Who are the ministers of the Meloni Government in Italy?

The ministers will be sworn in together with the next president of the Council of Ministers this Saturday at 10 at the Quirinal Few women, only 6 among 24 portfolios, and some gestures of continuity with the Draghi eraMatteo Salvini does not get the Ministry of the Interior, which remains of all forms for the League, and will be Minister of Infrastructures Giorgia Meloni turned her political party, Brothers of Italy, into the country’s leading party in the last elections on September 25. That placed her at the head of the government formation with her center-right coalition, accompanied by Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini’s League. Almost a month later, after weeks of complex negotiations and not a few controversies, especially with the former Cavaliere, she received the definitive commission from the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to form a Government. The intention was to speed up the institutional process as much as possible, pressured by a particularly delicate national and international situation that made it necessary to get to work as soon as possible. He accepted with the list of ministers in hand that made the formation of his new Government official, an Executive that he insisted would be full of “first level” profiles, something that suggested more technical profiles but that has ended up being more characterized by political profiles . The balance is as follows: 9 ministries for Brothers of Italy, 5 for Forza Italia and 6 for the League. In a total 24 including technicians. The two vice-presidencies are also established for the two minority parties in the coalition, one for Tajani, the other for Salvini. The Foreign Minister will finally be Antonio Tajani despite embodying the greatest controversy in recent days. The second of Forza Italia posed a doubt for the Meloni Government after Silvio Berlusconi’s published statements in which he questioned Italy’s pro-European and Atlanticist position and said that he was once again having a relationship with Putin. Subsequent statements by Tajani himself and the denial of the former Cavaliere have helped to resolve the situation in addition to the international recognition profile enjoyed by the former president of the European Parliament, which supports his figure. The initial vicissitudes are thus overcome and it will be for Forza Italia one of the main ministries at the moment of international conjuncture with a war in the heart of Europe. Tajani himself will also be vice-premier, as well as Salvini who, in addition, remains the Ministry of Infrastructure. The other fundamental portfolios are: Economy for Giancarlo Giorgetti (League), former Minister of Economic Development of the Draghi Government, Matteo Piantedosi (League) to the Ministry of the Interior, Guido Crosetto (Brothers of Italy) to the Ministry of Defence. Adolfo Urso, one of Meloni’s faithful to Economic Development, Companies and Made in Italy (with name change in the dicastery included). Giogia Meloni decides to include in this composition the governing party of the parties, both Giorgetti and Tajani correspond to the most institutional part of the League and Forza Italia, in line with Draghi. Few women, six among 24 ministers with a female representation below the average and fewer technicians than expected, despite the fact that Meloni’s intentions were those, the government has a political tone. Another of the fundamental positions that have just been made known is Undersecretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which goes to Alfredo Mantovano, a former politician and magistrate. The Ministry of the Sea will be established together with the Ministry of the South, which should incorporate port management (strategic to manage irregular landings, removing it from Infrastructure, thus removing power from Salvini’s great workhorse) and which will be directed by Sebastiano Musumeci. The Ministry of Defense is also for Meloni’s party, central to the management of the War in Ukraine, which will go to the aforementioned Guido Crosetto, one of the most faithful advisers and founder of the Brothers of Italy. The Ministry of Tourism will go to Daniela Santanchè, a well-known exponent of the Meloni party, famous for her eccentricities such as having a carved wooden head of Mussolini next to her bed. The Ministry of Agriculture, which traditionally has always had right-wing representatives, will also go to Francesco Lollobrigida, Meloni’s right-hand man. European Affairs for Raffaele Fitto, co-chair of the Group of European Conservatives. The Family, a central dicastery for the values ​​defended by the Brothers of Italy, remains within the party and will be headed by Eugenia Roccella. Also the Ministry of Relations with the Parliament that will be for Luca Ciriani. The other big knot was Justice, the Ministry that has always obsessed Berlusconi and that Meloni refused to grant him. Finally, the new prime minister wins the battle and Carlo Nordio will assume the portfolio. His great competitor, Elisabetta Casellati, the Cavaliere’s favorite for the job, will stay with the Reform portfolio. Forza Italia thus stays with Foreign Affairs and adds Gilberto Pichetto Fratin (loved by Meloni) for the Public Administration and with the new Ministry of Ecological Transition, which will bear the name of Minister of the Environment and Ecological Sovereignty led by Paolo Zangrillo. The Ministry of the University goes to Annamaria Bernini, another great exponent of the party and faithful to Berlusconi. For the League, Matteo Salvini does not achieve his great goal, to return to the Ministry of the Interior, a step that was unlikely, not only because of the refusal of Meloni, but mainly because of the open case with the justice that he still maintains when he was in office in 2018. He thus stays with the vice presidency and with Infrastructures. In any case, Interior remains for the League, as the party intended, and Matteo Piantedosi, Salvini’s advisor when he was in charge, will embody the dicastery, which suggests that he will continue with the line defended by the leader. Giancarlo Giorgetti to Economy, Roberto Calderoli to Regional Affairs and Giuseppe Valditara to Education. The Ministry of Disability also remains, which will be for Alessandra Locatelli, a particularly sensitive department for Salvini’s party. The technical ministries have been for Health, with Orazio Schillaci, for Culture with the television presenter Gennaro Sangiuliano, a close friend of Meloni, for Work where Marina Elvira Calderone will be, a technician but very close to right-wing politics and the Minister of Sports who will be Adrea Abodi.