Silvio Berlusconi Dies: Former Italian Prime Minister Was 86
12.06.2023 - 08:53
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Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister and media mogul, has died aged 86, according to Italian media reports. Local press said Berlusconi died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.
Berlusconi was a controversial former Italian Prime Minister and media mogul who was a giant of Italian politics and the longest-serving in the post since World War Two.
He served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 2011 and had recently been returned to the Senate of the Republic in the Giorgia Meloni government, leading the centre-right Forza Italia Party.
Berlusconi was the owner of Italy’s largest broadcasting outfit, Mediaset, and his ownership was riddled with scandal.
The Milan-born politician’s career was also riddled with other sex scandals and corruption allegations. He was convicted of tax fraud a decade ago and banned from holding office for two years, although his four-year prison sentence was exempt. Amongst other accusations, Berlusconi was also accused and initially formally convicted of paying 17-year-old Moroccan Karima El Mahroug, also known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori, for sexual services between February and May 2010 when she was under the age of 18. He was eventually found not guilty on appeal but the trial hung over him for years.
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