The politics of Italy are conducted through a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Italy has been a democratic republic since 2 June 1946,when the monarchy was abolished by popular referendum and a constituent assembly was elected to draft a constitution,which was promulgated on 1 January 1948.
Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as 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 and has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019,and previously from 1999 to 2001.
Mani pulite was a nationwide judicial investigation into political corruption in Italy held in the early 1990s,resulting in the demise of the so-called "First Republic" and the disappearance of many Italian political parties. Some politicians and industry leaders committed suicide after their crimes were exposed. Antonio Di Pietro was the main judicial figure in charge of the investigation.
Forza Italia was a centre-right political party in Italy with liberal-conservative,Christian-democratic,liberal,social-democratic and populist tendencies. Its leader was Silvio Berlusconi,who served as Prime Minister of Italy four times.
Cesare Previti is a former Italian politician,disbarred lawyer and convicted criminal. He was,with Marcello Dell'Utri,a close friend and right-hand of Silvio Berlusconi and founder of Forza Italia (FI).
Luigi Mazzella is an Italian lawyer and former judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2005–2014).
Marcello Dell'Utri is a convicted mafia criminal,a former Italian politician and senior advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Formerly Senator in the Italian Senate. Dell'Utri has been found guilty of tax fraud,false accounting,and complicity in conspiracy with the Sicilian Mafia;the conviction for the last charge has been upheld on 9 May 2014 by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation which sentenced Dell'Utri to seven years in prison. The conviction is final and cannot be further appealed. The third criminal section of Palermo's Appellate Court declared Dell'Utri a fugitive in May 2014,when it was discovered he had fled the country ahead of the final court decision. After being detained in Lebanon,on 13 June 2014 Dell'Utri was extradited to Italy where he is currently serving his seven years prison term. He has been further sentenced in April 2018 to 12 years due to the State-Mafia Pact.
Trials and allegations involving Silvio Berlusconi have been extensive and include abuse of office,bribery and corruption of police officers,judges and politicians,collusion,defamation,embezzlement,extortion,false accounting,mafia,money laundering,perjury,tax fraud,underage prostitution influence and witness tampering.
Giulio Tremonti is an Italian politician. He served in the government of Italy as Minister of Economy and Finance under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from 1994 to 1995,from 2001 to 2004,from 2005 to 2006,and from 2008 to 2011.
The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Romano Prodi,leader of the centre-left The Olive Tree,won the election,narrowly defeating Silvio Berlusconi,who led the centre-right Pole for Freedoms.
Gianni Letta is an Italian journalist and politician. He is a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International.
"Bancopoli" was the name coined by the Italian press for the finance and banking scandals between July 2005 and January 2006. The Italian Banca Popolare Italiana (BPI),in competition with Holland's ABN AMRO for control of Banca Antonveneta,was given an unfair advantage by Banca d'Italia's president,Antonio Fazio.
The Berlusconi I Cabinet was the 51st cabinet of the Italian Republic.
Berlusconi IV Cabinet was the 60th cabinet of Italy,in office from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011. It was the fourth cabinet led by Silvio Berlusconi,who then became the longest-serving Prime Minister of Italy of the Italian Republic. The cabinet was supported by a coalition between The People of Freedom (PdL) and the Northern League (LN),together with other smaller centre-right parties.
The political career of Silvio Berlusconi began in 1994,when Berlusconi entered politics for the first time serving intermittent terms as Prime Minister of Italy from 1994 to 1995,2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011,his career was racked with controversies and trials;amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset,the largest television broadcaster network in Italy,in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest.
Silvio Berlusconi,then the Prime Minister of Italy,was accused and formally convicted of paying 17-year-old Moroccan Karima El Mahroug,also known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori,for sexual services between February and May 2010 when she was under the age of 18;he was found not guilty on appeal. He was found not guilty on appeal also,formerly convicted of malfeasance in office by arranging to have El Mahroug released from police detention during an incident in which she was briefly held on claims of theft. On 24 June 2013,the Court of First Instance sentenced Berlusconi to seven years in prison,and banned him from public office for life. Berlusconi appealed the sentence,and on 18 July 2014,an appeals court overturned Berlusconi's conviction,thus making him once again eligible to hold elected office.
Paolo Berlusconi is an Italian businessman. He is the younger brother of the former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. He is the publisher of the newspaper Il Giornale and the head of the investment group Paolo Berlusconi Finanzaria.
Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media mogul and former Prime Minister of Italy who owns the largest broadcasting company in that country,Mediaset. His promises to buy off his personal assets to avoid conflicts of interest were never fulfilled,which sparked controversy throughout his terms in office. Berlusconi is a controversial figure in modern Italian politics:his tenure as Prime Minister was racked with scandalous sex affairs and poor judgement and decision-making. These events were widely covered by the media,drawing outcry from many of his Italian contemporaries and worldwide counterparts.
Paolo Maria Napolitano was an Italian judge. He was Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy between 10 July 2006 and 10 July 2015.
Umberto Bossi is an Italian politician and former leader of the Lega Nord,a party seeking autonomy or independence for Northern Italy or Padania. He is married to the Sicilian Manuela Marrone and has four sons.
