TIRANA, October 22 – The Italian government of Giorgia Meloni, leader of a party with neo-fascist origins, has been sworn in.
Meloni, 45, and her cabinet took the oath before the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella, on Saturday, it has been reported.
Meloni, who is also Italy’s first woman PM, recited the oath of office before President Sergio Mattarella, who formally asked her to form a government a day earlier.
Fratelli d’Italia or Brothers of Italy, which she co-founded in 2012, will rule in coalition with the right-wing Lega or League of Matteo Salvini and the conservative Forza Italia party headed by octogenarian mainstay Silvio Berlusconi.
Lega and Forza Italia’s popularity has sagged with voters in recent years.
Meloni’s 24 ministers followed, similarly swearing in. Five of the ministers are technocrats not representing any party, while six of the 24 are women. /Argumentum.al
