He was a criminal lawyer, a politician and for many the historic lawyer of Silvio Berlusconi. Niccolò Ghedini died at the age of 62 in the San Raffaele hospital in Milan from complications of leukemia, after a bone marrow transplant performed in recent months.
"It does not seem possible but unfortunately it is - is the moving memory of the president of Forza Italia, among the first to announce it on social networks - Our pain is great, immense , we can hardly believe it: three days ago we worked together again". Then the farewell to "a great, dear friend, an exceptional professional, cultured and highly intelligent, of infinite generosity".
Condolences also from the President of the Senate, Elisabetta Casellati : "A witty and subtle mind, a refined and fighting jurist , a politician of other times, a man of authentic ethics", defines him as the second position in the state. Adding a very personal "I will never forget you".
Born in Padua in 1959 and graduated in law in Ferrara, Ghedini has followed in the footsteps of his father Giuseppe , a well-known Paduan criminal lawyer. In the 1980s he participated in the defense of Marco Furlan, who together with Wolfgang Abel was responsible for a series of murders that collectively signed themselves as "Ludwig." A decade earlier, his debut in politics in the Youth Front which was headed by Italian social movement . Then the transition to the Liberal Party and later the proximity to FI and the Cavaliere . As a defender, the expression " end user and therefore never criminally punishable " coined to support the thesis that the former premier was not prosecutable in the trials on relations with escorts at Palazzo Grazioli and in Sardinia .
In the ranks of the blue party, Ghedini was elected to the Chamber in 2001 and then three more times , until the last term, alternating the seat of deputy with that of senator.
