berlusconi

     

Silvio Berlusconi (help·info) (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, meia proprietor, and Prime Minister of Italy (President of the Council of Ministers of Italy), a position he has held three times; 1994-1995, 2001-2006 and since 2008. He is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a centre-right party he founded in 1993. Before the 2008 Italian general election he announced his intention to establish a new political party, People of Freedom, to be constituted by the merging of Forza Italia with the National Alliance party, and several other conservative parties later in 2008. His victory in the 2008 general election paved the way for the fourth term as prime minister.

Trivia about berlusconi

  • In 2009 this Italian P.M. demanded an apology from his wife for publicly saying she wanted a divorce; good luck with that, sir
  • Italy's richest man as of 2007, this ex-prime minister has been estimated to be worth a cool $11.8 billion
  • A billionaire media tycoon, he's been prime minister twice, most recently since 2001
  • Check out this zillionaire--a European prime minister in 1994, 2001 to 2006 & again since 2008
  • What a political comeback! In '94 he quit as P.M. amid charges of corruption but was re-elected in 2001

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