Rome (IP) - Giorgia Meloni has agreed to form Italy's next government, a presidential official said on Friday, clearing the way for her to become the country's first woman prime minister.

Iran PressEurope: Meloni, head of the nationalist Brothers of Italy, led an alliance of conservative parties to victory at a Sept. 25 election and will take charge of the country's most right-wing government since World War II.

"Giorgia Meloni has accepted the mandate and has presented her list of ministers," the presidential official Ugo Zampetti told reporters after Meloni had consulted with President Sergio Mattarella in his Quirinale palace.

​​Meloni, 45, meets with President Mattarella Friday morning

The new government will be formally sworn in on Saturday morning, after which it will face confidence votes in both houses of parliament next week.

Meloni accepted this responsibility and then announced the list of his ministers, including 17 men and 7 women, in the presence of reporters in the Italian presidential palace.

Meloni, whose party won a decisive victory in early parliamentary elections in Italy a month ago, together with Silvio Berlusconi from the center-right " Forza Italia (FI) party and Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right Lega Nord (LN), led the ruling right-wing coalition in They form Italy.

The new Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, will be sworn in today (Saturday) along with her cabinet ministers and will go to the Parliament for winning a vote of confidence by the end of the week.

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