1992 in Italy

Events in Italy in 1992:

← 1991 1990 1989 1992 in Italy → 1993 1994 1995
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

Incumbents

• President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga (until April) Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (until may)
• Prime Minister of Italy: Giuliano Amato

Events

• 13 January – The first edition of TG5, Canale 5's news program, was broadcast in Italy.
• 29 February – Sanremo: at the 42nd edition of the Italian Song Festival Luca Barbarossa wins with Portami a ballare.
• 5 April – political elections: the Quadripartite obtains an absolute majority with 48.55% of the votes, but the growth of the Lega Nord and the first investigations into bribes make it difficult to form a stable government.
• 31 October – the Catholic Church rehabilitates the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, convicted in 1633.

Births

• 12 September – Mahmood, singer
• 27 October – Stephan El Shaarawy, footballer
• 5 November – Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
• 24 December – Giuseppe Durato, manga artist

Deaths

• 3 March – Lella Lombardi, racing driver (b. 1941)
• 8 April – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 23 May – Giovanni Falcone, magistrate, assassinated, car bomb. (b. 1939)
• 19 July – Paolo Borsellino, magistrate, assassination by car bomb (b. 1940)
• 29 November – Emilio Pucci, fashion designer and politician (b. 1914)