1983 in Italy

← 1982 1981 1980 1983 in Italy → 1984 1985 1986
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

The following lists events from the year 1983 in Italy.

Incumbents

• President: Sandro Pertini
• Prime Minister: Amintore Fanfani until 4 August (→ Fifth Fanfani government), then Bettino Craxi (→ First Craxi government).

Events

• 3 to 5 February – Sanremo Music Festival 1983: winner of the festival was Tiziana Rivale with the song "Sarà quel che sarà".
• 13 February – Cinema Statuto fire in Turin: 64 deaths, 20 injuries.

• 15 May – 1982–83 Serie A ends: 2nd title for AS Roma.

• 22 June – Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi in Rome.
• 26 June – 1983 Italian general election. Christian Democrats are significantly weakened.
• June - November – 1983 Italian regional elections.

• 12 July – Legislature IX of Italy founded (until 1987).
• 29 July – Rocco Chinnici, anti-Mafia magistrate, killed by the Sicilian Mafia's car bomb in Palermo. (→ Second Mafia War)

• 4 August – Bettino Craxi is first Prime Minister from Italian Socialist Party (until 1987).

• 23 October – Tommaso Buscetta arrested in Brazil (extradited to Italy next year).

Births

• 31 January – Fabio Quagliarella, football player
• 24 July – Daniele De Rossi, football player and manager

Deaths

• 18 March – Umberto II of Italy, former and the last king of Italy (b. 1904)

See also

• 1983 in Italian television
• List of Italian films of 1983