Key dates in Berlusconi's career The turbulent political and
personal life of Italy's prime minister at a glance. Last
Modified: 15 Feb 2011 16:58 GMT Berlusconi has a reputation as
one of the great survivors of Italian politics [AFP]  Silvio
Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, has narrowly survived a
no-confidence motion that left his struggling centre-right
government clinging to power by a handful of votes.  The result
reinforced Berlusconi's reputation as one of the great survivors
of Italian politics but left him badly weakened, without the
numbers in parliament to ensure stability at a time of big
economic challenges and a menacing euro zone debt crisis.  Here
are some key dates that have marked his political life:  March
1994: Berlusconi, by then already a billionaire media tycoon,
bursts onto the political scene, winning elections with his
Forza Italia ("Go Italy") party after a series of corruption
scandals badly damage Italy's political elites.  December 1994:
Umberto Bossi, the Northern League