Berlusconi, Silvio

1936 - Born on the 29th of September in Milan, Italy.

1961 - Graduated cum laude at the Università Statale in Milan with a thesis on the legal aspects of advertising.

1965 - Married Carla Dall'Oglio, and they had two children.

1973 - His first entry into the media world by means of a cable television station, Telemilano.

1974 - Berlusconi moved with his family into Villa Casati, in Milan.

1978 - Formed his first media group, Fininvest.

1980 - Founded Italy's first private national network Canale 5.

1986 - Berlusconi also tried to expand his business into France with his channel La Cinq.

1993 - Founder and Leader of the Forza Italia political movement in Rome.

1994-1995 - He became the Prime minister of Italy.

1995 - Sold a portion of his media holdings, first to the German media group Kirch.

1996-2001 - Leader of the parliamentary opposition.

         - He ran for Prime Minister again but was defeated by centre-left candidate Romano Prodi.

Silvio Berlusconi is the Leader of Forza Italia.

1999 - Expanded again in the media business in a partnership with Kirch called the Epsilon MediaGroup.

2001-2006 - Elected again as Prime Minister of Italy.

2002 - Served as Italian foreign minister.

2006 - He was applied a pacemaker in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.