2012 in Spain

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Events of 2012 in Spain .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Mariano Rajoy

Regional presidents

• Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán
• Aragón: Luisa Fernanda Rudi
• Asturias: Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (until 26 May), Javier Fernandez (starting 26 May)
• Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá
• Basque Country: Patxi Lopez (until 15 December), Iñigo Urkullu (starting 15 December)
• Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
• Cantabria: Ignacio Diego
• Castilla–La Mancha: María Dolores de Cospedal
• Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
• Catalonia: Artur Mas
• Extremadura: José Antonio Monago
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
• La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
• Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre (until 26 September), Ignacio Gonzalez (starting 26 September)
• Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
• Navarre: Yolanda Barcina
• Valencian Community: Alberto Fabra
• Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

Events

• 13 May – Pastor Maldonado wins the Spanish Grand Prix, marking him the first Venezuelan Formula One driver to win a race.
• 1 July – Spain's national team wins UEFA Euro Final in Kyiv, Ukraine. ^[2]
• 11 September - Some 1.5 million people take part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona. ^[3]

Deaths

• 2 April – Pilar Fuertes Ferragut, 49, diplomat, road accident. ^[4]

See also

• 2012 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 2012

References

1. "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "Spain - European Qualifiers". UEFA .
3. Huge turnout for Catalan independence rally Archived 2022-11-15 at the Wayback Machine www.bbc.co.uk, 11 September 2012
4. Ayllón, Luis (3 April 2012). "Muere en accidente de tráfico en Namibia la embajadora de España en Zimbabue" [The Spanish ambassador to Zimbabwe dies in a traffic accident in Namibia]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2022.