Comizio di silvio berlusconi biography

Italian media tycoon and politician (–)

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Silvio Berlusconi (BAIR-luu-SKOH-nee; Italian:[ˈsilvjoberluˈskoːni]; 29 September &#;&#; 12 June ) was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from to , to and to He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from to ; a member of the Senate of the Republic from until his death in , and previously from March to November ; and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from to , and previously from to With a net worth of US$&#;billion in June , Berlusconi was the third-wealthiest person in Italy at the time of his death.

Berlusconi rose into the financial elite of Italy in the late s. He was the controlling shareholder of Mediaset and owned the Italian football club AC Milan from to He was nicknamed Il Cavaliere ('The Knight') for his Order of Merit for Labour; he voluntarily resigned from this order in March In , Forbes ranked him as the th-richest man in the world, with a net worth of US$8&#;billion. In , Forbes ranked him 12th in the list of the World's Most Powerful People due to his domination of Italian politics throughout more than fifteen years at the head of the centre-right coalition.

Berlusconi was prime minister for nine years in total, making him the longest serving post-war prime minister of Italy, and the third-longest-serving since Italian unification, after Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Giolitti. He was the leader of the centre-right party Forza Italia from to , and its successor party The People of Freedom from to He led the revived Forza Italia from to Berlusconi was the senior G8 leader from until , and he held the record for hosting G8 summits (having hosted three summits in Italy). After serving nearly 19 years as

• Silvio Berlusconi (Milà, 29 de setembre de ) és un empresari i polític italià, que fou Primer Ministre d'Itàlia, cap del partit polític Poble de la Llibertat i magnat dels mitjans de comunicació amb la seva presidència del grup Mediaset. (ca)
• Silvio Berlusconi (* září , Milán) je italský politik a podnikatel, bývalý předseda vlády Itálie a zároveň nejdéle sloužící poválečný politik v této funkci. Díky němu vznikl výraz berlusconizace, který označuje kumulaci mediální a politické moci a jde o obdobu plutokracie, moc je zde však v rukou jednoho člověka, který uplatňuje svoji moc v demokratickém systému. "Bohatý a mocný člověk si díky médiím udržuje dobré veřejné mínění a jeho vlastní média proti němu nepíší". (cs)
• Silvio Berlusconi (Milan, Italia, ko irailaren 29a -), ezizenez Il Cavaliere ("Zalduna"), enpresaburu eta politikari italiarra da. Italiako Errepublikako lehen ministroa hiru aldiz izan zen: , eta tik ra alderdiko buruzagia izan zen eta, handik aurrera, (Askatasunaren Populua) alderdikoa. Telebista kateen artean, Frantziako eta Espainiako Telecinco barne hartzen dituen Mediaset enpresako nagusia da. Halaber, tik AC Milan futbol taldearen jabea da. an, Forbes aldizkariaren arabera, munduko aberatsenen zerrendako a zen. (eu)
• Iar-Phríomh-Aire na hIodáile agus pobalóir is ea Silvio Berlusconi (rugadh 29 Meán Fómhair ). Dar leis an iris Forbes, is é Berlusconi an duine is saibhre san Iodáil agus é ar an 30ú duine is saibhre ar domhan. Is úinéir chlub sacair A.C. Milan é. (ga)
• シルヴィオ・ベルルスコーニ（イタリア語: Silvio Berlusconi、イタリア語発音: [ˈsilvjo berluˈskoːni]、年9月29日 - ）は、イタリアの政治家、実業家。 建設業及びメディア経営で成功を収めた実業家で約78億ドル（世界第位）の総資産を持つ世界有数の資産家として知られる。また企業経営から政治家に転身してタンジェントポリ後の政界再編で頭角を現し、閣僚評議会議長を4期（第50・56・57・59代）務めている。を年に授与されており、支持者からはイル・カヴァリエーレ（Il Cavaliere）と呼ばれる。 年、多数の汚職疑惑によって上院議員を辞職して政界引退を声明したが、年に欧州議会議員に当選して政界に復帰した。 (ja)
• Silvio Berlusconi (uitspr.: [ˈsilvjo berluˈskoni]; Milaan, 29 septembe

A version of this article originally appeared on VICE Italy.

On Sunday, Italy will hold snap elections that were called in late July of this year. The country’s latest political crisis was triggered by the resignation of prime minister Mario Draghi, who headed a government that included almost all Italian parties from the left through to the centre and the populist right. This broad and fragile coalition was created to fix yet another governmental crisis in January , but collapsed once the populist 5 Stars Movement pulled their support.

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Now, according to every poll going, Italy’s rightwing coalition is poised to win the elections by a large margin. The bloc is composed of four parties: a small, centrist party called Noi Moderati, currently polling at around percent of the vote; the centre-right Forza Italia, led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, coming in at about 7 percent of the vote share; the far-right Lega party, headed by Matteo Salvini, which recently lost a lot of support and is now at about 13 percent; and the far-right Brothers of Italy, with Giorgia Meloni as its leader, polling at about 25 percent. 

The coalition is projected to receive between 43 and 46 percent of the vote. If they manage this, they would be able to change the country’s constitution without needing to consult voters in a referendum.

The feeling of victory was palpable at the coalition’s last rally, held at People’s Square in Rome on Thursday. 

Rome is Meloni’s hometown and stronghold. In her youth, she rose through the ranks of local far-right student movements, including the youth branch of the now-defunct neo-fascist Italian Social Movement. In , she co-founded Brothers of Italy and became president in Under her leadership, the party has become much more mainstream, growing sixfold in support since the last elections. She is now on her way to become the first female leader in the history of the country.

Brothers of Italy’s ties

The political career of Silvio Berlusconi (–) began in , when Berlusconi entered politics for the first time serving intermittent terms as Prime Minister of Italy from to , to and to , his career was racked with controversies and trials; amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset, the largest television broadcaster network in Italy, in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest.

Political career

In the early s, the five pro-Western governing parties, Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana), the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Social-Democratic Party, the Italian Republican Party and the Italian Liberal Party, lost much of their electoral strength almost overnight due to a large number of judicial investigations concerning the financial corruption of many of their foremost members (see the Mani Pulite affair). This led to a general expectation that upcoming elections would be won by the Democratic Party of the Left, the heirs to the former Italian Communist Party, and their Alliance of Progressives coalition unless there was an alternative. On 26 January , Berlusconi announced his decision to "enter the field", presenting his own political party, Forza Italia, on a platform focused on protecting Italy from "the Communists". His political aim was to convince the voters of the Pentapartito, (i.e. the usual five governing parties) who were shocked and confused by Mani Pulite scandals, that Forza Italia offered both novelty and the continuation of the pro-western free market policies followed by Italy since the end of the 2nd World War. Shortly after he decided to enter the political arena, investigators into the Mani Pulite affair were said to be close to issuing warrants for the arrest of Berlusconi and senior executives of his business group. During his years of political career Berlusconi has maintained that the Mani Pulite investigations were led