2009 in Italy
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Events of 2009 in Italy.
Incumbents
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)
- 10 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)
- 13 July - Giuseppe Alessi, politician, president of Sicily (born 1905)
- 6 August – Riccardo Cassin, mountaineer (born 1909)
- 8 September – Mike Bongiorno, television personality (born 1924)
- 9 October – Aldo Buzzi, architect, director and screenwriter (born 1910)
- 20 November – Lino Lacedelli, mountaineer (born 1925)
See also
References
- ^ "Silvio Berlusconi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 20 November 2025.