BERLUSCONI'S FIRST GOVERNMENT 1994 -1995

The 1994 elections also swept media magnate Silvio Berlusconi (leader of " Pole of Freedoms" coalition, which included Forza Italia, the regionalist far-right Lega Nord party and the far-right Alleanza Nazionale), into office as Prime Minister. Berlusconi, however, was forced to step down in December 1994 when the Lega Nord withdrew support. The Berlusconi government was succeeded by a technical government headed by Lamberto Dini, which left office in early 1996.