Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (86) has been taken to the hospital with heart problems, a source close to the businessman told Agence France-Presse yesterday, and the source said: Silvio Berlusconi is in the cardiac surgery department in San Francisco. Raffaele Hospital in Milan (North), confirming information published by the Italian media. Berlusconi has served as prime minister three times since 1990 and has dominated public life for years through his media and sports empire.
He was expelled from the Senate in November 2013 after being convicted of tax evasion and denied the right to participate in parliamentary elections for six years, but was elected to the European Parliament in 2019.
He is a very controversial figure in Italy and many lawsuits were launched against him which affected his long career.