Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni is country's first woman prime minister
Hindustan TimesGiorgia Meloni on Friday formed Italy’s new ruling coalition, giving the country its first far-right-led government since the end of World War II and becoming the first woman tapped to serve as the country's premier. Italy's newly appointed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni leaves after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy October 21, 2022. A few hours before the new government's formation was announced, Meloni, 45, a career politician, told reporters that she and her allies had unanimously asked President Sergio Mattarella to give her the mandate to govern. Outgoing Premier Mario Draghi’s national pandemic unity coalition collapsed in July, after Salvini, Berlusconi and populist 5-Star Movement leader Giuseppe Conte refused to back his government in a confidence vote.