2006 in Italy

Incumbents

• President:
• Prime Minister:

  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

  Deaths

• 1 March – Jenny Tamburi, actress and television hostess.
• 5 April – Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop.
• 22 April – Alida Valli, actress.
• 11 May – Ferdinando Tacconi, comics artist.
• 9 June – Enzo Siciliano, writer.
• 15 June – Betty Curtis, singer
• 12 July – Loredana Nusciak, actress and model.
• 20 July – Ugo Attardi, painter, sculptor and writer.
• 31 July – Mario Faustinelli, comic book artist.
• 20 August – Giuseppe Moccia, film director
• 15 September – Sergio Savarese, furniture designer.
• 17 September – Leonella Sgorbati, nun.
• 16 October – Ondina Valla, hurdler.
• 25 October – Emilio Vedova, painter.
• 2 November – Milly Vitale, actress.
• 25 November – Luciano Bottaro, comic book creator.
• 26 November –
• 28 November – Primo Volpi, 90, Italian cyclist.
• 13 December – Mario Ravagnan, fencer.
• 28 December –