Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister, has died at the age of 86. The media tycoon and politician who served as prime minister of Italy in two governments, died at
FILE - Forza Italia party leader Silvio Berlusconi at he Senate, in Rome, on Oct. 26, 2022. Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday, April 5, 2023, with apparent respiratory problems, Italian media reported. The 86-year-old three-time premier was in intensive care at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, the clinic where he routinely receives care, LaPresse news agency, Sky TG24 and Corriere della Sera reported, without citing sources.
The media tycoon and politician who served as prime minister of Italy in two governments, died at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan.On Friday, CNN reported that he was hospitalised but not in “critical” condition.In 2021, the press office of his Forza Italia party reported that he had contracted Covid-19.
In 2016, he was said to have suffered a heart problem which led to a surgery to replace an aortic valve.He led the centre-right Forza Italia party which entered a coalition under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after elections in September. His political career was fraught with scandals, including the tax fraud which banned him from holding political office for two years.
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