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, Javier Fernandez
• Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá
• Basque Country: Patxi Lopez, Iñigo Urkullu
• 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, Ignacio Gonzalez
• 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.