2024 in Spain
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Events in the year 2024 in Spain.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarch – Felipe VI[1]
- Prime Minister – Pedro Sánchez
- President of the Congress of Deputies – Francina Armengol
- President of the Senate – Pedro Rollán
- President of the Supreme Court – Francisco Marín Castán (acting)
- President of the Constitutional Court – Cándido Conde-Pumpido
- Attorney General –Álvaro García Ortiz
- Chief of the Defence Staff – Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
- Sánchez II Government
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 30 January – Benidorm Fest 2024 (1st semifinal)[2][3]
February[edit]
- 1 February – Benidorm Fest 2024 (2nd semifinal)[2]
- 3 February – Benidorm Fest 2024 (final)[2]
- 3 February – 16th Gaudí Awards in Barcelona, Catalonia[4]
- 9 February – Two police officers are killed and two more are injured after a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashes into their patrol craft in the port of Barbate, Andalusia.[5]
- 10 February – 38th Goya Awards in Valladolid, Castile and León[6]
- 22 February – 2024 València residential complex fire: At least 10 people are killed in a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia.[7]
- 28 February - An investigation is launched into a corruption scandal involving several political figures and allies of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.[8]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[9]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 28 March - Maundy Thursday
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 12 October - National Day of Spain
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 6 December – Constitution Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Spain
- List of Spanish films of 2024
- 38th Goya Awards
- Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 2 January:
- Carmen Valero, 68, Olympic middle-distance runner (1976).[10]
- Ángel Castellanos, 71, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Granada, national team).[11]
- 3 January – Arévalo, 76, Spanish comedian and actor (Moscow Gold).[12]
- 6 January – Pablo Varela Server, 81, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Panamá (2004–2019).[13]
- 7 January – Arnold Taraborrelli, 92, American-Spanish choreographer.[14]
- 8 January – Ventura Pons, 78, film director (Anita Takes a Chance, Food of Love).[15]
- 9 January – Santiago López Valdivielso, 73, politician and businessman, director-general of the Civil Guard (1996–2004) and deputy (1986–1996).[16]
- 10 January – César Alierta, 78, telecommunications executive, CEO of Telefónica (2000–2016).[17]
- 12 January – Luis García Mosquera, 77, footballer (Deportivo La Coruña, Getafe Deportivo).[18]
- 13 January:
- Miguel Barroso Ayats, 70, journalist (El País) and political advisor, secretary of state for press (2004–2005).[19]
- Juli Mira, 74, actor (The Sea, Voices in the Night, The 7th Day).[20]
- Laureano Rubial, 76, footballer (Real Zaragoza, Pontevedra, UP Langreo).[21]
- 14 January:
- Ricardo Alós, 92, footballer (Sporting de Gijón, Valencia, Real Murcia).[22]
- Luís Torras, 111, painter.[23]
- 15 January:
- Carles Falcón, 45, rally driver (2024 Dakar Rally).[24]
- Anita Sirgo, 93, trade unionist and anti-Francoist militant (Asturian miners' strike of 1962).[25]
- 16 January: José Lifante, 80, actor (Spanish Fly, Butterfly on the Shoulder, National Heritage)[26]
- 18 January: Trini Tinturé, 88, cartoonist and illustrator.[27]
- 19 January:
- Ester Xargay Melero, 63, poet, video artist and translator.[28]
- José Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, 71, boxer, European featherweight champion (1973–1975).[29]
- 22 January: Martí, 68–69, comics artist.[30]
- 24 January: Ángel María de Pablos, 81, journalist (El Mundo, El Norte de Castilla), poet and writer.[31]
- 26 January: Josep Alegre i Vilas, 83, Roman Catholic monk, abbot of the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (1998–2015).[32]
- 27 January: Eugenio Nasarre, 77, politician and civil servant, director general of RTVE (1982) and deputy (2000–2015).[33]
- 29 January: Louis Colombani,92, French politician.[34]
February[edit]
- 2 February: Lorenzo Olarte Cullen, 91, politician, president of the Canary Islands (1988–1991).[35]
- 3 February: Ángel Franco Martínez, 85, football referee.[36]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Felipe VI | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Fechas del Benidorm Fest 2024: Las Semifinales serán el 30 de enero y el 1 de febrero, y la Final será el 3 de febrero" [Benidorm Fest 2024 dates: The Semifinals will be on January 30 and February 1, and the Final will be on February 3]. FormulaTV (in Spanish). 26 July 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Álvarez, Jesús (23 October 2023). "Los candidatos del Benidorm Fest 2024 se presentarán en el Teatro Alameda a las 18:30 el próximo 11 de noviembre" [The Benidorm Fest 2024 contestants will be presented at the Alameda Theatre at 18:30 on 11 November]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Los Premios Gaudí 2024 se otorgarán el 3 de febrero teniendo en cuenta código de conducta" [The 2024 Gaudí Awards will be awarded on February 3 taking into account the code of conduct]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "2 Spanish police officers die when their patrol craft is smashed by a suspected drug boat". AP News. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Los Premios Goya 2024 ya tienen fecha para celebrarse en Valladolid" [The 2024 Goya Awards already have a date to be held in Valladolid]. Cinemanía (in Spanish). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ "Forensic police find a 10th body in the charred remnants of a Spanish apartment building". Associated Press. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Todos los nombres investigados en el caso Koldo... y otros actores salpicados" (in Spanish). 20Minutos. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Spain Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Muere Carmen Valero, doble campeona mundial de campo a través". MARCA (in Spanish). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ S.L, EDICIONES PLAZA. "#VCF | Fallece Ángel Castellanos, pieza clave en el Valencia CF de Kempes". Plaza Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Muere el humorista Arévalo a los 76 años". ElHuffPost (in Spanish). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Bishop Pablo Varela Server [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Muere a los 92 años Arnold Taraborrelli, gran maestro de actores". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 7 January 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Belinchón, Gregorio (8 January 2024). "Muere a los 78 años el director Ventura Pons, figura clave del cine catalán". El País (in Spanish).
- ^ "Muere el ex director de la Guardia Civil Santiago López Valdivielso a los 73 años". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Tella, Raúl Gascón (10 January 2024). "Fallece César Alierta, expresidente de Teléfonica y expropietario del Real Zaragoza". Aragón Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Luis «El Chato», icono del Deportivo de los años 60 y 70". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Agencias (13 January 2024). "Muere Miguel Barroso a los 70 años, ex secretario de Estado de Comunicación con Zapatero". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Alicante, Diario de (13 January 2024). "Muere el actor alcoyano Juli Mira". Diario de Alicante (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Aragón, Heraldo de (13 January 2024). "Muere Laureano Rubial, el '7' de los Zaraguayos del Real Zaragoza de los 70". heraldo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Valencia, Actualidad (14 January 2024). "Muere Ricardo Alós, goleador del Valencia CF en los 50". Actualidad Valencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Leyenda, Alberto (15 January 2024). "Muere a los 111 años el pintor vigués Luis Torras". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Cámara, Por Millán (15 January 2024). "Muere el piloto español Carles Falcón tras su grave accidente en el Dakar". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Anita Sirgo, referente del PCE asturiano y defensora de la libertad". www.publico.es. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Muere a los 80 años el actor catalán José Lifante". Onda Vasca (in Spanish). 16 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Boix, Arnau (19 January 2024). "Trini Tinturé, pionera en la il·lustració de còmics per a infants". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Palau, Maria (19 January 2024). "Mor la poeta Ester Xargay als 63 anys". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Campo, Pilar (19 January 2024). "Muere 'Gitano' Jiménez, el asturiano que consiguió el título de campeón de boxeo más joven de Europa de peso pluma". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Jiménez (@Vinetabocadillo), Jesús (22 January 2024). "Muere Martí, mítico dibujante de 'El Víbora' y creador de 'Taxista' o 'Dr. Vértigo'". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Muere Ángel María de Pablos a los 81 años: una figura cultural única en Valladolid". El Español (in Spanish). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Press, Europa (26 January 2024). "Muere a los 83 años Josep Alegre, abad emérito del Monasterio de Poblet (Tarragona)". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Muere Eugenio Nasarre, secretario general de Educación durante el Gobierno de Aznar". abc (in Spanish). 27 January 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Dalaine, Mathieu (30 January 2024). "L'ancien député du Var Louis Colombani est décédé". Var-Matin (in French). Toulon. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ CANARIAS7 (3 February 2024). "Muere Olarte, el político que inventó el centro canario". Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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