2022 in Spain

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Events in the year 2022 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Felipe VI ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez
• President of the Congress of Deputies: Meritxell Batet
• President of the Senate of Spain: Ander Gil
• President of the Supreme Court: Carlos Lesmes
• President of the Constitutional Court: Pedro González-Trevijano
• Attorney General: Dolores Delgado
• Chief of the Defence Staff: Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
• 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: Pere Aragonès
• 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

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Spain (Until 1 August)

January

• 5 January – Sara Alba is dismissed as Minister of Health of La Rioja in the Government of Concha Andreu. ^[2]
• 19 January – Six people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Moncada, Valencia. ^[3]

February

• 13 February - The far-right Vox party comes third in the 2022 Castilian-Leonese regional election, raising its representation from 1 up to 13 seats, and becoming the key player for the rival People's Party (PP), who won the elections, to form a government. ^{[4] [5]} Following this election result, and an unfolding leadership crisis in PP, ^[6] Vox for the first time was recognized as the Spain's second political force, according to some opinion polls for the next general elections. ^[7]

March

• 10 March - Vox forms a government with the People's Party in Castile and León, taking three of ten ministerial positions including vice president for regional leader Juan García-Gallardo. This is the first time that Vox forms a part of a government in Spain and the first time that a far-right party is in government since the 1970s. ^[8] Vox member Carlos Pollán was elected President of the Cortes of Castile and León, the position of speaker. ^[9]

May

• 6 May - 2022 Madrid explosion: Two people are killed and eighteen others are injured after a gas leak-caused explosion in Madrid.

June

• 13 June - Vila-seca train crash
• 28–30 June - 2022 NATO Madrid summit

August

• 1 August - Spain is alongside Portugal who both transition to the endemic phase.

October

• 16 October - At least seven people are injured in a suspected gas explosion at a Japanese restaurant in Tarragona, Spain. ^[10]

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 2022

Further information: Category:2022 deaths

• 16 July, Carlos Pérez de Bricio, Spanish businessman and politician (born 1927)

References

1. "Felipe VI | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "La presidenta de La Rioja destituye a su consejera de Sanidad en pleno pico de Covid "por pérdida de confianza"". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. "Nursing home fire kills 6, hospitalizes 17 in eastern Spain". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. "Resultados provisionales. Castilla y León". Junta of Castile and León.
5. "Spanish regional elections leads far-right party to record results". euractiv.com. 14 February 2022.
6. "DIRECTO | Última hora de la crisis en el Partido Popular". El Diario. 18 February 2022.
7. "ElectoPanel 22F". ElectoMania. 22 February 2022.
8. "Far-right gains first share of power in Spain since Franco". Reuters. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
9. "Vox speaker in Spain's Castilla y Leon regional parliament". ANSA. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
10. "Suspected gas blast at Spanish restaurant injures seven". Reuters. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.