2009 in Italy

Events of 2009 in Italy.

← 2008 2007 2006 2009 in Italy → 2010 2011 2012
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years 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 (born 1921)
• 11 January – Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1922)
• 9 February – Eluana Englaro, right-to-die patient (born 1970)
• 13 May – Achille Compagnoni, mountaineer (born 1914)
• 6 August – Riccardo Cassin, mountaineer (born 1909)
• 8 September – Mike Bongiorno, television personality (born 1924)
• 20 November – Lino Lacedelli, mountaineer (born 1925)

See also

• 2009 in Italian television
• List of Italian films of 2009