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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Leaves Rs 900 Crore For His Girlfriend

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman, and prime minister, died aged 86 on June 12.

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.(File photo)
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The deceased former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has left over Rs 900 crore to his 33-year-old girlfriend Marta Fascina in his will, The Guardian reported.

The report said he has has left 100 million Euros (Rs 9,05,86,54,868) to his girlfriend Fascina.

He had been three-time Italian prime minister. 

His wealth, as per the report is estimated to be worth more than 6 billion Euros. 

Fascina, a Forza Italia deputy, began a relationship with Berlusconi in March 2020. 

She has been a member of the Italian Parliament's lower chamber since the 2018 general election. 

She is a member of Forza Italia, the party founded by Berlusconi in 1994 when he first entered politics.

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Meanwhile, Berlusconi’s business empire will be controlled by his two eldest children Marina and Pier Silvio. 

They report said had already hold executive roles in the business, will have a 53 percent stake in the Fininvest family holding.

He also left 100m Euros to his brother, Paolo, and 30m Euros to Marcello Dell'Utri, a former senator with his Forza Italia party who served jail time for association with the mafia.

Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman, and prime minister, died aged 86 on June 12. 

He signed off his bequest with the words: “Thanks, so much love to all of you, your Dad.”

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Berlusconi served three stints as Italy's Prime Minister before being banned from politics for six years following a conviction for tax fraud. 

The larger-than-life character, who once compared himself to Jesus, was Italy's longest-serving premier but was also plagued by scandal.

Despite being diagnosed with leukemia, he was active in politics to the end as a senator and partner in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government.

He spent much of his life embroiled in legal action, and the cases around his notorious "Bunga Bunga" sex parties, attended by young girls including underage escorts, were only wrapped up in February 2023. 

He suffered increasing health problems, although he maintained his pride in his appearance, always smartly dressed.
 

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