The leader of Forza Italia and the founder of Mediaset was 86 years old. Viktor Orbán said goodbye to the dominant figure of Italian political life on social media.
Silvio Berlusconi was re-entered the hospital last Friday after a longer - 45-day - hospitalization, which only ended a few weeks ago due to pneumonia and leukemia, the Italian Corriere Della Sera wrote.
Berlusconi II. He was the longest-serving prime minister of post-World War II Italy. He held this position three times: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006, and from 2008 to 2011. It is interesting that technically this counts as four periods, because after a change of government - as happened with his government in 2005 - the old-new government had to take the oath again after the no-confidence vote.
He also proved himself as a businessman. He is the founder and main shareholder of the company Fininvest, whose main scope of activity included the media, and his company also owned three television channels. These accounted for almost half of the Italian TV market.
In addition, he was the president of the AC Milan football club from 1986. Under his leadership, the club won several national championships and cups, as well as international tournaments.
According to Forbes magazine, with a fortune of 11 billion US dollars, he was the richest man in Italy and ranked 37th in the world.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said goodbye to the prestigious Italian politician on social media:
