Former longtime Silvio Berlusconi
sporting no 2 Adriano Galliani on Monday won the Senate seat
left vacant when the three.time ex-premier and media mogul died
in June, beating right-to-die activist Marco Cappato in a
by-election at Monza near Milan.
Monza-born Galliani, 79, who has been CEO of the local Serie A
club since Berlusconi bought it after selling AC Milan in 2017,
was CEO of AC Milan under Berlusconi from 1986 to 2017 when the
Rossoneri won five Champions League trophies and eight Serie A
titles.
Milan-born Cappato, 52, who had grown to prominence by helping
many Italians end their lives in assisted suicides, first in
Switzerland and more recently in Italy, conceded defeat and said
"my compliments to Galliani".
Galliani was standing for Berlusconi's centre-right Forza Italia
(FI) party.
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