biography
pronunciation:
[berluskohnee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1936– )
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| biography:
| Italian politician, prime minister (1994, 2001), and entrepreneur, born in Milan, Lombardy, N Italy. After building a thriving property business, he expanded his activities to include, in his Fininvest group of companies, private television, publishing, advertising, sport, and finance. In 1993 he entered the political world, founding the centre-right movement Forza Italia, which was successful at the 1994 elections. He had a brief period as prime minister in 1994 and he won the premiership again in 2001. |
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