2018 in Spain
Incumbents
- Monarch: Felipe VI{{cite web |title=Felipe VI {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Felipe-VI |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=17 August 2023}}
- Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy until June 1
Pedro Sánchez (since June 1)
=Regional presidents=
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- 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: Quim Torra
- Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
- Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros
- Community of Madrid: Cristina Cifuentes (until 25 April), Ángel Garrido (starting 25 April)
- Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
- Navarre: Uxue Barkos
- Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
- Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
- Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
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Events
- Ongoing – 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- 8 March – 2018 Spanish women's strike.{{cite news |last=Jones|first=Sam|date=8 March 2018 |title=More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/08/spanish-women-give-up-work-for-a-day-in-first-feminist-strike |newspaper =The Guardian |access-date=14 June 2018 }}
- 10 June – Human Chain for Basque Self-determination, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/monde/chaine-humaine-de-202-km-au-pays-basque-d1b0557bee1167e0f8c90e03399be553|title=Chaîne humaine de 202 km au Pays basque|date=2018-06-10|newspaper=Le Soleil|access-date=14 June 2018 |language=fr-CA}}
- 12 June – the ship Aquarius carrying 629 migrants that were rescued near Libya was denied entry to the Sicilian port by Italy's new interior minister Matteo Salvini and Malta.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44432056 |title=Italy's Matteo Salvini shuts ports to migrant rescue ship |date=11 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/spain-offers-aquarius-ship-carrying-600-refugees-180611133533958.html |title=Spain offers to take in Aquarius ship carrying over 600 refugees |date=11 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=Al Jazeera |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network}} The Spanish government offered the Aquarius the chance to dock in the secure port of Valencia, Spain and the Italian navy offered full assistance and a marine escort for the trip.{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/12/world/social-issues-world/boat-600-rescued-migrants-lies-mediterranean-amid-italy-malta-standoff/#.Wx8WTkiFNaQ |title=Boat with over 600 rescued migrants lies to in Mediterranean amid Italy-Malta standoff |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |newspaper=Japan Times |author=AP |author-link=Associated Press}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/spain-will-accept-migrant-ship-aquarius-after-italy-and-malta-refuse-entry/a-44150793 |title=Spain will accept migrant ship Aquarius after Italy and Malta refuse entry |date=11 June 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |work=Deutsche Welle}}
- 4 July – the Spanish Government accepted another NGO vessel, in this case a Spanish NGO called Open Arms carrying 60 migrants after Italy and Malta rejected again open a port for the ship.{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/04/inenglish/1530690012_839181.html|title=Second migrant ship arrives in Spain after being rejected by Italy, Malta|last1=Martín|first1=María|date=2018-07-04|work=El País|access-date=2018-07-19|last2=López-Fonseca|first2=Óscar|language=en|issn=1134-6582|last3=García|first3=Jesús}} The same happened two weeks later.{{Cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/19/-open-arms-migrant-rescue-boat-heads-for-spain-amid-row-with-italy|title='Open Arms' migrant rescue boat heads for Spain amid row with Italy|date=2018-07-19|work=euronews|access-date=2018-07-19|language=en}}
- 18 September – The sixth floor of the Hotel Ritz in Madrid collapses resulting in the death of one person while 11 others are injured. {{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45566448|title = Madrid Ritz: One dead and 11 hurt in scaffolding collapse|work = BBC News|date = 18 September 2018}}
- 19 September – The Mossos d'Esquadra arrests in Tarrassaa man for planning the assassination of the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez who was, angry with the plans to exhume Franco.
- 2 December – Vox 's results in the 2018 Andalusian regional election with 12 seats and 11% of the votes signalled the first time a far-right party had won seats in a regional parliament in Spain since the country's return to democracy, following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.{{cite news |date=3 December 2018 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/post-franco-spain-elects-regional-mps-181203012002643.html |title=In first for post-Franco Spain, far-right elects regional MPs |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 December 2018}}{{cite news |date=3 December 2018 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/03/europe/spain-far-right-vox-andalucia-intl/index.html |title=Spain's Vox party wins seats as far-right party surges for first time since Franco |work=CNN |access-date=3 December 2018}}
- 4 December – A Spanish institutional crisis surrounding the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) begins.{{Cite web |title=Spanish institutional crisis triggered by legal block of judicial reform |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/20/spanish-institutional-crisis-triggered-by-legal-block-of-judicial-reform/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}
Deaths
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- 1 January – Manuel Olivencia, economist and diplomat (b. 1929).{{cite news |title = Muere Manuel Olivencia, eminencia del Derecho Mercantil internacional |url= http://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-muere-manuel-olivencia-eminencia-derecho-mercantil-internacional-201801011106_noticia.html |website =sevilla.abc.es |language=es |access-date=4 January 2018 }}
- 9 January – Victoriano Ríos Pérez, physician and politician (b. 1930)
- 14 January – Pablo García Baena, poet (b. 1921)
- 22 January – Emilio Gastón, politician, lawyer, and poet (b. 1935)
- 7 April – Ángel Peralta Pineda, rejoneador (b. 1926).{{cite news |url = http://www.abc.es/cultura/toros/abci-fallece-93-anos-rejoneador-angel-peralta-201804071013_noticesfú.html |title= Muere don Ángel Peralta, el Centauro de las Marismas |website =abc.es |language=es |access-date=8 April 2018 }}
- 18 April – Luisa Pastor Lillo, politician (b. 1948)
- 24 April – Victor Garaigordóbil Berrizbeitia, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1915)
- 1 May – Javier Aller, actor (b. 1972).[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/03/actualidad/1525334624_467369.html Muere Javier Aller, actor de ‘El Milagro de P. Tinto’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503180359/https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/03/actualidad/1525334624_467369.html |date=2018-05-03 }} {{in lang|es}}
- 5 May – José María Íñigo, journalist, radio and television presenter, and stage and screen actor (b. 1942).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/extra/20180505/muere-jose-maria-inigo-6801296|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505205647/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/extra/20180505/muere-jose-maria-inigo-6801296|url-status=dead|title=Muere Íñigo, el gran bigote de la tele|first=Manuel de Luna /|last=Barcelona|date=May 5, 2018|archivedate=May 5, 2018|website=elperiodico}}
- 20 May – Ramón Chao, journalist (b. 1935)
- 7 June – José Marfil Peralta, soldier, writer, fighter in World War II, and Holocaust survivor (b. 1921).{{cite web |url=http://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/2018/06/09/5b1bfcecca474130068b4606.html |title= Muere José Marfil, testigo del horror nazi en Dunkerque y Mauthausen |website = elmundo.es |date= 9 June 2018 |language=es |access-date=11 June 2018 }}