2015 in Spain explained

Events of 2015 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Felipe VI^[1]

• Prime Minister

Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

• • Andalusia: Susana Díaz Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi (until 5 July), Javier Lambán (starting 5 July)
  • Asturias: Javier Fernandez Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá (until 2 July), Francina Armengol (starting 2 July)
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
• Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero (until 9 July), Fernando Clavijo Batlle (starting 9 July)
• Cantabria: Ignacio Diego (until 3 July), Miguel Ángel Revilla (starting 4 July)
• Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal (until 4 July), Emiliano García-Page (starting 4 July)
  • Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera Catalonia: Artur Mas
• Extremadura: José Antonio Monago (until 1 July), Guillermo Fernández Vara (starting 1 July)
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz (until 7 July), José Ignacio Ceniceros (starting 7 July)
• Community of Madrid: Ignacio Gonzalez (until 24 June), Cristina Cifuentes (starting 24 June)
• Region of Murcia: Alberto Garre (until 4 July), Pedro Antonio Sánchez (starting 4 July)
• Navarre: Yolanda Barcina (until 20 July), Uxue Barkos (starting 20 July)
• Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra (until 25 June), Ximo Puig (starting 25 June)
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas

Events

• 26 January – An F-16 jet belonging to the Hellenic Air Force crashes in southern Spain during a NATO exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21.^[2]

Deaths

• 5 January – Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).^[3]
  • • 7 January José Arias, 92, Olympic alpine skier (1948).^[4]
  • Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).^[5]
• 12 January – Germán Cobos, 87, actor^[6]
• 16 January – Pedro María Iguaran, 74, footballer (Real Sociedad).^[7]
• 29 January – Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.^[8]
• 31 January – José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.^[9]

See also

• 2015 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2015

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felipe VI Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en . 17 August 2023.
2. Web site: Greek F-16 Fighter Crash in Spain Leaves 10 Dead, 21 Injured . https://archive.today/20150126235059/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2015-01-26/greek-f-16-fighter-crash-in-spain-leaves-10-dead-ministry-says . dead . 26 January 2015 . 26 January 2015 . Bloomberg .
3. Web site: Fallece Antonio Fuertes, ex futbolista de Valencia y Elche. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427220725/http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2015/01/05/54aac38522601db4148b457a.html. dead. January 5, 2015. April 27, 2015. ELMUNDO.
4. Web site: Fallece Pepe Arias, decano de los olímpicos españoles. https://web.archive.org/web/20151226050646/http://www.marca.com/2015/01/08/mas_deportes/nieve/1420748483.html. dead. January 8, 2015. December 26, 2015. MARCA.com.
5. Web site: Fallece Ricardo Bueno, histórico político de Torrelavega. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821064454/https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/torrelavega-besaya/201501/07/fallece-ricardo-bueno-historico-20150107151847.html. dead. January 7, 2015. August 21, 2019. El Diario Montañes.
6. Web site: Fallece el actor Germán Cobos. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044942/http://costadigital.es/html/actualidad.php?id=11152. dead. March 5, 2016.
7. http://www.realsociedad.com/document/view/eus/169/183102/fallece-pello-iguaran-arandia Pello Iguaran Arandia hil da
8. Web site: Muere a los 77 años la actriz española Amparo Baró. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130172813/http://www.vertele.com/noticias/muere-a-los-77-anos-la-gran-actriz-amparo-baro/. dead. January 30, 2015.
9. Web site: Jose Lara Bosch, Spanish Media Magnate, Dies at 68 . . 2017-03-04 . 2017-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174201/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-31/jose-lara-bosch-spanish-media-magnate-dies-at-68 . live .