Milan’s main airport will be renamed in honor of former Italian prime minister and business tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday.
Berlusconi, who died last year aged 86, led four governments at the head of his centre-right Forza Italia party and was one of Italy’s most controversial figures in modern times.
Speaking at a conference in southern Italy, Salvini said the civil aviation authority had approved a request from the Lombardy region around Milan to rename Malpensa airport in honor of Berlusconi, a native of the country’s financial capital.
“Given that the final decision rests with the transport minister, I really think it will go ahead,” said Salvini, leader of the right-wing League party and a longtime ally of Berlusconi.
“In memory of my friend Silvio, a great businessman, a great Milanese citizen and a great Italian,” Salvini later posted on social media platform X above a photo of Berlusconi and Malpensa airport.
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