From a Spanish reader:

Thanks for your comments about Aznar.
I will never forget the TV images of Aznar after the ETA attempt on his life in 1995. He, like DeGaulle after the liberation of Paris or Reagan after being shot, showed what he was made of. He was calm, unafraid, in charge. Aznar won his election that day [Aznar’s party won the election of 1996, and Aznar became prime minister early in 1997].
I will miss Aznar, not the least because he leaves power as the first Spanish ruler that, as far as I know, does so because he wants to [do so], since King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles I of Spain and V of Germany. I hope that he’s not the last.