2012 in Spain
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Events of 2012 in Spain.
Incumbents
[edit]Regional presidents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 2 April – Pilar Fuertes Ferragut, 49, diplomat, road accident.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Spain - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com.
- ^ Huge turnout for Catalan independence rally Archived 2022-11-15 at the Wayback Machine www.bbc.co.uk, 11 September 2012
- ^ 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.