December 2022

December 2022
Number of days	31
First day	Thursday ,  December 1 , 2022 4th day  of week 48
Last day	Saturday , December 31, 2022 6th day  of week 52
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December 2022is the 12th ^month  of the year 2022 .

Events

• November 9 to December 4: 12th ^edition of the Route du Rhum .
• November 20 to December 18: 22nd ^edition of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar .
• December 2: Indonesia announces that it is about to adopt a new penal code , which will replace the precedent inherited from the Dutch East Indies ^{[ 1 ]} .
• December 4:
  • Iran announces the abolition of the morality police after more than two months of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini ^{[ 2 ]}  ;
  • outbreak of protests in Mongolia .
• 6 December  : legislative elections in Dominica .
• December 6 to 17: UN Conference on Biodiversity (COP 15) in Montreal , Canada .
• December 7:
  • the Chinese authorities announce a relaxation of the anti-Covid-19 rules ( zero covid strategy ) ^{[ 3 ]}  ;
  • after an attempted self-coup in Peru , President Pedro Castillo is deposed; vice-president Dina Boluarte succeeds him ^{[ 4 ]} .
• 8 December: legislative elections in the Faroe Islands .
• December 9: Arrests trigger the Qatar corruption scandal in the European Parliament .
• December 11: Pedro Angulo becomes president of the Council of Ministers of Peru .
• December 13 to December 18: 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne , Australia .
• December 14: legislative elections in Fiji .
• December 17:
  • Leo Varadkar becomes Prime Minister of Ireland again , succeeding Micheál Martin  ;
  • early legislative elections in Tunisia .
• December 18:
  • archiepiscopal elections in Cyprus  ;
  • FIFA World Cup final in Qatar, won by the Argentina team against the France team  ;
  • sinking of the Royal Thai Navy corvette HTMS Sukhothai in the Gulf of Thailand . On December 30, 23 bodies were found and 5 people were missing, 76 sailors were rescued ^{[ 5 ]} .
• December 20: As part of the Islamist insurrection in Pakistan , a hostage-taking in a police station in Bannu ends with the death of 33 Taliban and two members of the special forces ^{[ 6 ]} .
• December 21: Alberto Otárola is appointed President of the Council of Ministers of Peru , succeeding Pedro Angulo .
• December 22  : In Washington , Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is received as a hero by Joe Biden and the elected members of Congress .

Volodymyr Zelensky during the speech to the US Congress , December 22, 2022 , passing the flag of Ukraine from Bakhmut fighters .

• From December 22: a severe winter storm hits much of Canada and the United States ^{[ 7 ]} .
• December 23: in France, a shootout in Paris kills at least three people.
• December 24: in Fiji , Sitiveni Rabuka is confirmed Prime Minister by the Parliament, ten days after the legislative elections, and puts an end to more than fifteen years of power of Frank Bainimarama .
• December 26: Five North Korean drones cross the DMZ in South Korea , which scrambles planes to intercept them; one of the South Korean FA-1 light attack aircraft crashes on takeoff, while a North Korean drone crashes near the South Korean capital Seoul ^{[ 8 ]} .
• December 28: In Cambodia , a fire in a hotel-casino in Poipet , along the border with Thailand , kills at least 19 people and injures ^{50 others .}
• December 28 to January 6: tour of the four ski jumps .
• December 29: In Israel , the Netanyahu VI government takes office.
• December 29: Death of Pelé ^{[ 10 ]} .
• December 30: An explosion in a restaurant in Aydın , Turkey , kills seven people and injures four others ^{[ 11 ]} .
• December 31 toJanuary 15 : Dakar Rally 2023 .

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