Giorgia Meloni to be sworn in as Italy's first woman PM on Saturday
Giorgia Meloni, head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team. - AP
AMMAN: Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team.
Meloni, head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, swept to victory in an election last month in alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini's League.
Her government - Italy's 68th since 1946 - will replace a national unity administration led by former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi, who attended a European Union summit in Brussels on Friday in one of his last acts as prime minister, Jordan news agency (Petra) reported.
According to Italian news agency (ANSA), Meloni, 45, will be sworn in on Saturday at 10 am after she accepted a mandate from President Sergio Mattarella to form a new government.
Her 24-member Cabinet ministers will also take their oaths on same day.
-- BERNAMA
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