She is the first woman to hold this position in Italy.
Giorgia Meloni, who with her Fratelli d’Italia party won a historic victory in the legislative elections, was officially called on Friday to the post of Prime Minister, becoming the first woman to hold this position in Italy. The 45-year-old Roman was summoned at 4:30 p.m. to the Quirinal Palace by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. The latter asked him to form a government. She had already met in the morning with the president as part of the consultations preceding the appointment of a government.
A pro-Draghi Minister of Economy
She therefore, in the process, began to present her new government. The list of ministers reflects his desire to reassure Rome’s partners. The first to be named is Giancarlo Giorgetti appointed Minister of the Economy. Aged 55, this former Minister of Economic Development under Mario Draghi, passes for a powerful but discreet figure in the League (extreme right) of Matteo Salvini, of which he is considered one of the most moderate and pro-European representatives. . Within the League, hardliners see him as the overly moderate leader of the “Dragini”, but publicly, he has always denied the slightest disagreement with Matteo Salvini.
Like Giorgia Meloni, prime minister and president of Fratelli d’Italia, he cut his political teeth in the Youth Front of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party created by followers of dictator Benito Mussolini after World War II. . He was hardly the first choice for the Economy portfolio, one of the most important in the Meloni government. She had, in vain, asked Fabio Panetta, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs goes to former President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani of Forza Italia, the party of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Among other important posts, the Ministry of the Interior went to Matteo Piantedosi, a career civil servant with no party affiliation, and the Ministry of Defense to Guido Crosetto, one of the founders of Fratelli d’Italia. A total of nine ministries were given to members of Meloni’s party, five to La Liga and Forza Italia, and five to technocrats.