Giorgia Meloni Appointed As Italy’s First Female Prime Minister

Far-right leader, Giorgia Meloni has been appointed as Italy’s prime minister on Friday. She becomes the first female to head a government in Italy.

Her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party — Eurosceptic and anti-immigration — won September 25 legislative polls but needs outside support to form a government.

Meloni’s appointment is an historic event for the eurozone’s third largest economy and for Brothers of Italy, which has never been in government.

The 45-year-old from Rome will now name her ministers who will be sworn in on Saturday in front of President Sergio Mattarella.

Shortly after she was named, Meloni appointed Giancarlo Giorgetti as economy minister, who served under the previous government of Mario Draghi.

“I intend to lead a government with a clear and unequivocal foreign policy line,” she has said. “Italy is fully, and with its head held high, part of Europe and the Atlantic Alliance.”

“Anyone who does not agree with this cornerstone will not be able to be part of the government, even at the cost of not forming a government,” Meloni has warned.