2017 in Spain

2017 in Spain
The following lists events in the year 2017 in Spain.
Incumbents
Monarch: Felipe VI
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: Quim Torra
Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
La Rioja: José Ignacio Ceniceros
Community of Madrid: Cristina Cifuentes
Region of Murcia: Pedro Antonio Sánchez (until 4 April), Fernando López Miras (starting 3 May)
Navarre: Uxue Barkos
Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events
January
3 January – More than 1100 migrants fight with riot police on the border to the town of Ceuta.
February
17 February – Iñaki Urdangarin (Brother-in-Law of Spain's King), found guilty of evading taxes
18 February – Protest «Volem acollir»
July
2017 Spain transportation strikes
28 July – 2017 Barcelona train crash
August
17 August – 2017 Barcelona attack
October
1 October – 2017 Catalan independence referendum
3 October – General strike in Catalonia against police violence in the referendum.
27 October – The Catalan Parliament declares the Independence of the Catalan Republic from Spain. The Spanish government imposes direct rule to Catalonia.
November
8 November – General strike in Catalonia against the Catalan imprisoned leaders.
December
21 December – Elections to the Catalan Parliament (21D).
Popular culture
Sports
6 to 8 January – 2017 International Tournament of Spain (handball)
6 to 19 March – FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada
24 to 30 April – 2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell (tennis)
19 August to 10 September – 2017 Vuelta a España (cycling)
Film
4 February – 31st Goya Awards presented, to honour the best in Spanish films of 2016
Deaths
2 January – Moruca, footballer (b. 1932)
4 January – Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje, painter (b. 1932)
15 January – Luis Gámir, politician (b. 1942)
23 January – Bimba Bosé, model, designer, actress and singer (b. 1975)
5 June – Juan Goytisolo, poet, essayist, and novelist (b. 1931)
5 July – Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Spanish-Vatican academic, journalist and physician (b. 1936)
3 September – Joan Colom, photographer (born 1921)
5 September – Eloísa Álvarez, politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003), Deputy (2004–2011) and Senator for Soria (2011–2015) (born 1956)
7 September – Tomás Villanueva, politician, Vice President of Castile and León region (2001–2003) (born 1953; heart attack)
8 September – José Antonio Souto, jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela 1979–1981 (born 1938)
12 September – Xohana Torres, Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright (born 1931)
16 September – Bautista Álvarez, Galician nationalist politician (born 1933)
19 September – José Salcedo, film editor, Goya winner (1989, 1996, 2000) (born c.1949)
28 September – Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Spanish film director and producer (born 1927)
4 October – Jesús Mosterín, anthropologist and philosopher of science (born 1941)
References
2010s in Spain
Years of the 21st century in Spain
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