2006 in Italy

Events during the year 2006 in Italy.

Incumbents

 * President:
 * Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (until 15 May)
 * Giorgio Napolitano (from 15 May)


 * Prime Minister:
 * Silvio Berlusconi (until 17 May)
 * Romano Prodi (from 17 May)

Events

 * 10–26 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
 * 10–19 March – The Paralympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
 * 9 July – Italy wins the FIFA World Cup by defeating France, 5–3, following a penalty shootout in the final game at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.
 * 13 August – Air Algérie Flight 2208 accident
 * 17 October – 2006 Rome Metro crash

Full date unknown

 * Drug Target Insights academic journal is founded.

Births

 * 14 March – Simone Pafundi, footballer
 * 25 May – Lorenzo Galossi, swimmer
 * 6 June – Angela Andreoli, artistic gymnast
 * 25 August – Andrea Kimi Antonelli, racing driver
 * 9 October – Matteo Santoro, diver
 * 2 November – Manila Esposito, footballer
 * 7 November – Giulia Dragoni, footballer
 * 15 November – Lara Colturi, alpine skier

Deaths





 * 1 March – Jenny Tamburi, actress and television hostess (b. 1952).
 * 5 April – Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923).
 * 22 April – Alida Valli, actress (b. 1921).
 * 11 May – Ferdinando Tacconi, comics artist (b. 1922).
 * 9 June – Enzo Siciliano, writer (b. 1934).
 * 15 June – Betty Curtis, singer (b. 1936)
 * 12 July – Loredana Nusciak, actress and model (b. 1942).
 * 20 July – Ugo Attardi, painter, sculptor and writer (b. 1923).
 * 31 July – Mario Faustinelli, comic book artist (b. 1924).
 * 20 August – Giuseppe Moccia, film director (b. 1933)
 * 15 September – Sergio Savarese, furniture designer (b. 1958).
 * 17 September – Leonella Sgorbati, nun (b. 1940).
 * 12 October – Carlo Acutis, English-born Italian Catholic computer programmer (b. 1991)
 * 16 October – Ondina Valla, hurdler (b. 1916).
 * 25 October – Emilio Vedova, painter (b. 1919).
 * 2 November – Milly Vitale, actress (b. 1933).
 * 25 November – Luciano Bottaro, comic book creator (b. 1931).
 * 26 November –
 * Leo Chiosso, songwriter (b. 1920).
 * Giorgio Panto, television station owner and politician, (b. 1941).


 * 28 November – Primo Volpi, 90, Italian cyclist (b. 1916).
 * 13 December – Mario Ravagnan, fencer (b. 1930).
 * 28 December –
 * Nicola Granieri, fencer (b. 1942).
 * Aroldo Tieri, actor (b. 1917).