2015 in Italy

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President: Giorgio Napolitano (until 14 January), Sergio Mattarella (starting 3 February)
Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi

January 14 – President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano announces his resignation.^[1]

March 3 – South of Sicily, Italy's Coast Guard saves 941 trafficked migrants aboard five motorized dinghies and two larger vessels near southern Italian ports. Ten people are unaccounted for.^[2]

April 9 – A man shot and killed three people and wounded two others at a Milan courthouse.
April 18 – shipwreck in the Sicilian channel of a boat loaded with 887 migrants off the Libyan coast, accidentally impacted with the King Jacob ship. Over 800 deaths, the highest number of victims ever recorded.^[3]

May 1 – October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.
May 15 – A man fired from the balcony of his home in Secondigliano, Calabria, killing five people (including two relatives and a police officer) and wounding five others before being arrested.

January 4 – Pino Daniele, 59, singer
January 10 – Francesco Rosi, 92, director
February 14 – Michele Ferrero, 89, entrepreneur and owner of the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA
April 5 – Francesco Smalto, 87, fashion designer
April 6 – Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, politician, MEP (2004–09)^[6]
April 14 – Roberto Tucci, 93, Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio since 2001^[7]
April 17 – Renato Altissimo, 74, politician
April 19 – Elio Toaff, 99, rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002)
May 15 – Renzo Zorzi, 68, racing driver^[8]
May 21 – Annarita Sidoti, 44, race walker, 1997 World Champion
June 12 – Micol Fontana , 101, fashion designer
July 14 – Willer Bordon, 66, politician
July 20 – Elio Fiorucci, 80, fashion designer
August 29 – Antonio Ceccarini, 65, footballer
September 17 – Valeria Cappellotto, 45, racing cyclist.^[9]
September 27 – Pietro Ingrao, 100, politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–79)
November 15 – Moira Orfei, 82, actress and owner of Circus Orfei
November 16 – Nando Gazzolo, 87, actor and voice actor
November 27 – Luca De Filippo, 67, director, son of Eduardo
December 6 – Mariuccia Mandelli , 90, fashion designer, founder of Krizia fashion house
December 14 – Armando Cossutta, 89, politician
December 15 – Licio Gelli, 96, financer and Venerable Master of the clandestine lodge Propaganda Due (P2)

^ "Italy's President Leaves Renzi Down One Ally by Resigning". Bloomberg. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Italy rescues more than 1,000 migrants at sea; 10 perish". Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ Cerimonia interreligiosa per 13 migranti. «Legalizzare le partenze dai Paesi d'origine» – MeridioNews
^ "Lombardy bans the burqa and niqab". 10 December 2015.
^ "Italy's Lombardy bans burqas after terror attacks".
^ Addio a Giovanni Berlinguer, una vita nel Pci (in Italian)
^ E' deceduto oggi a Roma il cardinale italiano Roberto Tucci (in Italian)
^ Addio a Renzo Zorzi, un campione incompreso (in Italian)
^ Vicenza Today. "Morta la ciclista vicentina Valeria Cappellotto per un male incurabile". geosnews.com (in Italian).

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