# 2009 in Spain

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Events in the year 2009 in Spain.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Juan Carlos I
* Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

### Regional presidents

* 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

## Events

* March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.
* May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.
* June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.
* 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.
* July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.
* July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
* July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.
* 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.
* August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.
* November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.

### Film

* 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.
* 2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.

#### Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain :
| Rank | Title | Nation | Gross |
| 1 | Up | United States | €23,957,870 |
| 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | United States | €21,197,890 |
| 3 | Agora | Spain | €18,532,500 |
| 4 | Angels & Demons | United States | €15,518,330 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | United Kingdom/ United States | $13,633,800 |
| 6 | Gran Torino | United States | $12,747,330 |
| 7 | New Moon | United States | $12,646,590 |
| 8 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | United States | $12,168,450 |
| 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | United Kingdom | $10,569,130 |
| 10 | Inglourious Basterds | Germany/ United States | $10,416,820 |

### Television

* 2009 in Spanish television

### Sport

* February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.
* 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.

## Notable deaths

* January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.
* February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.
* March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.
* April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
* April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.
* April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.
* May 12
** Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
** Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.
* May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.
* June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.
* June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.
* July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.
* July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.
* August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.
* August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
* August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.
* August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.
* September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.
* September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.
* September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
* September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.
* October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.
* October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).
* October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.
* November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.
* November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
* November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.
* November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.
* December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.
* December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.
* December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.
* December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.