Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's first woman PM

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Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's first woman PM

STORY: Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's first woman PM DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Quirinale Presidential Palace 2. various of President Sergio Mattarella speaking 3. various of Giorgia Meloni announcing the list of the new government STORYLINE: Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right populist Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, became Italy's first woman prime minister on Friday. The official announcement came after she met with the country's President, Sergio Mattarella, at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in the afternoon. Meloni received the mandate to form a new cabinet less than a month after her victory in the country's snap election on Sept. 25. Her new cabinet, which will include 22 ministers, will be sworn in on Saturday, Ugo Zampetti, secretary general of the Presidency of the Republic, told reporters. Meloni's FdI party won 26 percent of the vote in September, and she will now lead the country in a right-wing

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