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'''Silvio Berlusconi''' (born [[Milan]], 29 September 1936) is an [[Italian]] businessman and [[conservative]] politician. He is the leader of the [[Forza Italia]] party which he founded in 1993, and was prime minister of Italy between 1993 and 1994 and again between 2001 and 2006.  He is the current [[prime minister]] having been reelected by a substantial majority in April of 2008 after the fall of the centre-left coalition government led by [[Romano Prodi]], which lasted a mere 20 months<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3744594.ece</ref>.

'''Silvio Berlusconi''' (born [[Milan]], 29 September 1936) is an [[Italian]] businessman and [[conservative]] politician, prone to sexual affairs. He is the leader of the [[Forza Italia]] fascist party which he founded in 1993, and was prime minister of Italy between 1993 and 1994 and again between 2001 and 2006.  He is the current corrupt [[prime minister]] having been reelected by a substantial majority in April of 2008 after the fall of the centre-left coalition government led by [[Romano Prodi]], which lasted a mere 20 months<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article3744594.ece</ref>.

His wealth derives from his ownership of the media conglomerate Mediaset (formerly Fininvest), which owns several major television channels and newspapers, but he started as a housing developer. He is also the owner of the [[soccer]] team [[AC Milan]].

His wealth derives from his ownership of the media conglomerate Mediaset (formerly Fininvest), which owns several major television channels and newspapers, but he started as a housing developer. He is also the owner of the [[soccer]] team [[AC Milan]].

He has been the subject of judicial investigations into alleged [[corruption]], [[fraud]] and accounting irregularities by, what he and others claim is, a group of politicized liberal judges or "toghe rosse" (red robes). Acquitted in most cases, a minority of further trials have never reached sentencing - partly because the statute of limitations had expired before the case could reach its conclusion, which Berlusconi's detractors claim to be due to delaying tactics on his part<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3034600.stm</ref>. Despite this, he has never been charged of any crime. [[Italy]] is one of the few [[Europe|European]] countries, where the head of government has no [[immunity]].

He has been the subject of judicial investigations into alleged [[corruption]], [[fraud]] and accounting irregularities by, what he and others claim is, a group of politicized liberal judges or "toghe rosse" (red robes). Acquitted in most cases, a minority of further trials have never reached sentencing - partly because the statute of limitations had expired before the case could reach its conclusion, which Berlusconi's detractors claim to be due to delaying tactics on his part<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3034600.stm</ref>. Despite this, he has never been charged of any crime. [[Italy]] is one of the few [[Europe|European]] countries, where the head of government has no [[immunity]].