The news of the disappearance of Silvio Berlusconi, who died this morning at theSan Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he was hospitalized for tests due to chronic myelomonocytic leukemia from which he had been suffering for some time. Born in Milan on September 29, 1936, the leader of Forza Italy it shut down around 9.30; shortly afterwards, his brother Paolo Berlusconi and his children Marina, Eleonora, Barbara and Pier Silvio arrived at the San Raffaele. Known to all as "the Knight" he announced his first and historic descent into the field in January 1994. Loved and hated, a highly discussed character for his private life and the legal events that have seen him involved in various proceedings, Berlusconi has always been talked about. For better or for worse, he marked an era in the field of publishing, in the history of television. In the last thirty years he has strongly occupied the political scene often becoming the tip of the balance in the choices of the government or of the centre-right coalition.
Silvio Berlusconi
“Italy is the country I love”. These are the words spoken on January 26 in a pre-recorded statement sent to all televisions. Silvio Berlusconi's first experience of government arrived in May of the same year and ended in December, when the Northern League withdrew its support for the government.
The Cavaliere party merged in 2008 into “Il People of Liberty” and then re-founded in 2013, has marked the political life of the country since the mid-nineties. Three times prime minister, deputy in five legislatures, senator in the seventeenth legislature, he was, according to Forbes magazine, the sixth richest man in Italy. He is the 318th richest in the world, with personal assets estimated at $7,3 billion.
A defendant in over twenty judicial proceedings, on August 2013, XNUMX he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for tax fraud in the "Mediaset trial". On October 19 of the same year he was banned from holding public office for two years. Due to the conviction, on November 27, 2013 the Senate of the Republic voted in favor of his removal from the office of senator. Back as a candidate on 12 May 2018, he was elected MEP in 2019 and was, to date, the most senior MEP.
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In 1976 with the acquisition of Telemilan, gives life to what would later turn out to be a very long career as a TV editor with the birth of the group Mediaset. And publisher of printed paper for the Mondadori group. Berlusconi has distinguished himself for having put his signature in many sectors of finance by acquiring companies and large-scale retail brands. And, again, his beloved Milan, the football team with which he won a total of 29 official trophies in 31 years.
A man of spirit and with a passion for singing, in his youth he worked performing on cruise ships together with his friend Fedele Confalonieri. He was also a door-to-door shoe salesman and real estate agent. At the policies of 25 September 2022 he won in the single-member constituency of Monza, returning to the Senate after a nine-year absence.
Berlusconi's body will be transferred to Arcore where he will receive a last farewell from his dearest loved ones; from the first rumors it seems that the state funeral will be held in Cathedral in Milan.
(Images official page Silvio Berlusconi)
(Source Nova Agency/Giornalistitalia.it)
