2011 in Italy

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Events of 2011 in Italy:

Incumbents

• President: Giorgio Napolitano
• Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi (until 16 November), Mario Monti (starting 16 November)

Silvio Berlusconi underage prostitution charges

• Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being investigated in relation to allegations that he paid a 17-year-old girl for sex and that he lied misused his power to have her released from police custody after she was arrested for theft.
• Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister.

Murder of Meredith Kercher

• Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito had their murder convictions quashed and were released.

Deaths

• 18 April - Pietro Ferrero Jr. (born 1963)
• 10 July - Rubino Romeo Salmonì (born 1920)
• 24 December -
  • Armando Brambilla, 69, Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (1994-2011) (born 1942)
  • Sergio Buso, 61, footballer and coach (born 1950 )
• 25 December - Giorgio Bocca, 91, essayist and journalist (born 1920)
• 31 December - Jerzy Kluger, 90, Polish-born businessman, bronchitis (born 1921)

See also

• 2011 in Italian television
• List of Italian films of 2011

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