2008 in Spain explained

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

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

Notes and References

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