2018 in Spain explained

Events in the year 2018 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch

Felipe VI^[1]

• Prime Minister

Mariano Rajoy until June 1
Pedro Sánchez (since June 1)

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 (until 25 April), Ángel Garrido (starting 25 April)
• Region of Murcia: Fernando López Miras
  • Navarre: Uxue Barkos Valencian Community: Ximo Puig
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas

Events

• Ongoing – 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
• 8 March – 2018 Spanish women's strike.^[2]
• 10 June – Human Chain for Basque Self-determination, 2018.^[3]
• 12 June – the ship Aquarius carrying 629 migrants that were rescued near Libya was denied entry to the Sicilian port by Italy's new interior minister Matteo Salvini and Malta.^{[4] [5]} The Spanish government offered the Aquarius the chance to dock in the secure port of Valencia, Spain and the Italian navy offered full assistance and a marine escort for the trip.^{[6] [7]}
• 4 July – the Spanish Government accepted another NGO vessel, in this case a Spanish NGO called Open Arms carrying 60 migrants after Italy and Malta rejected again open a port for the ship.^[8] The same happened two weeks later.^[9]
• 18 September – The sixth floor of the Hotel Ritz in Madrid collapses resulting in the death of one person while 11 others are injured. ^[10]
• 19 September – The Mossos d'Esquadra arrests in Tarrassaa man for planning the assassination of the Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez who was, angry with the plans to exhume Franco.
• 2 December – Vox 's results in the 2018 Andalusian regional election with 12 seats and 11% of the votes signalled the first time a far-right party had won seats in a regional parliament in Spain since the country's return to democracy, following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975.^{[11] [12]}
• 4 December – A Spanish institutional crisis surrounding the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) begins.^[13]

Deaths

• 1 January – Manuel Olivencia, economist and diplomat (b. 1929).^[14]
• 9 January – Victoriano Ríos Pérez, physician and politician (b. 1930)
• 14 January – Pablo García Baena, poet (b. 1921)
• 22 January – Emilio Gastón, politician, lawyer, and poet (b. 1935)
• 7 April – Ángel Peralta Pineda, rejoneador (b. 1926).^[15]
• 18 April – Luisa Pastor Lillo, politician (b. 1948)
• 24 April – Victor Garaigordóbil Berrizbeitia, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1915)
• 1 May – Javier Aller, actor (b. 1972).^[16]
• 5 May – José María Íñigo, journalist, radio and television presenter, and stage and screen actor (b. 1942).^[17]
• 20 May – Ramón Chao, journalist (b. 1935)
• 7 June – José Marfil Peralta, soldier, writer, fighter in World War II, and Holocaust survivor (b. 1921).^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felipe VI Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en . 17 August 2023.
2. News: Jones. Sam. 8 March 2018 . More than 5m join Spain's 'feminist strike', unions say . The Guardian . 14 June 2018 .
3. News: Chaîne humaine de 202 km au Pays basque. 2018-06-10. Le Soleil. 14 June 2018 . fr-CA.
4. News: Italy's Matteo Salvini shuts ports to migrant rescue ship . 11 June 2018 . 9 July 2018 . . BBC.
5. News: Spain offers to take in Aquarius ship carrying over 600 refugees . 11 June 2018 . 9 July 2018 . . Al Jazeera Media Network.
6. News: Boat with over 600 rescued migrants lies to in Mediterranean amid Italy-Malta standoff . 12 June 2018 . 9 July 2018 . . AP . Associated Press.
7. Web site: Spain will accept migrant ship Aquarius after Italy and Malta refuse entry . 11 June 2018 . 9 July 2018 . Deutsche Welle.
8. News: Second migrant ship arrives in Spain after being rejected by Italy, Malta. Martín. María. 2018-07-04. El País. 2018-07-19. López-Fonseca. Óscar. en. 1134-6582. García. Jesús.
9. News: 'Open Arms' migrant rescue boat heads for Spain amid row with Italy. 2018-07-19. euronews. 2018-07-19. en.
10. News: Madrid Ritz: One dead and 11 hurt in scaffolding collapse. BBC News. 18 September 2018.
11. News: 3 December 2018 . In first for post-Franco Spain, far-right elects regional MPs . Al Jazeera . 3 December 2018.
12. News: 3 December 2018 . Spain's Vox party wins seats as far-right party surges for first time since Franco . CNN . 3 December 2018.
13. Web site: Spanish institutional crisis triggered by legal block of judicial reform . 2023-08-04 . The Irish Times . en.
14. News: Muere Manuel Olivencia, eminencia del Derecho Mercantil internacional . sevilla.abc.es . es . 4 January 2018 .
15. News: Muere don Ángel Peralta, el Centauro de las Marismas . abc.es . es . 8 April 2018 .
16. https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/05/03/actualidad/1525334624_467369.html Muere Javier Aller, actor de ‘El Milagro de P. Tinto’
17. Web site: Muere Íñigo, el gran bigote de la tele. https://web.archive.org/web/20180505205647/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/extra/20180505/muere-jose-maria-inigo-6801296. dead. Manuel de Luna /. Barcelona. May 5, 2018. May 5, 2018. elperiodico.
18. Web site: Muere José Marfil, testigo del horror nazi en Dunkerque y Mauthausen . elmundo.es . 9 June 2018 . es . 11 June 2018 .