2021 in Spain explained

Events in the year 2021 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Felipe VI^[1]

• Prime Minister

Pedro Sánchez

• President of the Congress of Deputies

Meritxell Batet

• President of the Senate of Spain

Pilar Llop

• President of the Supreme Court

Carlos Lesmes

• President of the Constitutional Court

Juan José González Rivas

• Attorney General

• Chief of the Defence Staff

• • Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta (until 27 January)
  • Teodoro Esteban López Calderón (since 27 January)
• President of the Episcopal Conference

• Sánchez II Government

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla
• Aragón: Javier Lambán
• Asturias: Adrián Barbón
• Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
• Canary Islands: Ángel Víctor Torres
• Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page
• Castile and León: Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
• Catalonia: Pere Aragonès
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Concha Andreu
• Community of Madrid: Isabel Díaz Ayuso
• Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
• Navarre: María Chivite
• Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Eduardo de Castro

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

• 7-15 January - One of the worst snowstorm in Spain's history brings historic snow in the peninsula
• 20 January - Explosion in central Madrid kills 4 people after a suspected gas leak
• 16 February - Protests erupt due to the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél for glorifying terrorism.
• 18 March - Spanish Congress of Deputies passes the euthanasia law.^[2]
• 5 May - Conservative party wins regional elections in Madrid.^[3] On the same day, Pablo Iglesias, until then leader of the Unidas Podemos coalition and former Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, announces his retirement from politics.^[4]
• 8 May - Celebrations throughout the country as Spain's six-month long state of emergency imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic ends.^[5]
• 17 May - Conflict between Spain and Morocco following the latter relaxing its controls over the frontier between the two countries and allowing more than five thousand Moroccan citizens and migrants (including more than 1,500 minors) to get through the Spanish city of Ceuta by passing around the jetties of Benzú and El Tarajal.^[6] Moroccan Ambassador warned that "there are acts that have consequences and must be assumed" (in reference to Ghani being treated in Spain) just before being recalled by the Makhzen on 18 June, in turn shortly after she was summoned by the Spanish foreign minister (Further information: Contemporary Morocco–Spain relations)
• 21 May - Pere Aragonès is elected President of Catalonia with the support of the center-right Junts and the far-left CUP.^[7]
• 18 June - Isabel Díaz Ayuso is reelected President of the Community of Madrid with the support of the far-right Vox.^[8]
• 22 June - Spanish government grants the pardon to the political leaders of the procés.^[9]
• 23 June - Anglo-American computer programmer John McAfee dies in a jail cell near Barcelona awaiting extradition to the United States on tax charges.^[10]
• 25 June - Euthanasia becomes legal in Spain, becoming the sixth nation to do so worldwide.^[11]
• 26 June - Facemasks are no longer required outdoors countrywide.^[12]
• 10 July - Change of ministers in the second government of Pedro Sánchez.^[13]
• 27 August - Spain puts an end to the rescue mission in Afghanistan following the 2021 Taliban offensive.^[14]
• 31 August - 70% of the Spanish population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.^[15]
• 19 September – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Canary Islands erupts, resulting in evacuations in the surrounding area.^[16]

Deaths

• 27 January - Adrián Campos, Formula One driver (b. 1960)^[17]
• 26 February - Àngel Pla, Spanish-born Andorran woodcarver (b. 1930)^[18]
• 1 March - Enrique "Quique" San Francisco, humorist (b. 1955)^[19]
• 2 March - Àlex Casademunt, singer (b. 1981)^[20]
• 18 March - Picanyol, comic artist (b. 1948)^[21]
• 28 April - El Risitas, comedian and actor (b. 1956)^[22]
• 9 May - José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Spanish poet and novelist (b. 1926)^[23]
• 23 June - Mila Ximénez, TV personality, journalist and writer (b. 1952)^[24]
• 17 July - Pilar Bardem, actress (b. 1939)^[25]
• 8 September - Jordi Rebellón, actor (b. 1957)^[26]
• 11 September - María Mendiola, singer, former member of Baccara (b. 1952)^[27]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felipe VI Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en . 17 August 2023.
2. Web site: Benito. Emilio de. 2021-03-18. España aprueba la ley de eutanasia y se convierte en el quinto país del mundo en regularla. 2021-09-12. EL PAÍS. es.
3. Web site: Regional election win boosts Spanish conservatives' ambitions. 5 May 2021 . Reuters. 10 May 2021.
4. Web site: 2021-05-04. Pablo Iglesias anuncia que abandona la política: "Dejo todos mis cargos". 2021-09-12. ELMUNDO. es.
5. Web site: Street parties celebrate end of Spain's coronavirus state of emergency. Associated Press. 10 May 2021.
6. Web site: 2021-05-18. Las imágenes de la llegada de marroquíes a Ceuta. 2021-09-12. La Vanguardia. es.
7. Web site: 2021-05-22. Aragonès asume la presidencia y pone fin a ocho meses de interinidad. 2021-09-12. La Vanguardia. es.
8. Web site: Caballero. Fátima. 2021-06-18. Ayuso comienza una legislatura de dos años con Vox marcando la agenda desde el primer día. 2021-09-12. ElDiario.es. es.
9. Web site: 2021-06-22. Sánchez da luz verde a los indultos para restablecer la concordia y la convivencia. 2021-09-12. La Vanguardia. es.
10. Web site: Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison. 23 June 2021. AP NEWS.
11. Web site: 2021-03-25. La ley de eutanasia entrará en vigor el 25 de junio. 2021-09-12. EL PAÍS. es.
12. Web site: Martínez. Javier. 2021-06-25. La derecha se divide ante el fin la mascarilla al aire libre tras meses de restricciones laxas y desescaladas rápidas. 2021-09-12. infoLibre.es. es.
13. Web site: Rodríguez. Miguel Ángel. 2021-07-10. Estos son los ministros del nuevo Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez. 2021-09-12. elperiodico. es.
14. Web site: González. Patricia Ortega Dolz, Miguel. 2021-08-27. España da por concluida la misión de evacuación de Afganistán. 2021-09-12. EL PAÍS. es.
15. Web site: Región. La. 2021-09-01. España alcanza el objetivo del 70% de la población vacunada. 2021-09-12. La Región. es.
16. News: Lava pours out of volcano on la Palma in Spain's Canary Islands. Reuters. 19 September 2021. Suarez. Borja.
17. Web site: Muere Adrián Campos, expiloto español de Fórmula 1 e histórico del motor, a los 60 años. 28 January 2021. El Español.
18. Web site: Mor el tallista Àngel Pla | Andorra Difusió. Andorra Difusió. RTVA. www.andorradifusio.ad.
19. Web site: 20minutos. 2021-03-01. Muere Quique San Francisco a los 65 años. 2021-09-12. www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. es.
20. Web site: Yotele. Redacción. 2021-03-03. Muere Álex Casademunt, concursante de 'OT 1', a los 39 años. 2021-09-12. elperiodico. es.
21. Web site: Josep Lluís Martínez i Picanyol | enciclopèdia.cat. www.enciclopedia.cat.
22. Web site: News 24. The. 2021-04-28. Juan Joya Borja, 'El Risitas', dies. 2021-04-28. The News 24. en-US.
23. Web site: Poet José Manuel Caballero Bonald dies at 94. 9 May 2021. The News 24.
24. Web site: Meneses. Bea Téllez de. 2021-06-23. Mila Ximénez muere de cáncer a los 69 años. 2021-09-12. www.vozpopuli.com. es.
25. Web site: 20minutos. 2021-07-17. Muere Pilar Bardem a los 82 años de edad. 2021-09-12. www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias. es.
26. Web site: Muere Jordi Rebellón, Vilches en 'Hospital central', a los 64 años. 2021-09-12. FormulaTV. 8 September 2021 . es.
27. Web site: 2021-09-11. Baccara Muere Maria Mendiola, una de las integrantes del dúo musical. 2021-09-12. La Vanguardia. es.