2001 in Italy

2001 in Italy

Events from the year 2001 in Italy.

Incumbents

* President — Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
* President of the Council of Ministers — Giuliano Amato (until 11 June), Silvio Berlusconi

Events

* 21 February
** Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano arrested in Sicily after 38 years on the run.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=650–652]
** Novi Ligure Murder: a mother and child are murdered in Novi Ligure. [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/feb/28/worlddispatch.rorycarroll|title="Murder wrongfoots the Italian nation", The Guardian|accessdate=2008-03-03]
* 13 May - a general election is held and is won by Silvio Berlusconi. [cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/italy/|title=CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Italy decides|accessdate=2008-03-03]
* 20 July–22 July - 27th G8 summit held in Genoa.
* 20 July - an anti-globalisation protestor at the G8 summit is shot dead by police. [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jul/21/globalisation1|title="Violence erupts again in Genoa", The Guardian|accessdate=2008-03-03]
* 8 October - Linate Airport disaster: Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 crashes at Linate Airport in Milan killing 118. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1591060.stm|title="British plane crash victims named", BBC News|accessdate=2008-03-03]

Births

Deaths

* 27 January - Marie-José of Belgium, last Queen of Italy, consort to Umberto II (born 1906)
* 12 February - Tiberio Mitri, boxer (born 1926)
* 13 February - Ugo Fano, physicist (born 1912)
* 14 February - Piero Umiliani, composer (born 1926)
* 23 February - Sergio Mantovani, racing driver (born 1929)
* 10 March - Massimo Morsello, musician and political activist (born 1958)
* 5 April - Aldo Olivieri, football player (born 1910)
* 12 April - Alberto Erede, conductor (born 1909)
* 20 April - Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor and composer (born 1946)
* 25 April - Michele Alboreto, racing driver (born 1956)
* 26 April - Renzo Vespignani, painter and illustrator (born 1924)
* May - Armando Nannuzzi, cinematographer (born 1925)
* 14 May - Mauro Bolognini, film director (born 1922)
* 20 May - Renato Carosone, musician (born 1920)
* 23 May - Alessandro Natta, politician (born 1918)
* 26 May - Vittorio Brambilla, racing driver (born 1937)
* 18 June - Paolo Emilio Taviani, politician (born 1912)
* 20 July - Carlo Giuliani, protestor shot dead at the G8 summit (born 1978)
* 22 July - Indro Montanelli, journalist and historian (born 1909)
* 26 July - Giuseppe Cardinal Sensi, Cardinal (born 1907)
* 19 September - Aldo Capitanio, comic book artist (born 1952)
* 11 October - Beni Montresor, artist (born 1926)
* 3 November - Lucio Colletti, philosopher (born 1924)
* 8 November - Paolo Cardinal Bertoli, Cardinal (born 1908)
* 9 November - Giovanni Leone, Prime Minister (born 1908)
* 5 December - Franco Rasetti, physicist (born 1901)

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