2022 in Spain explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Felipe VI Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en . 17 August 2023.
2. Web site: 2022-01-05 . La presidenta de La Rioja destituye a su consejera de Sanidad en pleno pico de Covid "por pérdida de confianza" . 2023-02-04 . ELMUNDO . es.
3. News: Nursing home fire kills 6, hospitalizes 17 in eastern Spain. en-US. Washington Post. 2022-01-22. 0190-8286.
4. Web site: Resultados provisionales. Castilla y León. Junta of Castile and León.
5. Web site: February 14, 2022. Spanish regional elections leads far-right party to record results. euractiv.com.
6. News: February 18, 2022. DIRECTO Última hora de la crisis en el Partido Popular. El Diario.
7. Web site: February 22, 2022. ElectoPanel 22F. ElectoMania.
8. News: Far-right gains first share of power in Spain since Franco . 10 March 2022 . Reuters . 10 March 2022.
9. News: Vox speaker in Spain's Castilla y Leon regional parliament . 10 March 2022 . ANSA . 10 March 2022.
10. News: 2022-10-16 . Suspected gas blast at Spanish restaurant injures seven . en . Reuters . 2022-10-17.