Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi (29 September 1936 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian politician and businessman. He was Prime Minister of Italy from May 1994 to January 1995, June 2001 to May 2006, and May 2008 to November 2011. He was the first to become Prime Minister without first holding another office. He is the leader of a coalition named Forza Italia.
Berlusconi is also the most important manager of Italy, he is the owner of television group Mediaset, of the editorial group "Mondadori" and of the Bank group Mediolanum SpA. He was born in Milan. In July 2020, his net worth was at US$6.3 billion.[1]
Berlusconi had some problems with justice, including fraud (1994, 1996) and corruption (1998). In the 1990s he entered politics and he has been Head of Government in 1994, in 2001 and since 2008 to 2011. On 26 October 2012, he was convicted of fraud.[2] On 1 August 2013, his jail term got confirmed, he will have to serve 4 years, in house arrest, because of his old age.[3] In 2013, Berlusconi was convicted of paying for sex with an underage girl. This conviction was overturned on 18 July 2014.[4]
In 2019, he was elected a member of the European Parliament during the 2019 elections. He was an MEP previously between 1999 and 2001. He was seen as a possible candidate for President of Italy in the 2022 elections.[5]
On 2 September 2020, during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Berlusconi tested positive to COVID-19.[6] The next day, he was hospitalized in Milan with pneumonia.[7] He was released from the hospital on 14 September.[8]
In April 2023, it was revealed that Berlusconi had leukemia.[9] He died on the morning of 12 June 2023 at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy from the disease at the age of 86.[10][11]
Silvio Berlusconi Media
Berlusconi singing on a cruise ship in the 1960s
Berlusconi awarded Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour in 1977
Berlusconi in his private jet aircraft in the 1980s
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Berlusconi with Giulio Andreotti in 1984
Berlusconi during a Forza Italia rally in 1994
Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi in 1997
Berlusconi with US president George W. Bush and former presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush
Berlusconi addressing a joint session of the US Congress in 2006
Berlusconi addressing a crowd during a PdL meeting in 2008
Berlusconi with US president Barack Obama in the Oval Office, 2009
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References
- ↑ "Silvio Berlusconi & family". Forbes.
- ↑ Squires, Nick (26 October 2012). "Silvio Berlusconi four-year sentence quickly cut to one year" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi jailed...but to go free". Express.co.uk. 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Berlusconi sex conviction overturned". BBC News. 18 July 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28369408.
- ↑ "He's back: Silvio Berlusconi launches bid for Italian presidency". The Independent. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ↑ Giuffrida, Angela (2 September 2020). "Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for Covid-19 after Sardinia visit". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/02/silvio-berlusconi-tests-positive-for-covid-19-after-sardinia-visit. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Italy ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi in hospital". BBC News. ANSA. 4 September 2020.
- ↑ Covid, Berlusconi: "Primi tre giorni difficilissimi, non credevo di farcela", Adnkronos
- ↑ Italy ex-premier Berlusconi has leukaemia, source says. Reuters
- ↑ "Silvio Berlusconi ist tot" (in German). Der Spiegel. 12 June 2023. https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/italien-silvio-berlusconi-ist-tot-a-d2b19445-02b1-4b9f-ac83-2526ef07f2e4. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ Giuffrida, Angela (12 June 2023). "Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, dies aged 86". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/silvio-berlusconi-former-italian-prime-minister-dies. Retrieved 12 June 2023.