2009 in Spain explained

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

Events

• 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.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain

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

Television

• 2009 in Spanish television

Literature

See main article: article and 2009 in literature.

Sport

• February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.^[13]
• 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

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

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan Carlos Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en.
2. Web site: Al Goodman . Nationalists may lose power in Spain's Basque election - CNN.com . CNN. 2009-03-02 . 2022-05-28. mdy-all.
3. News: Naples mafia leader held in Spain. May 18, 2009.
4. Web site: Bilbao blast leaves one dead. RTÉ.ie. June 19, 2009.
5. Web site: The Times & The Sunday Times. 2022-09-30 . www.thetimes.co.uk. mdy-all.
6. News: Spanish Minister Visits Gibraltar. The New York Times. July 21, 2009.
7. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/24/science/AP-EU-SCI-Spain-Giant-Telescope.html Spain giant teelscope
8. Web site: Car bomb explodes in northern Spain. RTÉ.ie. July 29, 2009.
9. Web site: Two killed in Majorca bombing. RTÉ.ie. July 30, 2009.
10. Web site: Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg. Bloomberg News.
11. Web site: Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler - Channel NewsAsia . October 8, 2010 . June 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203352/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1018865/1/.html . dead .
12. News: Film prize for actor with Down's. September 28, 2009.
13. Web site: The Associated Press: Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open . November 10, 2016 . February 16, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216152815/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtzOA28o7BvFvgReARM0_e7Msy-QD962QQ5O0 . dead .
14. Web site: Table e, as of June 11, 2003 . 2007-12-01 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071126092018/http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM . November 26, 2007. mdy-all.
15. News: Luís Andrés Edo: Anarchist who fought the repressions of. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lu237s-andrs-edo-anarchist-who-fought-the-repressions-of-francos-spain-1652625.html . May 1, 2022 . subscription . live. Independent.co.uk. March 24, 2009.
16. Web site: Latin Herald Tribune . October 8, 2010 . July 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153433/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328815&CategoryId=13003 . dead .
17. Web site: Spanish singer Mari trini has died in a hospital in Murcia. 2010-10-08. mdy-all. February 21, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221200243/http://www.turkishweekly.net/other-news/358593/the-spanish-singer-mari-trini-has-died-in-a-hospital-in-murcia.html. dead.
18. https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gA8HTB1xvF_78kWQWoQjxUByWtfw
19. News: Ángel Miguel, pionero del golf en España. El País. April 13, 2009. Arribas. Carlos.
20. Web site: Antonio Vega: Trovador de la triste figura. May 13, 2009.
21. News: Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta. ABC. 11 March 2022. 13 May 2009. Madrid. es.
22. Web site: The Times . October 8, 2010 . August 15, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110815052724/http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6344077.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742 . dead .
23. News: Briefly: Vicente Ferrer - Obituaries, News - The Independent . . August 23, 2017 . June 24, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090624051854/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/briefly-vicente-ferrer-1712390.html . dead .
24. Web site: Latin American Herald Tribune . October 8, 2010 . July 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153910/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=338057&CategoryId=13003 . dead .
25. Web site: Baltasar Porcel, one of the great Catalan writers, dies from brain tumour. barcelonareporter.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718055301/http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fcomments%2Fbaltasar_porcel_one_of_the_great_catalan_writers_dies_from_brain_tumour%2F&usg=AFQjCNEYPksj6eRATUysv9wkTb7NuYAM1Q . July 18, 2011. usurped.
26. News: World's oldest mother dies at 69. July 15, 2009.
27. News: Spanish Primatologist Who Found Albino Gorilla Dies . . https://web.archive.org/web/20201121214401/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=340912&CategoryId=13003 . November 21, 2020.
28. News: Espanyol stunned by Jarque death. August 8, 2009.
29. Web site: Valencian Community bids farewell to García Antón.
30. News: Fallece Ruiz-Giménez, el líder democristiano excluido de la Transición. El País. August 28, 2009. Cuadra. Bonifacio de la.
31. Web site: Private Site.
32. News: Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía'. El País. October 2009. Cruz. Juan.
33. Web site: Muere Andrés Montes. October 16, 2009. October 8, 2010. January 24, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100124133054/http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/muere-andres-montes/serpro/20091016csrcsrdep_10/Tes. dead.
34. http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20091018/NEWS01/91018004/1079/news01
35. News: Muere Sabino Fernández Campo, fiel consejero del Rey durante el 23-F. El País. October 25, 2009.
36. Web site: Muere el actor José Luis López Vázquez a los 87 años | Cultura | elmundo.es. www.elmundo.es.
37. http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-11/cp090100en.pdf Death of Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
38. Web site: Lives Remembered. www.telegraph.co.uk.
39. Web site: Kolumbus-Nachfahre Prado gestorben: Comprendes.de - das Spanienmagazin . October 8, 2010 . July 18, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718214449/http://www.comprendes.de/nachrichten/nachrichten-einzelansicht/datum/2009/12/08/kolumbus-nachfahre-prado-gestorben/ . dead .
40. Web site: Fallece el actor Francisco Piquer Actualidad EnMemoria.com . 2010-10-08 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100118081331/http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20091215/fallece-el-actor-francisco-piquer.html . January 18, 2010 .
41. Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
42. Web site: Décès du réalisateur basque Ivan Zulueta - EiTB Actualites Culture . October 8, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728102625/http://www.eitb.com/infos/culture/detail/325001/le-realisateur-basque-ivan-zulueta-est-mort/ . July 28, 2011 . dead. mdy-all .