2016 in Spain explained

Incumbents

• Monarch

Felipe VI^[1]

• Prime Minister

Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

• • Andalusia: Susana Diaz Aragón: Javier Lambán
  • Asturias: Javier Fernandez Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
  • • • • Canary Islands: Fernando Clavijo Batlle Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera Catalonia: Artur Mas (until 11 January), Carles Puigdemont (starting 11 January)
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  • • • • La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros Community of Madrid: Cristina Cifuentes Region of Murcia: Pedro Antonio Sánchez Navarre: Uxue Barkos Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas

Events

• February 6 – 30th Goya Awards in Madrid^[2]
• April 9-15 – 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A in Jaca
• 15 May – After the crash between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, Max Verstappen wins the Spanish Grand Prix, marking him F1's youngest ever winner and the first Dutch winner.

Deaths

• December 27 – Gloria Begué Cantón, professor, jurist, senator and magistrate (b. 1931)^[3]

See also

• 2016 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felipe VI Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en . 17 August 2023.
2. Web site: Mayorga . John Hopewell,Emilio . Cruz, Binoche, Darin, Robbins in Spanish Academy Goya Running . Variety . 11 June 2018 . 14 December 2015.
3. Encyclopedia: Vargas. Valentín Fernández. Gloria Begué Cantón. Diccionario biográfico español. es. 25 October 2022. Real Academia de la Historia.