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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

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)^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 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^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• 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)