Berlusconi was born in 1936 in Milan, where he was raised in a middle-class family. His father, Luigi Berlusconi, was a … See more

Berlusconi's business career began in construction in the 1970s, when he built Milano Due, a development of 4,000 residential apartments east of Milan. The residential centre was built by Edilnord, a Berlusconi … See more

Berlusconi rapidly rose to the forefront of Italian politics in January 1994, forming a new party called Forza Italia. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time and appointed as prime minister following the … See more

Berlusconi and his cabinets had a strong tendency to support American foreign policies, despite the policy divide between the US and many founding members of the European Union like Germany, France, and Belgium du… See more

Berlusconismo ("Berlusconism") is a term used in Italian media and political analysts to describe the political positions of Berlusconi. The term arose in the 1980s, with a strongly positive meaning, as a synonym fo… See more