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2022 (MMXXII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
The United Nations declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development, and the International Year of Glass.
2022 saw the continued impact of an inflation surge as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began in 2020, has continued, and the year saw the lifting of COVID restrictions, and reopening of international borders.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, has caused the displacement of 13.7 million Ukrainians (7.7 million internally displaced persons and 6 million refugees) and lead to international condemnations and sanctions, the withdrawal of hundreds of companies from Russia, and the exclusion of Russia from major sporting events.
Events
January
More than 10 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine were mass administered worldwide.
- January 1 – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the largest free trade area in the world, comes into effect for Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
- January 2 – Abdalla Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister of Sudan amid deadly protests.
- January 4 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—issue a rare joint statement affirming that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."
- January 5 – A nationwide state of emergency is declared in Kazakhstan in response to the 2022 Kazakh unrest. The cabinet of prime minister Askar Mamin resigns, while president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev removes former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, widely regarded as being the real power in the country, from his position as Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan.
- January 6 – The CSTO deploys a "peacekeeping" mission in Kazakhstan, including Russian paratroopers, following a request by Kazakh president Tokayev.
- January 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 300 million worldwide.
- January 9 – February 6 – The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is held in Cameroon, with Senegal winning their first championship.
- January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient occurs in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
- January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.
- January 16 – World No. 1 tennis champion Novak Djokovic is deported from Australia following a high-profile legal case regarding his COVID-19 vaccination status, preventing his participation in the 2022 Australian Open.
- January 18 – American company Microsoft announces its intent to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is the largest acquisition of a tech company in history.
- January 19 – 2022 Barbadian general election: The Barbados Labour Party wins all 30 seats of the House of Assembly of Barbados for the second consecutive time.
- January 23
- Tropical Storm Ana kills 115 people in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar.
- A coup d'état in Burkina Faso removes president Roch Kaboré from power. The Burkinabé military cites the government's failure to contain activities of Islamist militants within the country as a reason for the coup.
- January 28 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion.
- January 29 – 2022 Italian presidential election: The incumbent President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, was re-elected for a second term as head of state.
- January 30 – 2022 Portuguese legislative election: The Socialist Party, led by António Costa, wins an "unexpected" majority of 117 seats.
February
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Montage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, part of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
- February 3 – Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is killed in Atme during a counter-terrorism raid by U.S. special forces in north-western Syria.
- February 4 – China and Russia issue a joint statement opposing further NATO expansion, expressing "serious concerns" about the AUKUS security pact, and pledging to cooperate with each other on a range of issues.
- February 4–20 – The 2022 Winter Olympics are held in Beijing, China, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics.
- February 5 – Cyclone Batsirai kills a total of 123 people across Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people in the same region.
- February 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: the number of confirmed cases exceeds 400 million worldwide.
- February 9 – The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, the UK, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record.
- February 21 – 24 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and, despite international condemnation and sanctions, begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- February 26 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The EU, US, and their allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites. These and other sanctions fuel a financial crisis in Russia.
- February 27
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Putin orders Russia's nuclear deterrent forces to be on "special alert", their highest level, in response to what he calls "aggressive statements" by NATO. The move is condemned by the US.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: European nations announce a ban on Russian flights in their airspace.
- In a constitutional referendum, Belarus votes to revoke its non-nuclear status and to allow the country to host Russian forces permanently.
- February 28
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change. It concludes that many impacts are on the verge of becoming "irreversible".
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian and Ukrainian officials meet on the Belarus-Ukraine border for the first round of peace talks, with no resolution.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions.
- 2022 Russian financial crisis: In an unprecedented move, Switzerland, Monaco, Singapore and South Korea impose unilateral sanctions over Russia including the introduction of export controls and asset freezes.
March
- March 1
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: World Athletics bans both Russia and Belarus from competing in all of its events.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: In an emergency session, United Nations member states pass a resolution deploring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for the immediate withdrawal of its forces.
- March 2
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia seizes its first large city, the Black Sea port of Kherson, as shelling intensifies across many parts of Ukraine, including civilian areas.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The United Nations reports that over a million refugees have now fled from Ukraine to other countries.
- The International Criminal Court begins an investigation into possible war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine.
- March 3
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an attack by its troops on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – the largest in Europe – which led to a fire at the site.
- The National Assembly of Armenia elects incumbent minister of High-Tech Industry and former mayor of Yerevan, Vahagn Khachaturyan as president of Armenia following the resignation of Armen Sarkissian.
- March 4–13 – The 2022 Winter Paralympics are held in Beijing, China, making it the first city to host both Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics.
- March 4 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: An Afghan man on behalf of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province commits a suicide attack at a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 63 people.
- March 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million.
- March 8 – The US and UK announce a ban on Russian oil, while the EU announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for Russian gas.
- March 9
- 2022 South Korean presidential election: People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is narrowly elected President of South Korea.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an air strike in Mariupol that destroys a hospital including a maternity and children's ward.
- Researchers in the Antarctic announce they have found Endurance, one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks, which sank in 1915 during Ernest Shackleton's exploration.
- March 10 – National Assembly of Hungary elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote.
- March 11 – Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile. He becomes the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
- March 12 – 2022 Turkmenistan presidential election. The former President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow's son Serdar Berdimuhamedow won with 89% of the total votes.[citation needed]
- March 13 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: 30 Russian missiles hit the Yavoriv military base, used for NATO training and close to the border with Poland, killing 35 and injuring 134 others.
- March 16 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A Russian airstrike on the Mariupol Theatre in Mariupol kills an estimated 600 civilians sheltering inside.
- March 24 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: NATO announces that four new battlegroups totaling 40,000 troops will be deployed in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, along with enhanced readiness for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
- March 25 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia's defence ministry announces that the first phase of its military operation is "generally" complete, saying the country will focus on the "liberation" of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
- March 31 – Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for April 10, 2021, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April
- April 3
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: As Russia's forces retreat from areas near Kyiv, it is accused by Ukraine of war crimes, amid mounting evidence of indiscriminate civilian killings, including the Bucha massacre.
- The second round of voting of the 2022 Costa Rican general election is held, and Social Democratic Progress Party presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected president.
- April 4 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the third and final part of its Sixth Assessment Report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F).
- April 6 – The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub impact is reported by palaeontologists.
- April 7
- The UN votes by 93–24 to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 58 countries abstaining.
- President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns from office, dismisses vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, and transfers both offices' powers to the newly formed eight-member Presidential Leadership Council, chaired by Rashad al-Alimi.
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following a missile attack on Kramatorsk train station, which kills 59 civilians trying to evacuate, including seven children.
- Global food prices increase to their highest level since the UN's Food Price Index began in 1990, with commodities such as wheat rising by nearly 20% as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
- April 11 – The National Assembly of Pakistan elects leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan, after Imran Khan is removed from office following a motion of no confidence two days prior.
- April 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases exceeds 500 million worldwide.
- April 14 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian flagship Moskva becomes the largest warship to be sunk in action since World War II. Ukraine claims to have struck it with Neptune anti-ship missiles, while Russia claims it sank during stormy weather after an onboard fire.
- April 18 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Battle of Donbas begins, leading to the deaths of several thousand military personnel and civilians.
- April 19 – The second round of voting of the 2022 East Timorese presidential election is held and the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction party presidential candidate, former president and former prime minister José Ramos-Horta is elected.
- April 20 – A European Southern Observatory team announces the discovery of micronovae.
- April 22 – The Large Hadron Collider recommences full operations, three years after being shut down for upgrades.
- April 24
- The second round of the 2022 French presidential election is held, with incumbent president Emmanuel Macron being reelected, defeating his challenger Marine Le Pen in the rematch.
- The 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election is held to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, the lower house of the Slovenian Parliament; the Freedom Movement party becomes the largest party, winning 41 of 90 seats.
- April 25 – The social media network Twitter accepts a buyout offer from Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for US$44 billion.[importance?]
- April 27
- The European Union accuses Russia of blackmail after gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria are halted by energy giant Gazprom.
- The Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the second country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency.
- A court in Myanmar under the control of its military junta sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison for corruption charges.
- April 28 – The Parliament of Montenegro elects a new government with Dritan Abazović as prime minister, following a motion of no confidence against the government of Zdravko Krivokapić.
May
- May 6 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: An outbreak of monkeypox begins when the first monkeypox virus case is reported in London, the United Kingdom.
- May 9
- The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as a result of massive protests against his government across the country. He is succeeded by Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister three days later.
- 2022 Philippine general election: Bongbong Marcos, and Sara Duterte are elected the 17th President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory.
- May 10–14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, Italy. The contest is won by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra with their song "Stefania".
- May 12 – The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration reveals its first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
- May 13 – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is elected as the 3rd president of the United Arab Emirates by the Federal Supreme Council following the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan a day earlier.
- May 15 – Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected president again, beating President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
- May 16 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Siege of Mariupol ends in a Russian victory as Ukrainian troops are evacuated from Mariupol.
- May 20 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The World Health Organization (WHO) holds an emergency meeting to discuss the spread of monkeypox in nearly a dozen countries, as the number of reported cases reaches 100.
- May 21 – 2022 Australian federal election: The Labor party led by Anthony Albanese defeats the Liberal/National Coalition Government led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Albanese would be sworn in on May 23.
- May 28 – Spanish club Real Madrid beat English club Liverpool 1–0 to win the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League final played at the Stade de France in Paris, France.
June
- June 4 – Retired general Bajram Begaj is elected the 9th President of Albania by the parliament in the 4th round of voting.
- June 5 – At least 50 people are killed in a dual mass shooting-bomb attack in Owo, Nigeria.
- June 13 – A series of violent protests begin in Ecuador.[importance?]
- June 14 – Canada and Denmark end their competing claims for Hans Island by dividing the island roughly in half ending what was referred to as the Whisky War.
- June 19
- The second round of the 2022 French legislative election is held and President Emmanuel Macron's Ensemble political coalition wins the most seats, winning 245 out of 577 seats in the National Assembly. However, Macron loses his majority as 289 seats were required for one. The newly formed NUPES coalition won 131 seats.
- The second round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election is held and former guerrilla fighter for the 19th of April Movement and incumbent senator, Gustavo Petro, defeats businessman and former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernández Suárez.
- June 22 – An earthquake measuring moment magnitude (Mw ) 6.2 strikes the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 1,000 people.
- June 23 – Dickon Mitchell's party wins a majority of seats in Grenada's general election, defeating Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's party. Dickon Mitchell is appointed Prime Minister of Grenada, following Keith Mitchell's resignation on June 24.
- June 26 – G7 leaders gather for a summit in Germany to discuss the situation in Ukraine. A ban on imports of Russian gold is announced.
- June 27 – 53 migrants are found dead in a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas.
- June 28–30 – A NATO summit is held in Madrid, Spain along with the presence of guest countries from the European Union and the Indo-Pacific primarily searching for a consensual defensive reinforcement after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sustained threatening over the territorial integrity of other countries.
July
- July 1 – Yair Lapid succeeds Naftali Bennett as Prime Minister of Israel, while Bennett succeeds Lapid as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel; this arrangement had been created after the 2021 Israeli legislative election, in which no party won an outright majority.
Predicted and scheduled events
- July 6–31 – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England
- July 7–17 – 2022 World Games
- July 17 – 2022 South Ossetian annexation referendum.
- July 28 – August 8 – 2022 Commonwealth Games
- August 9 – 2022 Kenyan general election
- August 27 – September 11 – 2022 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.
- September 11 – 2022 Swedish general election: All 349 seats of the Riksdag are up for election.
- October 2 – 2022 Brazilian general election: The offices of the president and vice president, one third of the Senate, the entire Chamber of Deputies, and numerous state legislatures and governorships are up for election.
- November 15–16 – 2022 G20 Bali summit in Bali, Indonesia.
- November 21 – December 18 – 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, to avoid both the summer heat between May and September and clashing with the 2022 Winter Olympics.
- December 15 – Leo Varadkar will succeed Micheál Martin as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, as part of a rotation agreement made in 2020.
Date unknown
- 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: incumbent General Secretary Xi Jinping is widely believed to be re-elected as general secretary.
- 20th SAARC summit in Pakistan.
Deaths
January
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- January 2
- Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (b. 1936)
- Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist (b. 1944)
- January 3
- Beatrice Mintz, American embryologist (b. 1921)
- Viktor Saneyev, Soviet and Georgian triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1945)
- January 6
- Peter Bogdanovich, American film director (b. 1939)
- F. Sionil José, Filipino writer (b. 1924)
- Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, activist and ambassador (b. 1927)
- January 9 – Toshiki Kaifu, 48th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1931)
- January 11
- Anatoly Alyabyev, Soviet and Russian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
- David Sassoli, 16th President of the European Parliament (b. 1956)
- Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1936)
- January 12 – Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943)
- January 13 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director (b. 1946)
- January 14 – Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
- January 16 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, 5th President and 6th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1945)
- January 18
- Sir David Cox, English statistician (b. 1924)
- Paco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist and stylist (b. 1948)
- January 19
- Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (b. 1984)
- Hardy Krüger, German actor (b. 1928)
- January 20
- Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
- Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947)
- January 22 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (b. 1926)
- January 23
- Keto Losaberidze, Soviet and Georgian archer and Olympic champion (b. 1949)
- Thierry Mugler, French fashion designer (b. 1948)
- January 24 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion (b. 1970)
- January 25 – Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- January 30 – Leonid Kuravlyov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1936)
February
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- February 2 – Monica Vitti, Italian actress (b. 1931)
- February 3
- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, leader and 2nd Caliph of the Islamic State (b. 1976)
- Christos Sartzetakis, 4th President of Greece (b. 1929)
- February 5
- Don Johnston, 4th Secretary-General of the OECD (b. 1936)
- Boris Melnikov, Soviet and Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
- February 6
- Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (b. 1949)
- Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (b. 1929)
- February 7 – Douglas Trumbull, American film director, special effects supervisor and inventor (b. 1942)
- February 8 – Luc Montagnier, French Nobel virologist (b. 1932)
- February 10
- Sir Manuel Esquivel, 2nd Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1940)
- Duvall Hecht, American rower, publisher and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
- February 12 – Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovak-born Canadian film director and producer (b. 1946)
- February 14 – Borislav Ivkov, Serbian chess Grandmaster (b. 1933)
- February 15 – Józef Zapędzki, Polish sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1929)
- February 16 – Amos Sawyer, interim President of Liberia (b. 1945)
- February 17 – Máté Fenyvesi, Hungarian footballer and politician (b. 1933)
- February 19
- Gary Brooker, British singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
- Kakuichi Mimura, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- February 20 – Oleksandr Sydorenko, Soviet and Ukrainian swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1960)
- February 22 – Mark Lanegan, American singer, musician and writer (b. 1964)
- February 24 – Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
- February 28 – Abuzed Omar Dorda, 18th Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1944)
March
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- March 1 – Alevtina Kolchina, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
- March 3 – Dean Woods, Australian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1966)
- March 4
- Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1947)
- Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (b. 1969)
- March 6
- Frank O'Farrell, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
- Giuseppe Wilson, Italian footballer (b. 1945)
- March 7 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1929)
- March 8 – Tomás Boy, Mexican footballer (b. 1951)
- March 10 – Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (b. 1944)
- March 11
- Rupiah Banda, 4th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
- Rustam Ibragimbekov, Soviet and Azerbaijani screenwriter, playwright and producer (b. 1939)
- March 12 – Karl Offmann, 3rd President of Mauritius (b. 1940)
- March 13 – William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950)
- March 14 – Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (b. 1948)
- March 15 – Eugene Parker, American solar physicist (b. 1927)
- March 16 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese racing driver, motorcyclist, and team owner (b. 1940)
- March 17 – Christopher Alexander, Austrian-born British-American architect, design theorist, and writer (b. 1936)
- March 19 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)
- March 21 – Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, 16th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1954)
- March 23 – Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovak-born American politician (b. 1937)
- March 25 – Taylor Hawkins, American musician (b. 1972)
- March 27 – Ayaz Mutallibov, 1st President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
- March 30 - Egon Franke, Polish fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1935)
- March 31
- Georgi Atanasov, 39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1933)
- Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (b. 1943)
April
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- April 2 – Leonel Sánchez, Chilean footballer (b. 1936)
- April 3 - Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian writer (b. 1918)
- April 4 – Django Sissoko, Acting Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1948)
- April 5
- Sidney Altman, Canadian-American Nobel molecular biologist (b. 1939)
- Josef Panáček, Czech sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
- Bjarni Tryggvason, Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut (b. 1945)
- April 7 – Dušan Čkrebić, 55th Prime Minister and 12th President of Serbia (b. 1927)
- April 9 – Jack Higgins, English author (b. 1929)
- April 13
- Michel Bouquet, French actor (b. 1925)
- Freddy Rincón, Colombian footballer (b. 1966)
- April 14 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
- April 15 – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, 4th President of the European Parliament (b. 1925)
- April 17 – Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (b. 1945)
- April 18 – Sir Harrison Birtwistle, English composer (b. 1934)
- April 19 – Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian, second-oldest verified person in history (b. 1903)
- April 21
- Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya (b. 1931)
- Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker (b. 1941)
- April 22 – Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951)
- April 26 – Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947)
- April 27 – İsmail Ogan, Turkish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
- April 30 – Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (b. 1967)
May
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- May 1 – Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
- May 3
- Tony Brooks, English Formula One driver (b. 1932)
- Stanislav Shushkevich, 1st Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus (b. 1934)
- May 7 – Yuri Averbakh, Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1922)
- May 8 – Maria Gusakova, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
- May 10 – Leonid Kravchuk, 1st President of Ukraine (b. 1934)
- May 13
- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948)
- Teresa Berganza, Spanish mezzo-soprano (b. 1933)
- Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born Danish Nobel nuclear physicist (b. 1926)
- Yang Hyong-sop, 4th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (b. 1925)
- May 14 – Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer (b. 1975)
- May 17 – Vangelis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1943)
- May 26
- Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1928)
- Andy Fletcher, English keyboardist (b. 1961)
- Ray Liotta, American actor and producer (b. 1954)
- Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1949)
- May 27 – Angelo Sodano, 54th Secretary of State of the Holy See (b. 1927)
- May 28
- Evaristo Carvalho, 5th Prime Minister and 4th President of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1941)
- Bujar Nishani, 7th President of Albania (b. 1966)
- May 30 – Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer (b. 1913)
June
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- June 6 – Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939)
- June 7
- Isaac Berger, American weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
- Marco Luzzago, Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1950)
- June 8
- Romeo Morri, Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1952)
- Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-born English visual artist (b. 1935)
- June 14 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist and playwright (b. 1936)
- June 17 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, filmmaker and racing driver (b. 1930)
- June 21 – Dragan Tomić, Acting President of Serbia (b. 1935)
- June 22
- Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1943)
- Jüri Tarmak, Estonian high jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1946)
- June 23 – Stien Kaiser, Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
- June 27 – Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italian businessman and billionaire (b. 1935)[importance?]
July
- July 2
- Peter Brook, English theatre and film director (b. 1925)
- Andy Goram, Scottish football goalkeeper (b. 1964)[importance?]
- July 3 – Susana Dosamantes, Mexican actress (b. 1948)[importance?]
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