2009 in Italy

Events of 2009 in Italy.

Incumbents

President: Giorgio Napolitano
Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi controversies

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is involved in several controversies in relation to his career and personal life.

Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito

Knox and Sollecito were tried for and convicted of the Murder of Meredith Kercher.

L'Aquila earthquake

A major earthquake occurred in Abruzzo on 6 April, killing about 300 people.

Deaths

8 January – Flavio Orlandi, politician
10 January – Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal
9 February – Eluana Englaro, right-to-die patient
13 May – Achille Compagnoni, mountaineer
13 July - Giuseppe Alessi, politician, president of Sicily
6 August – Riccardo Cassin, mountaineer
8 September – Mike Bongiorno, television personality
20 November – Lino Lacedelli, mountaineer