2022

**2022** (MMXXII) is a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the 2022nd year in the Common Era (CE) and *Anno Domini* (AD) designations, and the 22nd year in the 3rd millennium and the 21st century.

## 2022

### Also known as:

2020-2 (2020-two)

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.

On February 24th, Russia initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine which led to international condemnations and sanctions, the displacement of more than 3.5 million Ukrainians and the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

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### January

* 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.
	+ The 2022 Kazakh unrest commences due to high oil prices.
* 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, USA.
* 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: Sergio Mattarella is reelected as president of Italy.
* 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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* February 3 – Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is killed 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 6 – The 2022 Costa Rican general election is held.
* 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 13 – 2022 German presidential election: Frank-Walter Steinmeier is reelected as president of Germany.
* February 14 – Canada convoy protest: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces the invocation of the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history in order to quell the nationwide protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.
* February 21 – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and begins to move troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations, as a number of countries prepare to implement economic sanctions against Russia.
* February 22 – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Nord Stream 2, Russia's gas pipeline, is suspended by Germany. US President Joe Biden also imposes the first sanctions on several Russian figures and institutions, including Promsvyazbank, Aleksandr Bortnikov, and others; more are expected. The UK announces sanctions on five Russian banks and three individuals.
* February 23 – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: The European Union imposes sanctions on Russia, restricting the country's access to financial markets.
* February 24 – 2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis: Russia begins a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, prompting countries to impose even harsher sanctions on the Russian government.
* February 25 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is stripped of the Champions League final, scheduled for May 28, with UEFA moving the venue from Saint Petersburg to Paris.
* 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: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the Ukrainian and Russian delegations have agreed to meet, without preconditions.
	+ 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 now "irreversible".
	+ 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[edit]

* 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 claims to have seized 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.
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The International Criminal Court begins an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine.
* March 3
	+ The Russian Football Union starts the appeal process to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against FIFA and UEFA against the banning of Russian football teams in international competitions.
	+ 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.
* 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
	+ Russian invasion of Ukraine: Foreign news outlets, including the BBC, CNN and many others, halt their reporting in Russia after new legislation threatens 15-year jail terms for spreading "fake news".
	+ Islamic State – Khorasan Province attacks a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. An Afghan man who is a long-term resident of Pakistan commits the suicide attack, killing at least 63 people.
* March 5
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia announces a temporary ceasefire and the opening of "humanitarian corridors" to allow civilians to leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha. However, shelling is reported to be continuing.
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Visa and Mastercard, two of the world's largest payment processors, suspend their operations in Russia.
* March 6 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Vinnytsia International Airport is destroyed by Russian missiles, as President Zelenskyy calls for a no-fly zone to prevent further attacks in Ukraine.
* March 7
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Ukraine rejects a proposal by Moscow to open refugee corridors, calling it "immoral" and "unacceptable", after the Russian defence ministry announced civilians fleeing some cities would only be allowed to reach Belarus or Russia.
	+ COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million.
* March 8
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Energy giant Shell pledges to stop buying oil from Russia and to stop all current work in the country, which includes the closure of all its service stations there.
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The US and UK announce a ban on Russian oil, while the EU announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for Russian gas.
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Major global brands including McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks halt sales in Russia, in response to its attacks on Ukraine.
* 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 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 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 15 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia announces new sanctions on several U.S. officials, banning President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and others from entering the country; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also banned.
* March 24 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: NATO announces that four new battlegroups totalling 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 26 – The 2022 Maltese general election is held, to elect all 65 members of the House of Representatives of Malta. The Labour Party, led by prime minister Robert Abela, wins 38 out of 65 seats.
	+ March 29 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia's deputy defense minister says that Moscow has decided to "fundamentally cut back military activity in the direction of Kyiv and Chernihiv" in order to "increase mutual trust for future negotiations to agree and sign a peace deal with Ukraine".
	+ 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[edit]

Volodomyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, condemning Vladimir Putin over the Bucha massacre.

* 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 2022 Serbian general election is held, to elect the president and all 250 seats in the National Assembly. Together We Can Do Everything coalition presidential candidate and incumbent president Aleksandar Vučić is reelected and the Together We Can Do Everything coalition win the most seats, winning 119 out of 250.
	+ The 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election is held, with incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán being easily re-elected as the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance wins 135 out of 199 seats in the National Assembly of Hungary.
	+ 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 paleontologists.
* 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.
* April 8
	+ 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 10 – The first round of the 2022 French presidential election is held, with incumbent president Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen advancing to the second round run-off. Macron wins 27.85% of the vote, with Le Pen winning 23.15%.
* 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 19
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia's military operation has entered a new phase, focused on the entire front line of Eastern Ukraine. The city of Kreminna is reportedly the first to be captured.
	+ 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
	+ 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian and Belarusian players are banned from the Wimbledon tennis championship.
	+ 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 $44 billion USD.
* 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 minster, following a motion of no confidence against the government of Zdravko Krivokapić.

### May[edit]

* May 2 – Russia announces it may be pulling out of the International Space Station as soon as two years from now, because of the sanctions imposed on the nation after its invasion of Ukraine.
* May 9 – 2022 Philippine general election: The offices of the president, half of the Senate, all seats in the House of Representatives, and numerous seats within provincial and local legislatures were up for election.
* May 10 – 14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, Italy.

## Predicted and scheduled events[edit]

* May 21 – 2022 Australian federal election
* May 28 – The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Stade de France in Paris, France between English club Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid.
* May 29 – 2022 Colombian presidential election
* July 4 – If the definitive proposal for a new Constitution still isn't voted before, the Constitutional Convention in Chile will have to vote the draft on this date, and it will be subsequently dissolved, given the one-year deadline established by law.
* July 6–31 – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England
* July 7–17 – 2022 World Games
* July 28 – August 8 – 2022 Commonwealth Games
* August 9 – 2022 Kenyan general election
* August 26 – September 15 – Scheduled launch of ESA's *Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer*
* 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 – November 16 – 2022 G20 Bali summit is the upcoming seventeenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), the summit scheduled to take place 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 – Providing a general election is not called beforehand, Leo Varadkar will succeed Micheál Martin as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, as part of a rotation agreement made in 2020.

### Date unknown[edit]

* The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will commence. Incumbent General Secretary Xi Jinping is widely believed to be re-elected as general secretary.
* 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
* Germany plans to phase out the last of its nuclear power plants.
* The 20th SAARC summit is scheduled to be held in Pakistan.
* 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann will possibly cause a meteor shower.
* Chuuk State will hold an independence referendum in the Federated States of Micronesia.
* The *New Horizons* probe will complete its study of the Kuiper belt.
* The 2022 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.

## Deaths[edit]

Main article: Deaths in 2022

Further information: Category:2022 deaths

### January[edit]

Main article: Deaths in January 2022
Richard Leakey
Sidney Poitier
Toshiki Kaifu
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

* 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[edit]

Main article: Deaths in February 2022
Monica Vitti
Lata Mangeshkar
Luc Montagnier
Sir Manuel Esquivel

* 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[edit]

Main article: Deaths in March 2022
Shane Warne
Rupiah Banda
William Hurt
Eugene Parker

* 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[edit]

Main article: Deaths in April 2022
Leonel Sánchez
Sidney Altman
Mwai Kibaki

* 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

Main article: Deaths in May 2022
Leonid Kravchuk

* May 1 – Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
* May 3
	+ Tony Brooks, English F1 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 11 – Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American Journalist (b. 1971)
* May 12 - Person unknown.