Giorgia Maloni, the leader of the post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party that won the parliamentary elections, has been appointed by President Sergio Mattarella to form a government, international news agencies reported on Friday, citing Agerpres.

45-year-old Georgia Maloney took on this responsibility, becoming the first woman in the history of the country to be called to this position.

“Giorgia Maloney accepted the mandate and presented the list of ministers,” Italian President Hugo Zampetti’s general secretary told reporters after consultations between Georgia Maloney and President Sergio Mattarella.

On Friday evening, she presented the composition of the government, which will then be sworn in at the Quirinal Palace. The vote in both houses of parliament will take place next week.

After meeting with Sergio Mattarella, Georgia Maloney said that her government is ready to start work immediately.

Key portfolios in the new Italian government

League chief Matteo Salvini returns to the post of deputy prime minister, which he also held at the end of the 2018 election, when his party formed a government with populists from the 5-Star Movement.

He also held the interior portfolio then and wanted to get it this time too, but Georgia Maloney objected, reports Agence France-Presse. However, he got the Ministry of Infrastructure, which oversees the country’s ports.

So it’s a key position for Matteo Salvini, who at Home Affairs has blocked several NGO ships rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean thanks to the League’s “closed ports” policy. The Sicilian court is still prosecuting him for sequestration and abuse of power.

Giorgia Maloney appointed Giancarlo Giorgetti of the League’s Matteo Salvini as economy minister. According to AFP, Giorgetti is considered one of the most moderate and pro-European representatives of the formation. As the Minister of Economic Development, he was a supporter of former Prime Minister Mario Draghi until the end.

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Antonio Tajani of Forza Italia, former president of the European Parliament and European Commissioner for Industry, will hold the portfolio of foreign minister, Reuters reports. Like Matteo Salvini, he will also hold the post of Deputy Prime Minister.

The position of minister for European affairs will be occupied by a lesser-known figure on the international scene, MEP Raffaele Fitto, co-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.

Matteo Piantedosi, a career civil servant with no political affiliations, will occupy other key positions in the cabinet, Minister of Interior and Defense, respectively Guido Crosetto, one of the founders of Fratelli d’Italia.

A total of nine ministries were taken over by the Fratelli d’Italia, the League and Forza Italia got five each, and five were entrusted to technocrats.

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