2022 in Spain

Events in the year 2022 in Spain.

Incumbents

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

5 January – Sara Alba is dismissed as Minister of Health of La Rioja in the Government of Concha Andreu.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-05 |title=La presidenta de La Rioja destituye a su consejera de Sanidad en pleno pico de Covid "por pérdida de confianza" |url=https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2022/01/05/61d581b521efa041628b4585.html |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}
19 January – Six people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Moncada, Valencia.{{Cite news|title=Nursing home fire kills 6, hospitalizes 17 in eastern Spain|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nursing-home-fire-kills-5-in-eastern-spain/2022/01/19/d6e3faf0-78f7-11ec-9dce-7313579de434_story.html|access-date=2022-01-22|issn=0190-8286}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Resultados provisionales. Castilla y León|url=https://elecciones2022ccyl.es/resultados/0/castilla-y-leon|website=Junta of Castile and León}}{{Cite web|date=February 14, 2022|title=Spanish regional elections leads far-right party to record results|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/spanish-regional-elections-leads-far-right-party-to-record-results/|website=euractiv.com}} Following this election result, and an unfolding leadership crisis in PP,{{Cite news|date=February 18, 2022|title=DIRECTO {{!}} Última hora de la crisis en el Partido Popular|work=El Diario|url=https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/politica-18-febrero-directo-crisis-partido-popular-ultima-hora_6_8759188.html}} Vox for the first time was recognized as the Spain's second political force, according to some opinion polls for the next general elections.{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2022|title=ElectoPanel 22F|url=https://electomania.es/ep22f22/|website=ElectoMania}}

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.{{cite news |title=Far-right gains first share of power in Spain since Franco |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/far-right-gains-first-share-power-spain-since-franco-2022-03-10/ |access-date=10 March 2022 |publisher=Reuters |date=10 March 2022}} Vox member Carlos Pollán was elected President of the Cortes of Castile and León, the position of speaker.{{cite news |title=Vox speaker in Spain's Castilla y Leon regional parliament |url=https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/politics/2022/03/10/vox-speaker-in-spains-castilla-y-leon-regional-parliament_9dbcd276-6db9-4cd1-a285-41b4065b44cf.html |access-date=10 March 2022 |publisher=ANSA |date=10 March 2022}}

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

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

16 October - At least seven people are injured in a suspected gas explosion at a Japanese restaurant in Tarragona, Spain.{{Cite news |date=2022-10-16 |title=Suspected gas blast at Spanish restaurant injures seven |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/least-six-hurt-explosion-spanish-restaurant-2022-10-16/ |access-date=2022-10-17}}