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 was the leader of a coalition named _Forza Italia_.

Berlusconi was one of the most important managers in Italy, he was 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.

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. On 1 August 2013, his jail term got confirmed, he will have to serve 4 years, in house arrest, because of his old age. In 2013, Berlusconi was convicted of paying for sex with an underage girl. This conviction was overturned on 18 July 2014.

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.

On 2 September 2020, during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Berlusconi tested positive to COVID-19. The next day, he was hospitalized in Milan with pneumonia. He was released from the hospital on 14 September.

In April 2023, it was revealed that Berlusconi had leukemia. He died on the morning of 12 June 2023 at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy from the disease at the age of 86.

## Other websites

- Official party site, in Italian

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Silvio Berlusconi
- **image**: Silvio Berlusconi (2010) cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Berlusconi in 2010
- **office**: Prime Minister of Italy
- **president**: Giorgio Napolitano
- **term start**: 8 May 2008
- **term end**: 16 November 2011
- **predecessor**: Romano Prodi
- **successor**: Mario Monti
- **president1**: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- **term start1**: 11 June 2001
- **term end1**: 17 May 2006
- **predecessor1**: Giuliano Amato
- **successor1**: Romano Prodi
- **president2**: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
- **term start2**: 11 May 1994
- **term end2**: 17 January 1995
- **predecessor2**: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
- **successor2**: Lamberto Dini
- **office3**: Member of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic
- **term start3**: 13 October 2022
- **term end3**: 12 June 2023
- **constituency3**: Monza
- **term start4**: 15 March 2013
- **term end4**: 27 November 2013
- **constituency4**: Molise
- **office5**: Member of the European Parliament
- **term start5**: 2 July 2019
- **term end5**: 12 October 2022
- **constituency5**: North-West Italy (European Parliament constituency), North-West Italy
- **term start6**: 20 July 1999
- **term end6**: 10 June 2001
- **constituency6**: North-West Italy
- **office7**: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies
- **term start7**: 15 April 1994
- **term end7**: 14 March 2013
- **birth place**: Milan, Italy
- **death place**: Milan, Italy
- **children**: 5, including Marina Berlusconi, Marina, Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Pier Silvio and Barbara Berlusconi, Barbara
- **relatives**: Paolo Berlusconi (brother)
- **alma mater**: University of Milan
- **signature**: Silvio Berlusconi Signature.svg