Marcello Dell'Utri

Marcello Dell'Utri (born Palermo, 11 September 1941) is a Italian politician.

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Palermo - 11 September - 1941 - Italian

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After school in Palermo, he went to Milan to study Law at university.

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Milan - Law

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After graduation, Dell'Utri went back to Palermo to work at the Cassa di Risparmio di Sicilia (English: Sicilian Savings Bank), but by 1973 he was back in Milan where he began work for Silvio Berlusconi's building firm Edilnord. Late in the 1970s, he went to work at Bresciano Costruzioni, but in 1980 he was called by Berlusconi and worked as the manager (later managing director) of publishing company Publitalia 80.

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English - 1973 - Silvio Berlusconi - 1970s - 1980 - Managing director

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In 1994 he was one of the founders of Forza Italia, and in 1995 he left Publitalia '80. In 1996 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies (lower house of the Italian Parliament).

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1994 - Forza Italia - 1995 - 1996 - Italian Chamber of Deputies

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In 1999 the Corte di Cassazione (the highest judicial court in Italy) sentenced him to 2 years and 3 months for tax fraud and false accounting. Despite this, during the same year, he was elected as a MEP, and in 2001 he was appointed to the Italian Senate.

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1999 - Tax fraud - False accounting - MEP - 2001 - Italian Senate

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He is currently on trial for complicity in conspiracy with the Mafia (Italian: concorso in associazione mafiosa), crime for which he was judged guilty in first instance and sentenced to 9 years in 2004.

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Mafia - Italian - 2004

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