2016 in Spain

2016
in
Spain

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
  • 2030s
See also:Other events of 2016
List of years in Spain

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Felipe VI[1]
  • Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

  • 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: Artur Mas (until 11 January), Carles Puigdemont (starting 11 January)
  • Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
  • Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  • La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros
  • Community of Madrid: Cristina Cifuentes
  • Region of Murcia: Pedro Antonio Sánchez
  • Navarre: Uxue Barkos
  • Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
  • Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
  • Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

  • February 6 – 30th Goya Awards in Madrid[2]
  • April 9-15 – 2016 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A in Jaca
  • 15 May – After the crash between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, Max Verstappen wins the Spanish Grand Prix, marking him F1's youngest ever winner and the first Dutch winner.

Deaths

  • December 27 – Gloria Begué Cantón, professor, jurist, senator and magistrate (b. 1931)[3]

See also

  • 2016 in Spanish television
  • List of Spanish films of 2016

References

  1. ^ "Felipe VI | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ Mayorga, John Hopewell,Emilio (14 December 2015). "Cruz, Binoche, Darin, Robbins in Spanish Academy Goya Running". Variety. Retrieved 11 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Vargas, Valentín Fernández. "Gloria Begué Cantón". Diccionario biográfico español (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via Real Academia de la Historia.