Events in the year 2006 in Spain.

Incumbents Monarch: Juan Carlos I 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. November 28: Ciberobn, a public research consortium is founded.CIBEROBN website December 30: A bombing at the Barajas Airport in Madrid kills two people and injures twenty. ETA claims responsibility.

Births January 18: Iyana Martín, basketball player April 20: Dean Berta Viñales, Spanish motorcycle rider (d. 2021) June 17: Awa Fam, basketball player

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

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