Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022.

Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office and is the leader of Brothers of Italy, a party she helped found in 2012 and has led since 2014. Born in Rome in 1977, Meloni entered politics as a teenager and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006.

Early life and education

Meloni was born in Rome in 1977 and entered politics as a teenager. Available biographical sources describe her as a journalist and politician, though the search results do not provide a detailed education history.

Political career

She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2006 and served as Minister of Youth from 2008 to 2011. She later co-founded Brothers of Italy and became its leader in 2014.

Prime ministership

After the 2022 Italian general election, Meloni was asked by President Sergio Mattarella to form a government and took office as Prime Minister in October 2022. She became the first woman to lead an Italian government.

Political significance

Meloni is widely described in the sources as a right-wing, conservative, or far-right figure, and her party is described as having neo-fascist or post-fascist roots. Those characterizations reflect the sources’ descriptions rather than an official self-definition.