title: 2015 in Italy
text: # 2015 in Italy
  
  The following lists events have happened in 2015 in the Italian Republic.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Giorgio Napolitano (until 14 January), Sergio Mattarella (starting 3 February)
  * Prime Minister: Matteo Renzi
  
  ## Events
  
  ### January
  
  * January 14 – President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano announces his resignation.
  
  ### March
  
  * 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.
  
  ### April
  
  * 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.
  
  ### May
  
  * May 1 – October 31 – Expo 2015 is held in Milan, Italy.
  
  ### July
  
  * July 11 – Bombing of the Italian Consulate in Cairo.
  
  ### December
  
  * December – Lombardy Bans the Burka.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 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)
  * 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
  * 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
  * 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
  * September 17 – Valeria Cappellotto, 45, racing cyclist.
  * 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)
  