2020 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Felipe VI
• 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:
• *María José Segarra
• *''Luis Navajas
• *Dolores Delgado
• Chief of the Defence Staff: Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta
• President of the Episcopal Conference:
• *Ricardo Blázquez
• *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: Quim Torra
• 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

• 25 January – Scheduled date for presentation of the 34th Goya Awards
• 19 February – The investigation into the Bolivian diplomatic incident is completed. The Spanish government accuses the Bolivian government of risking the safety of its diplomats while emphasizing the desire to continue good relations with the South American country.
• COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

  Deaths

January

• 7 January – Jaime Monzó, swimmer.
• 8 January – Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz.
• 13 January – Isabel-Clara Simó, journalist and writer.
• 21 January – Meritxell Negre, singer.
• 22 January – Roser Rahola d'Espona, editor and baroness.
• 30 January – Mauro Varela, politician and banker.

  February

• 4 February – José Luis Cuerda, director, screenwriter and producer
• 8 February – Carlos Rojas Vila, author
• 9 February – David Gistau, TV writer and novelist, brain injury.
• 10 February – Diana Garrigosa, teacher and activist.
• 12 February – Miguel Cordero del Campillo, veterinarian, parasitologist, academic and politician.
• 13 February – Rafael Romero Marchent, film director, actor and screenwriter.
• 18 February – Jaime Amat, Olympic field hockey player
• 19 February – Fernando Morán, diplomat and politician.
• 24 February – Juan Eduardo Zúñiga, literary scholar and writer.
• 26 February – Eduardo Bort, guitarist.

  March

• 9 March
• * José Jiménez Lozano, writer, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner.
• * Luis Racionero, writer.
• 18 March – Joaquín Peiró, football player and manager,.
• 20 March – Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón, nobleman, socialite and entrepreneur, Grandee of Spain.
• 21 March – Lorenzo Sanz, businessman and sports executive.
• 22 March
• * Germà Colón, philologist.
• *Máximo Hernández, 74, football player and manager.
• *Benito Joanet, football player and coach.
• *José María Loizaga Viguri, businessman
• *Carmen de Mairena, actress, cuplé singer and television personality.
• 23 March
• * Lucia Bosè, Italian-born actress and beauty pageant winner.
• * José Folgado, businessman and politician.
• * José García González, psychiatrist and neurologist.
• 27 March – Jesús Gayoso Rey, Civil Guard lieutenant colonel.
• 28 March – Chato Galante, pro-democracy activist and political prisoner.
• 29 March – José Luis Capón, footballer.
• 31 March
• *Rafael Gómez Nieto, resistance fighter.
• *Daniel Yuste, Olympic racing cyclist.

  April

• 1 April – Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, economist and diplomat.
• 2 April – Goyo Benito, football player.
• 3 April – Francisco Hernando Contreras, housing developer.
• 4 April – Luis Eduardo Aute, artist.
• 6 April
• *Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, playwright and screenwriter.
• *Alfonso Cortina, businessman.
• *Riay Tatary, Syrian-born doctor and imam.
• 8 April – Miguel Jones, footballer.
• 10 April
• *Antonio Carro, politician.
• *Enrique Múgica, lawyer and politician.
• *Iris M. Zavala, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual.
• 11 April – Antonio Ferres, writer and poet.
• 12 April
• * Francisco Aritmendi, Olympic long-distance runner.
• *Mary Begoña, vedette and actress.
• * Carlos Seco Serrano, historian.
• 13 April
• *Baldiri Alavedra, footballer.
• *Juan Cotino, businessman and politician.
• *Landelino Lavilla Alsina, lawyer and politician.
• 16 April – Santiago Lanzuela, politician.
• 17 April – Jesús Vaquero, neurosurgeon.
• 18 April – Aurelio Campa, footballer.
• 20 April – Josep Sala Mañé, casteller.
• 21 April
• * José María Calleja, journalist, political prisoner and anti-ETA activist.
• * Miguel Ángel Troitiño, geographer.
• 22 April – El Príncipe Gitano, flamenco singer and actor.
• 23 April – Bernardino Lombao, athlete and personal trainer.

  May

• 1 May
• *África Lorente Castillo, politician and activist.
• *Benjamín Moreno, footballer.
• 7 May
• *Antonio González Pacheco, Francoist police inspector and torturer.
• *Manuel Jove, businessman.
• 10 May – José López Calo, musicologist and priest.
• 11 May – Francisco Aguilar, footballer.
• 13 May – Adolfo Pajares, politician
• 15 May – Juan Genovés, painter and graphic artist.
• 16 May – Julio Anguita, politician and communist leader.
• 20 May – Adolfo Nicolás, Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and Superior General.
• 21 May – Lluís Juste de Nin, cartoonist and fashion designer.
• 22 May – Antonio Bonet Correa, art historian.
• 25 May – Marcelino Campanal, footballer.
• 26 May – Miguel Artola Gallego, historian