2012 in Spain

Events of 2012 in Spain.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Juan Carlos I
 * 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.
 * 11 September - Some 1.5 million people take part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona.

Deaths

 * 2 April – Pilar Fuertes Ferragut, 49, diplomat, road accident.