Italy has a woman at the helm of the
supreme Court of Cassation for the first time after the CSM, the
judiciary's self-governing body, elected Margherita Cassano the
court's president on Wednesday.
Cassano, the former president of the Florence court of appeal,
replaces Pietro Curzio, who retiring.
She had been Curzio's deputy.
Premier Giorgia Meloni became Italy's first woman head of
government last year after leading a right-wing alliance to
victory in September's general election.
Elly Schlein has become the first woman to lead Italy's
opposition, centre-left Democratic Party (PD) after winning
Sunday's leadership primary.
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