2006 in Spain

Events in the year 2006 in Spain.

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See also:	Other events of 2006 List of years in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: Manuel Chaves
• Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
• Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
• Balearic Islands: Jaume Matas
• Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe
• Canary Islands: Adán Martín Menis
• Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
• Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
• Catalonia: Pasqual Maragall (until 28 November), José Montilla (starting 28 November)
• Extremadura: Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra
• Galicia: Emilio Pérez Touriño
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
• Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre
• Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
• Navarre: Miguel Sanz
• Valencian Community: Francisco Camps
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

• March 27: Spain's sixth terrestrial television broadcaster, La Sexta, starts programming.^[2]
• November 28: Ciberobn, a public research consortium is founded.^[3]
• December 30: A bombing at the Barajas Airport in Madrid kills two people and injures twenty. ETA claims responsibility.^[4]

Births

• April 20: Dean Berta Viñales, Spanish motorcycle rider (d. 2021)

Deaths

• March 25: Rocío Durcal, singer and actress
• June 1: Rocío Jurado, singer and actress
• November 26: Isaac Gálvez López, cyclist

See also

• 2006 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2006