2009 in Spain

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I{{cite web |title=Juan Carlos {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juan-Carlos |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en}}
• Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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• Andalusia:
• until 7 April: Manuel Chaves
• 7 April–22 April: Gaspar Zarrias
• starting 22 April: José Antonio Griñán
• Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
• Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
• Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
• Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe (until 7 May), Patxi López (starting 7 May)
• 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 (until 18 April), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (starting 18 April)
• 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

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• March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.{{cite web|author=Al Goodman |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/01/spain.basque.vote/ |title=Nationalists may lose power in Spain's Basque election - CNN.com |publisher=CNN|date=2009-03-02 |access-date=2022-05-28|df=mdy-all}}
• May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8055481.stm|title = Naples mafia leader held in Spain|date = May 18, 2009}}
• June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0619/spain.html|title=Bilbao blast leaves one dead|website=RTÉ.ie|date=June 19, 2009}}
• July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.{{Cite web |title=The Times & The Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/|access-date=2022-09-30 |website=The Times|df=mdy-all}}
• July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/world/europe/22gibraltar.html|title = Spanish Minister Visits Gibraltar|newspaper = The New York Times|date = July 21, 2009}}
• July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/24/science/AP-EU-SCI-Spain-Giant-Telescope.html Spain giant telescope] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
• July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0729/spain.html|title=Car bomb explodes in northern Spain|website=RTÉ.ie|date=July 29, 2009}}
• July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0730/majorca.html|title = Two killed in Majorca bombing|website = RTÉ.ie|date = July 30, 2009}}
• August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=atZq_.A2ZKD4|title = Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg|website = Bloomberg News}}
• November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1018865/1/.html |title=Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler - Channel NewsAsia |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203352/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1018865/1/.html |url-status=dead }}

• February 22 – Penélope Cruz wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award.
• September 28 – Spain's Pablo Pineda wins the best actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first actor with Down's syndrome to win an international film award.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8278108.stm|title=Film prize for actor with Down's|date=September 28, 2009}}
• 2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

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• February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtzOA28o7BvFvgReARM0_e7Msy-QD962QQ5O0 |title=The Associated Press: Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216152815/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtzOA28o7BvFvgReARM0_e7Msy-QD962QQ5O0 |url-status=dead }}
• March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.
• May 13 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Cup.
• May 16 – FC Barcelona wins the Liga.
• May 27 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League and becomes the first Spanish team to win the treble.
• June 13–14 – Marc Gené, as part of the Peugeot Sport Total team, wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• June 30 – July 3 − The Spanish team wins 83 medals (28 gold, 21 silver, 34 bronze) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
• July 26 – Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France.
• August 23 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup.
• August 28 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Super Cup.
• September 20 – Spain wins the EuroBasket 2009.
• September 20 – Alejandro Valverde wins the Vuelta a España.
• October 17 – Alberto Contador finishes first in the UCI World Ranking.
• December 13 – Alemayehu Bezabeh wins the European Cross Country Championships.
• December 19 – FC Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup and becomes the first team to win six competitions in one year.

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• January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.{{cite web|url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM |title=Table e, as of June 11, 2003 |access-date=2007-12-01 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126092018/http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM |archive-date=November 26, 2007|df=mdy-all}}
• February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lu237s-andrs-edo-anarchist-who-fought-the-repressions-of-francos-spain-1652625.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lu237s-andrs-edo-anarchist-who-fought-the-repressions-of-francos-spain-1652625.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Luís Andrés Edo: Anarchist who fought the repressions of|website = Independent.co.uk|date = March 24, 2009}}{{cbignore}}
• March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328815&CategoryId=13003 |title=Latin Herald Tribune |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153433/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328815&CategoryId=13003 |url-status=dead }}
• April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.{{cite web|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/other-news/358593/the-spanish-singer-mari-trini-has-died-in-a-hospital-in-murcia.html|access-date=2010-10-08|df=mdy-all|title=Spanish singer Mari trini has died in a hospital in Murcia|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221200243/http://www.turkishweekly.net/other-news/358593/the-spanish-singer-mari-trini-has-died-in-a-hospital-in-murcia.html|url-status=dead}}
• April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.[https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gA8HTB1xvF_78kWQWoQjxUByWtfw]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Angel/Miguel/pionero/golf/Espana/elpepinec/20090414elpepinec_1/Tes|title = Ángel Miguel, pionero del golf en España|newspaper = El País|date = April 13, 2009|last1 = Arribas|first1 = Carlos}}
• May 12
• Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/20090512/vivir-ocio-musica/fallece-madrid-musico-antonio-200905121101.html|title = Antonio Vega: Trovador de la triste figura|date = May 13, 2009}}
• Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.{{cite news|title=Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta|work=ABC|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-fallece-anos-empresario-y-ministro-nemesio-fernandez-cuesta-200905130300-92857495894_noticia.html|access-date=11 March 2022|date=13 May 2009|location=Madrid

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• May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.{{Cite web |url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6344077.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742 |title=The Times |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815052724/http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6344077.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=1063742 |url-status=dead }}
• June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/briefly-vicente-ferrer-1712390.html |title = Briefly: Vicente Ferrer - Obituaries, News - The Independent |website = Independent.co.uk |access-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-date=June 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624051854/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/briefly-vicente-ferrer-1712390.html |url-status=dead }}
• June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=338057&CategoryId=13003 |title=Latin American Herald Tribune |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719153910/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=338057&CategoryId=13003 |url-status=dead }}
• July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/baltasar_porcel_one_of_the_great_catalan_writers_dies_from_brain_tumour/&usg=AFQjCNEYPksj6eRATUysv9wkTb7NuYAM1Q |title=Baltasar Porcel, one of the great Catalan writers, dies from brain tumour|website=barcelonareporter.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718055301/http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fcomments%2Fbaltasar_porcel_one_of_the_great_catalan_writers_dies_from_brain_tumour%2F&usg=AFQjCNEYPksj6eRATUysv9wkTb7NuYAM1Q |archive-date=July 18, 2011|url-status=usurped}}
• July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8152002.stm|title = World's oldest mother dies at 69|date = July 15, 2009}}
• August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.{{cite news |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=340912&CategoryId=13003 |title=Spanish Primatologist Who Found Albino Gorilla Dies |newspaper=Latin American Herald Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121214401/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=340912&CategoryId=13003 |archive-date=November 21, 2020}}
• August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8191861.stm|title = Espanyol stunned by Jarque death|date = August 8, 2009}}
• August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/16937/valencian-community-bids-farewell-to-garcia-anton|title = Valencian Community bids farewell to García Antón| work=thinkSPAIN }}
• August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Fallece/Ruiz-Gimenez/lider/democristiano/excluido/Transicion/elpepunac/20090828elpepinac_10/Tes|title=Fallece Ruiz-Giménez, el líder democristiano excluido de la Transición|newspaper=El País|date=August 28, 2009|last1=Cuadra|first1=Bonifacio de la}}
• September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.{{cite web|url=http://dawsr.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/fallece-s-a-r-la-princesa-maria-cristina-de-borbon-parma/|title = Private Site}}
• September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
• September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
• September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Necrologicas/Rafael/Arozarena/poeta/novelista/autor/Mararia/elpepinec/20091001elpepinec_1/Tes/|title = Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía'|newspaper = El País|date = October 2009|last1 = Cruz|first1 = Juan}}
• October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.{{cite web|url=http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/muere-andres-montes/serpro/20091016csrcsrdep_10/Tes|title=Muere Andrés Montes|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=October 8, 2010|archive-date=January 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124133054/http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/muere-andres-montes/serpro/20091016csrcsrdep_10/Tes|url-status=dead}}
• October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).[http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20091018/NEWS01/91018004/1079/news01]{{dead link|date=May 2022}}
• October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Muere/Sabino/Fernandez/Campo/fiel/consejero/Rey/durante/23-F/elpepuesp/20091026elpepunac_1/Tes|title = Muere Sabino Fernández Campo, fiel consejero del Rey durante el 23-F|newspaper = El País|date = October 25, 2009}}
• November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/11/02/cultura/1257168009.html|title=Muere el actor José Luis López Vázquez a los 87 años | Cultura | elmundo.es|website=www.elmundo.es}}
• November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
• November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.[http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-11/cp090100en.pdf Death of Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer] Court of Justice of the European Communities
• November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6762885/Lives-Remembered.html|title=Lives Remembered|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=December 8, 2009 }}
• December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.{{Cite web |url=http://www.comprendes.de/nachrichten/nachrichten-einzelansicht/datum/2009/12/08/kolumbus-nachfahre-prado-gestorben/ |title=Kolumbus-Nachfahre Prado gestorben: Comprendes.de - das Spanienmagazin |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718214449/http://www.comprendes.de/nachrichten/nachrichten-einzelansicht/datum/2009/12/08/kolumbus-nachfahre-prado-gestorben/ |url-status=dead }}
• December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20091215/fallece-el-actor-francisco-piquer.html |title = Fallece el actor Francisco Piquer {{!}} Actualidad {{!}} EnMemoria.com |access-date=2010-10-08 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118081331/http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20091215/fallece-el-actor-francisco-piquer.html |archive-date=January 18, 2010 }}
• December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.{{cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20091217/fallece-el-artista-catalan-albert-rafols-casamada.html|title = Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas}}
• December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.{{cite web |url=http://www.eitb.com/infos/culture/detail/325001/le-realisateur-basque-ivan-zulueta-est-mort/ |title = Décès du réalisateur basque Ivan Zulueta - EiTB Actualites Culture |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728102625/http://www.eitb.com/infos/culture/detail/325001/le-realisateur-basque-ivan-zulueta-est-mort/ |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |url-status=dead|df=mdy-all }}

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