[1][2] The Meloni Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day.
The first Cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister of Italy,[3] it was variously described as a shift to the political right,[4] as well as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II.
[5][6] The Meloni Cabinet successufully won the confidence votes on 25–26 October with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament.
[7][8][9] Voter turnout was the lowest in the history of republican Italy at 63.9%,[10] about 9 percentage points below the 2018 election.
[13][14] Eight members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad.