2013 in Spain
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Events of 2013 in Spain
Incumbents
[edit]Regional presidents
[edit]- Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán (until 5 September), Susana Díaz (starting 5 September)
- Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi
- Asturias: Javier Fernandez
- Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá
- Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
- Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
- Cantabria: Ignacio Diego
- Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal
- Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
- Catalonia: Artur Mas
- Extremadura: José Antonio Monago
- Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
- Community of Madrid: Ignacio Gonzalez
- Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
- Navarre: Yolanda Barcina
- Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra
- Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
- Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events
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- 30 January – The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses. [2]
- 8 July – Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila.[3]
- 24 July – The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills 77.[4][5][6][7]
- September – Miss Universe Spain 2013
- 28 October – A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured.[8]
Births in 2013
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- January 22 – Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard Piqué
Deaths in 2013
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- January 8 – Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide.[9]
- January 6
- Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[10]
- Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer.[11]
- March 28 – Manuel García Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.[12]
- April 2 – Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
- October 11 – María de Villota, 33, racing driver.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Mercado, Francisco; Jiménez, Miguel; Cué, Carlos E.; Romero, José Manuel (2013-01-31). "Las cuentas secretas de Bárcenas". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ "Spain Crash: Bus Careens Off Road Killing Nine". Sky News. 8 July 2013.
- ^ David Reinero, Sonia Vizoso (25 July 2013). "77 muertos y más de 140 heridos al descarrilar un tren de pasajeros en Santiago" [77 dead and more than 140 injured in passenger train derailment in Santiago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Train Derailment Kills Dozens in Northwestern Spain". The Wall Street Journal. 24 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dozens die as Spanish train derails in Galicia". BBC News. 24 July 2013.
- ^ "At least 77 people dead after train derails in Spain, the worst train accident in decades". The Washington Post. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013.
- ^ "Six killed in gas leak at coal mine in Spain". Euronews. 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Pronovias Creative Director Manuel Mota Dies (Vogue.com UK)". Vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ^ "Fallece de un infarto el expresidente del Lucena Jon Ander" [Jon Ander, former president of Lucena, died of a heart attack] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Historic Castro photographer Meneses dies | The New Age Online". Thenewage.co.za. 2012-03-28. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ "García Ferré Dies: Argentine Cartoonist Lived To Be 83". Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
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