2009 in Italy
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Events of 2009 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]Silvio Berlusconi controversies
[edit]Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is involved in several controversies in relation to his career and personal life.
Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
[edit]Knox and Sollecito were tried for and convicted of the Murder of Meredith Kercher.
L'Aquila earthquake
[edit]A major earthquake occurred in Abruzzo on 6 April, killing about 300 people.
Deaths
[edit]- 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)