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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female PM and first far-right leader since WW2

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Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Italy, becoming the country’s first female leader and heading its first far-right government since the Second World War.

The leader of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party took her oath of office at the presidential palace on Saturday alongside her cabinet team, which she had named a day earlier.

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