Incoming premier Giorgia Meloni on
Friday announced the cabinet that will be sworn in with her on
Saturday.
There will be 24 ministers, one more than the government of
outgoing Premier Mario Draghi.
Only six of them are women.
Several ministries will change name under new centre-right
administration.
The economic development ministry will become the business and
Made in Italy ministry.
The ecological transition ministry will be called environment
and energy security.
The agricultural polices ministry changes to the ministry of
agriculture and food sovereignty.
Here is a list of the new ministers.
FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEPUTY PREMIER: Antonio Tajani, the
national coordinator of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia (FI)
and former President of the European Parliament.
INTERIOR MINISTER: Matteo Piantedosi, the prefect of Rome. He
was chief of staff at the ministry when it was headed by League
leader Matteo Salvini between 2018 and 2019.
JUSTICE MINISTER: former prosecutor Carlo Nordio, an MP for
Meloni's right-wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party. The
75-year-old made his name in fighting the Red Brigades leftist
terrorists in the 70s and 80s and was a lesser-known member of
the Clean Hands team that brought down Italy's political
establishment in the early 1990s.
DEFENCE MINISTER: Guido Crosetto, the co-founder of FdI along
with Meloni and Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa.
ECONOMY MINISTER: League bigwig and outgoing Economic
Development Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti
BUSINESS AND MADE IN ITALY MINISTER: Adolfo Urso, FdI.
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY MINISTER: Francesco
Lollobrigida, FdI Lower House whip.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY SECURITY: Paolo Zangrillo, FI
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND DEPUTY PREMIER:
League leader Matteo Salvini.
LABOUR MINISTER: Marina Calderone.
EDUCATION MINISTER: Giuseppe Valditara.
UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH MINISTER: former European policies
minister Anna Maria Bernini, FI.
CULTURE MINISTER: Gennaro Sangiugliano.
HEALTH MINISTER: Orazio Schillaci, dean of Rome's Tor Vergata
University.
TOURISM: Daniela Santanché, FdI.
RELATIONS WITH PARLIAMENT: Luca Ciriani, FdI.
CIVIL SERVICE MINISTER: Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, FI, former
deputy governor of Piedmont.
REGIONAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: Roberto Calderoli, League, former
reforms minister and ex simplification minister.
SOUTH AND SEA MINISTER: Sebastiano Musumeci, FdI, former Sicily
governor.
SPORT AND YOUTH MINISTER: Andrea Abodi.
FAMILY, BIRTH RATE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MINISTER: Eugenia
Roccella, FdI.
DISABILITY MINISTER: Alessandra Locatelli, League.
REFORMS MINISTER: former Senate Speaker Elisabetta Casellati,
FI.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, TERRITORIAL COHENSION AND NRRP MINISTER:
former Puglia governor Raffaele Fitto, FdI.
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