The prime minister of Italy is the head of the Council of Ministers, which holds effective executive power in the Italian government. [1][2] The first officeholder was Camillo Benso, Count of …

Includes seven nonelective seats (five presidential appointees and two former presidents serving ex officio). In addition, German is locally official in the region of Trentino–Alto Adige, and …

Silvio Berlusconi (/ ˌbɛərlʊˈskoʊni / BAIR-luu-SKOH-nee; Italian: [ˈsilvjo berluˈskoːni] ⓘ; 29 September 1936 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as …

Jun 12, 2023 · ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the brash media mogul who revolutionized Italian television using privately owned channels to become the country’s most polarizing and …

Bottom right: Giorgia Meloni is the current prime minister of Italy as well as the first woman to hold the office. After the abolition of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946 and the proclamation of the Italian …

Jun 12, 2023 · ROME — Former Italian prime minister, and sitting senator in the Italian parliament, Silvio Berlusconi died at the age of 86, according to reports from Italian media on …

As of 25 January 2025, there are ten living former prime ministers. The most recent death of a former prime minister was that of Arnaldo Forlani (1980–1981) on 6 July 2023.

Silvio Berlusconi (born September 29, 1936, Milan, Italy—died June 12, 2023, Milan) was an Italian media tycoon who served three times as prime minister of Italy (1994, 2001–06, and …

Alcide De Gasperi became the first prime minister of the Italian Republic in 1946. The prime minister is the president of the Council of Ministers which holds executive power and the …

Jun 12, 2023 · ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the former populist prime minister and media tycoon who defied a succession of scandals to tower over Italian public life for decades, has died. He …