2008 in Spain
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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Spain.
Incumbents
Regional presidents
- Andalusia: Manuel Chaves
- Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
- Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
- Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
- Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe
- 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
- 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
- Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events
- March 9 – reelected as Prime Minister after defeating Mariano Rajoy.[2]
- April 5 – Greenpeace announces that in November 2007 a radioactive leak was reported at the Ascó Nuclear Power Plant, but it was kept hidden from the press.[3]
- August 20 – Barajas Airport, killing 154 of the 166 people on board.[4]
- December 31 – A truck-bomb explodes near the EITB headquarters in Bilbao.[5]
- 942 Dakar, historia de una familia, a documentary film is released.[6]
Births
- 11 August – Levi Díaz, Singer
Deaths
- February 26 – Rogelio Baón, politician (born 1942)
- May 3 – Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Prime Minister (1981–82)
See also
References
- ^ "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "El PSOE gana las elecciones". 9 March 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Escape radioactivo en Ascó". 20 Minutos. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "147 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport". Associated Press. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Explota un coche bomba con 100 kilos de explosivos en la sede de EITB de Bilbao". 20 Minutos. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "SOS Racismu proyecta "942 Dakar, historia de una familia"". Asturnews. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
