2011 in Italy

Events of 2011 in Italy:

Incumbents

[Silvio Berlusconi underage prostitution charges]

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated concerning allegations that he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex and that he lied and misused his power to have her released from police custody after she was arrested for theft.
Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister.

[Murder of [Meredith Kercher]]

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito had their murder convictions quashed and were released.

Births

In 2011 there were an estimated 1.44 births

Deaths

March 12 – Nilla Pizzi, 91, singer
September 4 – Mino Martinazzoli, 79, politician
September 13 – Walter Bonatti, 81, mountain climber and journalist
September 26 – Sergio Bonelli, 78, publisher
October 21 – Antonio Cassese, 74, jurist
October 23 – Marco Simoncelli, 24, motorcycle racer
December 25 – Giorgio Bocca, 91, essayist and journalist
December 30 – Mirko Tremaglia, 85, politician