Berlusconi’s death was first reported by the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della sera. Information about the death has been confirmed by Berlusconi’s representative.
Three-time Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has died in a hospital in Milan. Berlusconi was 86 years old when he died.
Berlusconi’s death was first reported by the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della sera. Information about the death has been confirmed by Berlusconi’s representative.
Berlusconi was suffering from leukemia and had been in a hospital in Milan since Friday. Her children are said to have been with her.
Berlusconi had been released from the hospital three weeks ago after being there for several weeks. At that time, the doctors told him that he was suffering from a rare blood cancer. Berlusconi had previously been in hospital due to, among other things, corona infection.
Berlusconi was known for both personal and political scandals
Silvio Berlusconi served as Prime Minister of Italy several times in the 1990s and early 2000s. Berlusconi was also in the European Parliament.
Last year, Berlusconi was elected to the Italian Senate, but he was rarely seen in public recently.
He was the leader of the right-wing Forza Italia party. The party participates by Giorgia Meloni to lead the Italian government.
Silvio Berlusconi entered Italian politics in 1994. He subsequently served as the country’s prime minister three times. The last prime minister’s term was in 2008-2011.
Berlusconi’s political career was marred by numerous sex scandals and lawsuits. In 2013, he was expelled from the Senate after he was convicted of tax fraud. In the same year, he received a seven-year prison sentence for buying sex from a minor, Karima El-Mahroug.
However, the verdict was later overturned. According to the judge, it was not completely clear in the case that Berlusconi would have known that El-Mahroug was a minor at the time of the incident.
Silvio Berlusconi also maintained relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was believed that relations would continue even after Russia had started a war of aggression in Ukraine.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, STT