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Who defeated Silvio Berlusconi in Italy’s 2006 national election?
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Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, 2009.
In the 2006 national election, Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition was defeated by a centre-left bloc headed by Romano Prodi. Although Berlusconi initially challenged the results, an Italian court later upheld Prodi’s victory, leading to Berlusconi's resignation in May 2006.1