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2009 in Italy

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Events of 2009 in Italy.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Giorgio Napolitano
  • Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

    • Silvio Berlusconi controversies

    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

  • 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)

    • References

    2009 in Italy Wikipedia
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