The Italian government has given the green light for a postage stamp commemorating former prime minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, who died last June at the age of 86. The stamp is issued on the occasion of the first anniversary of his death.
“The stamp dedicated to Berlusconi is the right tribute to a great Italian who served and honored the Republic in all the roles he fulfilled: as an entrepreneur, athlete, politician and statesman. With this initiative, which we have defended, we have responded to the wishes of many Italians,” said Senate Vice President Licia Ronzulli, who belongs to the Forza Italia (FI) party, founded by Berlusconi.
Berlusconi shaped Italy
Berlusconi founded the right-wing conservative Forza Italia thirty years ago. She belongs to the currently ruling centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The boss is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani.
Berlusconi led four governments between 1994 and 2011. He had a great influence on the Italian political scene. It is not without reason that the neologism ‘Berlusconismo’ is often used in Italy. The term stands for a modern form of right-wing populism. Even before his political career, Berlusconi had set up a network of private TV channels that quickly became by far the largest of its kind in Europe. From 1986 to 2017, Berlusconi was also the owner of the first division football team AC Milan.
Source: Krone
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