2021 in Spain

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Events in the year 2021 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Felipe VI^[1]
• Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez
• President of the Congress of Deputies: Meritxell Batet
• President of the Senate of Spain: Pilar Llop
• President of the Supreme Court: Carlos Lesmes
• President of the Constitutional Court: Juan José González Rivas
• Attorney General: Dolores Delgado
• Chief of the Defence Staff:
  • Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta (until 27 January)
  • Teodoro Esteban López Calderón (since 27 January)
• President of the Episcopal Conference: Juan José Omella
• Sánchez II Government

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla
• Aragón: Javier Lambán
• Asturias: Adrián Barbón
• Balearic Islands: Francina Armengol
• Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu
• Canary Islands: Ángel Víctor Torres
• Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: Emiliano García-Page
• Castile and León: Alfonso Fernández Mañueco
• Catalonia: Pere Aragonès
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Concha Andreu
• Community of Madrid: Isabel Díaz Ayuso
• Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
• Navarre: María Chivite
• Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Eduardo de Castro

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

• 7-15 January - One of the worst snowstorm in Spain's history brings historic snow in the peninsula
• 20 January - Explosion in central Madrid kills 4 people after a suspected gas leak
• 16 February - Protests erupt due to the arrest of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél for glorifying terrorism.
• 18 March - Spanish Congress of Deputies passes the euthanasia law.^[2]
• 5 May - Conservative party wins regional elections in Madrid.^[3] On the same day, Pablo Iglesias, until then leader of the Unidas Podemos coalition and former Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, announces his retirement from politics.^[4]
• 8 May - Celebrations throughout the country as Spain's six-month long state of emergency imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic ends.^[5]
• 17 May - Conflict between Spain and Morocco following the latter relaxing its controls over the frontier between the two countries and allowing more than five thousand Moroccan citizens and migrants (including more than 1,500 minors) to get through the Spanish city of Ceuta by passing around the jetties of Benzú and El Tarajal.^[6] Moroccan Ambassador warned that "there are acts that have consequences and must be assumed" (in reference to Ghani being treated in Spain) just before being recalled by the Makhzen on 18 June, in turn shortly after she was summoned by the Spanish foreign minister (Further information: Contemporary Morocco–Spain relations)
• 21 May - Pere Aragonès is elected President of Catalonia with the support of the center-right Junts and the far-left CUP.^[7]
• 18 June - Isabel Díaz Ayuso is reelected President of the Community of Madrid with the support of the far-right Vox.^[8]
• 22 June - Spanish government grants the pardon to the political leaders of the procés.^[9]
• 23 June - Anglo-American computer programmer John McAfee dies in a jail cell near Barcelona awaiting extradition to the United States on tax charges.^[10]
• 25 June - Euthanasia becomes legal in Spain, becoming the sixth nation to do so worldwide.^[11]
• 26 June - Facemasks are no longer required outdoors countrywide.^[12]
• 10 July - Change of ministers in the second government of Pedro Sánchez.^[13]
• 27 August - Spain puts an end to the rescue mission in Afghanistan following the 2021 Taliban offensive.^[14]
• 31 August - 70% of the Spanish population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.^[15]
• 19 September – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the Canary Islands erupts, resulting in evacuations in the surrounding area.^[16]

Deaths

• 27 January - Adrián Campos, Formula One driver (b. 1960)^[17]
• 26 February - Àngel Pla, Spanish-born Andorran woodcarver (b. 1930)^[18]
• 1 March - Enrique "Quique" San Francisco, humorist (b. 1955)^[19]
• 2 March - Àlex Casademunt, singer (b. 1981)^[20]
• 18 March - Picanyol, comic artist (b. 1948)^[21]
• 28 April - El Risitas, comedian and actor (b. 1956)^[22]
• 9 May - José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Spanish poet and novelist (b. 1926)^[23]
• 23 June - Mila Ximénez, TV personality, journalist and writer (b. 1952)^[24]
• 17 July - Pilar Bardem, actress (b. 1939)^[25]
• 8 September - Jordi Rebellón, actor (b. 1957)^[26]
• 11 September - María Mendiola, singer, former member of Baccara (b. 1952)^[27]

References

1. "Felipe VI | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. Benito, Emilio de (18 March 2021). "España aprueba la ley de eutanasia y se convierte en el quinto país del mundo en regularla". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
3. "Regional election win boosts Spanish conservatives' ambitions". Reuters. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
4. "Pablo Iglesias anuncia que abandona la política: "Dejo todos mis cargos"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
5. "Street parties celebrate end of Spain's coronavirus state of emergency". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
6. "Las imágenes de la llegada de marroquíes a Ceuta". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
7. "Aragonès asume la presidencia y pone fin a ocho meses de interinidad". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
8. Caballero, Fátima (18 June 2021). "Ayuso comienza una legislatura de dos años con Vox marcando la agenda desde el primer día". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
9. "Sánchez da luz verde a los indultos para restablecer la concordia y la convivencia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
10. "Antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison". AP NEWS. 23 June 2021.
11. "La ley de eutanasia entrará en vigor el 25 de junio". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). 25 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
12. Martínez, Javier (25 June 2021). "La derecha se divide ante el fin la mascarilla al aire libre tras meses de restricciones laxas y desescaladas rápidas". infoLibre.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
13. Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel (10 July 2021). "Estos son los ministros del nuevo Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
14. González, Patricia Ortega Dolz, Miguel (27 August 2021). "España da por concluida la misión de evacuación de Afganistán". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
15. Región, La (1 September 2021). "España alcanza el objetivo del 70% de la población vacunada". La Región (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
16. Suarez, Borja (19 September 2021). "Lava pours out of volcano on la Palma in Spain's Canary Islands". Reuters.
17. "Muere Adrián Campos, expiloto español de Fórmula 1 e histórico del motor, a los 60 años". El Español. 28 January 2021.
18. RTVA, Andorra Difusió. "Mor el tallista Àngel Pla | Andorra Difusió". www.andorradifusio.ad.
19. 20minutos (1 March 2021). "Muere Quique San Francisco a los 65 años". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
20. Yotele, Redacción (3 March 2021). "Muere Álex Casademunt, concursante de 'OT 1', a los 39 años". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
21. "Josep Lluís Martínez i Picanyol | enciclopèdia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat.
22. News 24, The (28 April 2021). "Juan Joya Borja, 'El Risitas', dies". The News 24. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
23. "Poet José Manuel Caballero Bonald dies at 94". The News 24. 9 May 2021.
24. Meneses, Bea Téllez de (23 June 2021). "Mila Ximénez muere de cáncer a los 69 años". www.vozpopuli.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
25. 20minutos (17 July 2021). "Muere Pilar Bardem a los 82 años de edad". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
26. "Muere Jordi Rebellón, Vilches en 'Hospital central', a los 64 años". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 8 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
27. "Baccara | Muere Maria Mendiola, una de las integrantes del dúo musical". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.