{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Year in Spain|2015}} Events of '''2015 in Spain'''.
==Incumbents== *Monarch: Felipe VI<ref>{{cite web |title=Felipe VI {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Felipe-VI |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=17 August 2023}}</ref> *Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy
===Regional presidents=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Andalusia: Susana Díaz * Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi (until 5 July), Javier Lambán (starting 5 July) * Asturias: Javier Fernandez * Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá (until 2 July), Francina Armengol (starting 2 July) * Basque Country: Iñigo Urkullu * Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero (until 9 July), Fernando Clavijo Batlle (starting 9 July) * Cantabria: Ignacio Diego (until 3 July), Miguel Ángel Revilla (starting 4 July) * Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal (until 4 July), Emiliano García-Page (starting 4 July) * Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera * Catalonia: Artur Mas * Extremadura: José Antonio Monago (until 1 July), Guillermo Fernández Vara (starting 1 July) * Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo * La Rioja: Pedro Sanz (until 7 July), José Ignacio Ceniceros (starting 7 July) * Community of Madrid: Ignacio Gonzalez (until 24 June), Cristina Cifuentes (starting 24 June) * Region of Murcia: Alberto Garre (until 4 July), Pedro Antonio Sánchez (starting 4 July) * Navarre: Yolanda Barcina (until 20 July), Uxue Barkos (starting 20 July) * Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra (until 25 June), Ximo Puig (starting 25 June) * Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas * Melilla: Juan José Imbroda {{div col end}}
==Events== *26 January – An F-16 jet belonging to the Hellenic Air Force crashes in southern Spain during a NATO exercise, killing ten people and injuring 21.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2015-01-26/greek-f-16-fighter-crash-in-spain-leaves-10-dead-ministry-says |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150126235059/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2015-01-26/greek-f-16-fighter-crash-in-spain-leaves-10-dead-ministry-says |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2015 |title=Greek F-16 Fighter Crash in Spain Leaves 10 Dead, 21 Injured |date=26 January 2015 |publisher=Bloomberg }}</ref>
==Deaths== *5 January – Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2015/01/05/54aac38522601db4148b457a.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427220725/http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/2015/01/05/54aac38522601db4148b457a.html|url-status=dead|title=Fallece Antonio Fuertes, ex futbolista de Valencia y Elche|date=January 5, 2015|archivedate=April 27, 2015|website=ELMUNDO}}</ref> *7 January **José Arias, 92, Olympic alpine skier (1948).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/2015/01/08/mas_deportes/nieve/1420748483.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226050646/http://www.marca.com/2015/01/08/mas_deportes/nieve/1420748483.html|url-status=dead|title=Fallece Pepe Arias, decano de los olímpicos españoles|date=January 8, 2015|archivedate=December 26, 2015|website=MARCA.com}}</ref> **Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/torrelavega-besaya/201501/07/fallece-ricardo-bueno-historico-20150107151847.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821064454/https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/torrelavega-besaya/201501/07/fallece-ricardo-bueno-historico-20150107151847.html|url-status=dead|title=Fallece Ricardo Bueno, histórico político de Torrelavega|date=January 7, 2015|archivedate=August 21, 2019|website=El Diario Montañes}}</ref> *12 January – Germán Cobos, 87, actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.costadigital.es/html/actualidad.php?id=11152|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044942/http://costadigital.es/html/actualidad.php?id=11152|url-status=dead|title=Fallece el actor Germán Cobos|archivedate=March 5, 2016}}</ref> *16 January – Pedro María Iguaran, 74, footballer (Real Sociedad).<ref>[http://www.realsociedad.com/document/view/eus/169/183102/fallece-pello-iguaran-arandia Pello Iguaran Arandia hil da] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119001510/http://www.realsociedad.com/document/view/eus/169/183102/fallece-pello-iguaran-arandia |date=2015-01-19 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> *29 January – Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (''Siete mesas de billar francés''), cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vertele.com/noticias/muere-a-los-77-anos-la-gran-actriz-amparo-baro|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130172813/http://www.vertele.com/noticias/muere-a-los-77-anos-la-gran-actriz-amparo-baro/|url-status=dead|title=Muere a los 77 años la actriz española Amparo Baró|archivedate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> *31 January – José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-31/jose-lara-bosch-spanish-media-magnate-dies-at-68 |title=Jose Lara Bosch, Spanish Media Magnate, Dies at 68 |website=Bloomberg News |access-date=2017-03-04 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174201/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-31/jose-lara-bosch-spanish-media-magnate-dies-at-68 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also== *2015 in Spanish television *List of Spanish films of 2015
==References== {{reflist}} {{Years in Spain}} {{Europe topic|2015 in}}
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