2019 in Italy

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Events during the year 2019 in Italy.

Incumbents

• President: Sergio Mattarella
• Prime Minister: Giuseppe Conte [1]

Events

Aerial view of Milan

• 14 to 17 February – Scheduled date for the 2019 Italian Basketball Cup, to be played in Florence
• 1 March to 1 September – The 22nd Triennial is scheduled to be held in Milan
• 31 March – Several tens of thousands of people marched in support of the ultra-Conservative World Congress of Families on Sunday, on the final day of their conference in northern Italy.[2][3]
• 24 June - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2026 Winter Olympics to Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, beating Stockholm-Åre.
• 24 July - New Mayor of Predappio announced plans to open Mussolini crypt to the public all year round. Mr Canali said he wanted to promote the tomb as a tourist attraction to boost the local economy.[4][5][6]
• 9 August - The deputy prime minister and leader of the League Matteo Salvini called for new elections, and announced a no-confidence vote on the government backed by his party in a coalition with the Five Star Movement.[7]
• 21 August - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns.[1]
• 3 September - The Five Star Movement members voted in favor of a coalition with the Democrats, under the premiership of Conte.
• 4 September - The Conte II Cabinet was sworn in.[8]
• 27 October - The centre-right coalition composed of mr Salvini's League, far-right Brothers of Italy and Berlusconi's Forza Italia wins 2019 Umbrian regional election. becoming the first centre right government in Umbria in more than 50 years.
• 12 December - 21 December - 2019 Winter Deaflympics held in Province of Sondrio for nine days.[9]

Deaths

January

• January 2 – Michele Caccavale, politician, Deputy (b. 1947).[10]
• January 6 – Angelo Ziccardi, politician, Senator (b. 1928).[11]
• January 7 – Alfredo Arpaia, politician, Deputy (b. 1940).[12]
• January 9
  • Fernando Aiuti, immunologist and politician (b. 1935).[13]
  • Paolo Paoloni, actor (b. 1929).[14]
• January 10 – Erminio Boso, politician, Senator (b. 1945).[15]
• January 19 – Mario Bertoncini, composer, pianist, and music educator (b. 1932).[16]
• January 20 – Evloghios, Orthodox bishop, Primate of the Holy Synod of Milan (b. 1935).[17]
• January 21 – Giuseppe Minardi, racing cyclist (b. 1928).[18]
• January 25
  • Vigilio Mario Olmi, Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia 1986–2003 (b. 1927)
  • Renzo Pigni, politician (b. 1925).[19]

February

Marella Agnelli

• February 4 – Giampiero Artegiani, Italian singer-songwriter, lyricist and producer (b. 1955)[20]
• February 9 – Mario Gerla, Italian computer scientist and engineer (b. 1943)[21]
• February 10
  • Mario Bernardo, Italian cinematographer (b. 1919)[22]
  • Maura Viceconte, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1967)[23]
• February 13 – Miranda Bonansea, Italian actress (b. 1926)[24]
• February 15 – Adriano Ossicini, Italian politician (b. 1920)[25]
• February 19 – Giulio Brogi, Italian actor (b. 1935)[26]
• February 21 – Maurizio Clerici, Italian Olympic rower (b. 1929)[27]
• February 23 – Marella Agnelli, Italian art collector and socialite (b. 1927)[28]
• February 24 – Giovanni Piana, Italian philosopher (b. 1940)[29]

March

• March 9 – Anna Costanza Baldry[30]

April

• April 5 – Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer (b. 1939)[31]
• April 19 – Massimo Marino, television presenter and actor (b. 1960)[32]

May

• May 11 – Gianni De Michelis, Italian politician (b. 1940)[33]

June

Elio Sgreccia

Franco Zeffirelli

• June 5 – Elio Sgreccia, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)[34]
• June 7 – Nello Governato, Italian footballer (b. 1938)[35]
• June 8 – Renzo Patria, Italian politician (b. 1933)[36]
• June 10 – Mario Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1920)[37]
• June 11
  • Domenico De Simone, Italian politician (b. 1926)[38]
  • Enrico Nascimbeni, Italian singer (b. 1959)[39]
  • Valeria Valeri, Italian actress (b. 1921)[40]
• June 13 – Rosario Parmegiani, Italian water polo player (b. 1937)[41]
• June 15 – Franco Zeffirelli, film director and politician (b. 1923)[42]
• June 17
  • Salvatore Senese, Italian politician (b. 1935)[43]
  • Remo Vigni, Italian footballer (b. 1938)[44]
• June 20
  • Emanuele Crestini, Italian politician (b. 1972)[45]
  • Gino Pasqualotto, Italian ice hockey player (b. 1955)[46]
• June 25 – Giuseppe Fabiani, Italian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1926)[47]
• June 26 – Loredana Simioli, Italian actress (b. 1978)[48]
• June 30 – Giovanni Giavazzi, Italian politician (b. 1920)[49]

July

Valentina Cortese

Andrea Camilleri

Ilaria Occhini

• July 1
  • Osvalda Giardi, Italian high jumper and pentathlete (b. 1932)[50]
  • Ennio Guarnieri, Italian cinematographer (b. 1930)[51]
• July 2 – Francesco Pontone, Italian politician (b. 1927)[52]
• July 3 – Vasco Tagliavini, Italian professional football player and coach (b. 1937)[53]
• July 5
  • Ugo Gregoretti, Italian film director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host (b. 1930[54]
  • Paolo Vinaccia, Italian composer, jazz drummer, and percussionist (b. 1954)[55]
• July 7 – Salvatore Angerami, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1956)[56]
• July 9 – Domenico Bova, Italian politician (b. 1946)[57]
• July 10 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (b. 1923).[58]
• July 13
  • Augusto Fantozzi, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1940)[59]
  • Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)[60]
• July 14 – Nereo Laroni, Italian politician (b. 1942)[61]
• July 17
  • Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer (b. 1925)[62]
  • Giuseppe Merlo, Italian tennis player (b. 1927)[63]
• July 18 – Luciano De Crescenzo, Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer (b. 1928)[64]
• July 20
  • Marisa Merz, Italian artist (b. 1926)[65]
  • Ilaria Occhini, Italian actress (b. 1934)[66]
• July 22 – Giuliana Morandini, Italian writer and literary critic (b. 1938)[67]
• July 24 – Sergio Di Giulio, Italian actor (b. 1945)[68]

August

• August 16 – Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1942)[69]
• August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (b. 1923)[70]

September

Bruno Grandi

• September 2 – Andrea Gemma, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1930)[71]
• September 7 – Alberto Cerreti, Italian politician (b. 1939)[72]
• September 10
  • Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neofascist activist (b. 1936)[73]
  • Salvatore Mannuzzu, Italian writer, politician, and magistrate (b. 1930)[74]
• September 13 – Bruno Grandi, Italian sports executive (b. 1934)[75]
• September 15 – Roberto Villetti, Italian politician (b. 1944)[76]
• September 17 – Fabio Buzzi, Italian motorboat builder and racer (b. 1943)[77]
• September 19 – Luigi Bommarito, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1926)[78]
• September 23 – Walter Nicoletti, Italian football manager (b. 1952)[79]
• September 27 – Dante Bernini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1922)[80]

November

• November 22 – Cecilia Seghizzi, composer, painter and teacher (b. 1908)[81]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

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9. admin. "In a few hours the opening ceremony will take place in Sondrio – 19 Winter Deaflympics". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
10. E’ morto l’ex deputato di Forza Italia Michele Caccavale (in Italian)
11. Matera, addio all'ex senatore del Pci Angelo Ziccardi (in Italian)
12. Morto l'ex parlamentare napoletano Alfredo Arpaia (in Italian)
13. "Immunologist Aiuti dies, maybe suicide". ansa.it. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
14. Paolo Paoloni, è morto il megadirettore galattico di Fantozzi (in Italian)
15. Morto Enzo Erminio Boso, ex senatore della Lega Nord (in Italian)
16. Cordoglio della Chigiana per la morte del maestro Bertoncini (in Italian)
17. Скончался председатель Миланского Синода ИПЦ Митрополит Евлогий (in Russian)
18. Giuseppe Minardi morto, 'Pipaza' era la maglia rosa più vecchia (in Italian)
19. Como piange Renzo Pigni L'ex sindaco è morto nella notte (in Italian)
20. Morto Giampiero Artegiani, vinse il Festival di Sanremo con «Perdere l'amore» Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
21. In Memoriam: Computer science professor and former department chair Mario Gerla MS ’70, PhD ’73
22. Addio a Bernardo, l'ultimo partigiano Se ne è andato a 99 anni (in Italian)
23. Morta Maura Viceconte, la maratoneta italiana ancora primatista dei 10.000 metri (in Italian)
24. Si è spenta Miranda Bonansea, leggenda del doppiaggio italiano: era nata a Mondovì nel 1926 (in Italian)
25. E' morto Adriano Ossicini, ex partigiano, parlamentare e ministro: salvò molti ebrei romani dalla deportazione (in Italian)
26. Morto Giulio Brogi (in Italian)
27. È morto l'olimpionico Maurizio Clerici (in Italian)
28. E' morta Marella Agnelli, moglie dell'Avvocato Gianni (in Italian)
29. E' morto il filosofo Giovanni Piana. Era legato al territorio meratese (in Italian)
30. Farrington, David P.; Zych, Izabela; Llorent, Vicente J.; Ttofi, Maria M. (2019-06-10). "Anna Costanza Baldry (May 16, 1970–March 9, 2019)". International Journal of Bullying Prevention: s42380–019–00023-9. doi:10.1007/s42380-019-00023-9. ISSN 2523-3653.
31. "E' morto l'ex Juve Gianfranco Leoncini". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale.
32. È morto Massimo Marino, personaggio cult delle notti romane (in Italian)
33. È morto Gianni De Michelis (in Italian)
34. Bioetica: morto il card. Elio Sgreccia, “padre” della bioetica (in Italian)
35. Nello Governato è morto/ Addio all’ex ds della Lazio di Cragnotti: aveva 80 anni (in Italian)
36. È morto Renzo Patria, storico esponente democristian (in Italian)
37. Cardiologo a Bergamo e super campione di scherma: addio a Mario Mangiarotti, aveva 98 anni (in Italian)
38. È morto il senatore Domenico De Simone, fu sindaco di Torremaggiore, senatore e deputato (in Italian)
39. È morto Enrico Nascimbeni a Milano, aveva 59 anni (in Italian)
40. Valeria Valeri: muore a 97 anni l'attrice dal sorriso garbato (in Italian)
41. Addio a Rosario Parmegiani, oro olimpico a Roma '60 (in Italian)
42. Legendary Italian director Franco Zeffirelli dies aged 96
43. È morto Salvatore Senese, ex magistrato e politico, tra i fondatori di Magistratura Democratica (in Italian)
44. È morto Remo Vigni, l'ultimo in vita dei Carlino's Boys (in Italian)
45. Rocca di Papa, il sindaco Emanuele Crestini è morto da eroe: è uscito per ultimo per salvare i dipendenti (in Italian)
46. Bolzano in lutto, è morto Gino Pasqualotto (in Italian)
47. Lutto in Diocesi, monsignor Fabiani è salito alla Casa del Padre (in Italian)
48. È morta l’attrice Loredana Simioli. In un video la sua lotta contro il cancro (in Italian)
49. È morto Giovanni Giavazzi, una vita di impegno civile (in Italian)
50. Sport, muore ex pluricampionessa italiana (in Italian)
51. Cinema: morto Ennio Guarnieri (in Italian)
52. Addio a Pontone, il nonno dei nonni (in Italian)
53. Morto a 81 anni Vasco Tagliavini, ex calciatore dell’Inter e stimato allenatore (in Italian)
54. Morto Ugo Gregoretti: il regista romano aveva 88 anni (in Italian)
55. Paolo Vinaccia er død (in Norwegian)
56. Morto monsignor Angerami, addio al vescovo ausiliare di Napoli (in Italian)
57. È morto l'ex parlamentare Mimmo Bova (in Italian)
58. Valentina Cortese, Italian Actress Nominated for Oscar, Dies at 96
59. Morto Augusto Fantozzi, fu ministro e commissario Alitalia (in Italian)
60. Collège cardinalice: décès du card. italien Paolo Sardi (in French)
61. Morto Nereo Laroni. Si è spento al'ospedale di Mestre dopo un intervento (in Italian)
62. Andrea Camilleri è morto, addio al papà di Montalbano (in Italian)
63. Il tennis italiano piange la morte di Beppe Merlo Archived 2019-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
64. Roma, Luciano De Crescenzo è morto nella sua casa romana (in Italian)
65. È morta Marisa Merz, l’unica donna esponente dell’arte povera (in Italian)
66. Addio all'attrice Ilaria Occhini, aveva 85 anni (in Italian)
67. Morta la scrittrice Giuliana Morandini (in Italian)
68. È morto Sergio Di Giulio, doppiatore storico di Dan Aykroyd nella saga Ghostbusters (in Italian)
69. Addio a Felice Gimondi: l'ex corridore è morto a 76 anni
70. Addio a Silvestrini, uno dei protagonist della diplomazia vaticana (in Italian)
71. Bishop Andrea Gemma, F.D.P. †
72. Addio a Cerreti, fu presidente della Provincia (in Italian)
73. Strage di Bologna, è morto Stefano Delle Chiaie (in Italian)
74. Morto Salvatore Mannuzzu, addio a 89 anni al grande scrittore sardo (in Italian)
75. "Gymnastics federation president Grandi dies". ESPN. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
76. Ciao Roberto (in Italian)
77. Motorboat racer Fabio Buzzi one of three killed in boat crash in Venice
78. E' tornato alla casa del Padre il vescovo Luigi Bommarito (in Italian)
79. È morto Walter Nicoletti, ex allenatore di Empoli, Trapani, Cesena e Spal (in Italian)
80. È morto don Dante Bernini, il vescovo della pace e della nonviolenza (in Italian)
81. Gorizia in lutto: morta a 111 anni Cecilia Seghizzi (in Italian)