2009 in Italy
# 2009 in Italy

Events of 2009 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)
