Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013; a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2022 until his death in 2023, and previously from March to November 2013; and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022, and previously from 1999 to 2001. With a net worth of US$6.8 billion as of June 2023, Berlusconi was the third-wealthiest person in Italy at the time of his death.
Berlusconi in 2010
Berlusconi singing on a cruise ship in the 1960s
Berlusconi awarded Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour in 1977
Berlusconi in his private jet aircraft in the 1980s
The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is established by articles 92–96 of the Constitution of Italy; the president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of the Republic and must have the confidence of the Parliament to stay in office.
Prime Minister of Italy
Chigi Palace in Rome, the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy.
Count Camillo Benso of Cavour, first Italian Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini, longest-serving prime minister of Italy and Duce of fascism