2022 Italian government formation
In the 2022 Italian general election, the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) won an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament. On 20 October, a few days following the elections of the presidents of the two houses of Parliament, Ignazio La Russa of FdI on 13 October for the Senate of the Republic, and Lorenzo Fontana of the League on 14 October for the Chamber of Deputies, consultations on the formation of a new cabinet officially began.
Giorgia Meloni accepting the task of forming the new government | |
| Date | 20 October 2022 – 22 October 2022 |
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| Location | Italy |
| Type | Parliamentary government formation |
| Cause | 2022 Italian general election |
| Participants | FdI, PD, Lega, M5S, FI, A–IV, Aut, CdI, Mixed Group |
| Outcome | Formation of the Meloni Cabinet |
The Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. It was one of the fastest government formations in the history of the Italian Republic. The first Italian cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister, it was variously described as a shift to the political right, and as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II.