April 2 – Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
• October 11 – María de Villota, 33, racing driver.

See also

• 2013 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2013

References

1. "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. Mercado, Francisco; Jiménez, Miguel; Cué, Carlos E.; Romero, José Manuel (2013-01-31). "Las cuentas secretas de Bárcenas". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2020-12-01.
3. "Spain Crash: Bus Careens Off Road Killing Nine". Sky News. 8 July 2013.
4. David Reinero, Sonia Vizoso (25 July 2013). "77 muertos y más de 140 heridos al descarrilar un tren de pasajeros en Santiago" [77 dead and more than 140 injured in passenger train derailment in Santiago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2013.
5. "Train Derailment Kills Dozens in Northwestern Spain". The Wall Street Journal. 24 July 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia". BBC News. 24 July 2013.
7. "At least 77 people dead after train derails in Spain, the worst train accident in decades". The Washington Post. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.
8. "Six killed in gas leak at coal mine in Spain". Euronews. 28 October 2013.
9. "Pronovias Creative Director Manuel Mota Dies (Vogue.com UK)". Vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
10. "Fallece de un infarto el expresidente del Lucena Jon Ander" [Jon Ander, former president of Lucena, died of a heart attack] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
11. "Historic Castro photographer Meneses dies | The New Age Online". Thenewage.co.za. 2012-03-28. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
12. "García Ferré Dies: Argentine Cartoonist Lived To Be 83". Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2013-03-29.