Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni

Giorgia Meloni (Italian: [ˈdʒordʒa meˈloːni]; born January 15, 1977) is an Italian politician serving as Italy's prime minister since October 2022, making history as the first woman to hold this position. A member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006, she has led the right-wing to far-right Brothers of Italy (FdI) party since 2014 and has served as president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party since 2020. In 2024, Forbes recognized Meloni as the third most powerful woman globally, while Time magazine included her among the most influential figures worldwide. Politico ranked her as the most powerful person in Europe in 2025.

Giorgia Meloni
Prime Minister of Italy
President of Brothers of Italy
President of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party
Minister of Youth
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Personal details

Official portrait, 2023
 
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 October 2022
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2014
In office
1 April 2020 – 14 January 2025
In office
8 May 2008 – 16 November 2011
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 April 2006
PresidentSergio Mattarella
Deputy
  • Antonio Tajani
  • Matteo Salvini
Preceded byMario Draghi
Preceded byIgnazio La Russa
Preceded byJan Zahradil
Succeeded byMateusz Morawiecki
Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi
Preceded byGiovanna Melandri
Succeeded byAndrea Riccardi
Constituency

 

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Born15 January 1977 (age 48)
Rome, Italy
Political partyFdI (since 2012)
Other political
affiliations
  • MSI (1992–1995)
  • AN (1995–2009)
  • PdL (2009–2012)
Domestic partner(s)Andrea Giambruno
(2015–2023)
Children1
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Website
  • Government website
  • Personal website

Meloni entered politics in 1992 by joining the Youth Front, the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party established in 1946 by followers of Italian fascism. She later became the national leader of Student Action, the student movement of the National Alliance (AN), a post-fascist party that emerged as MSI's legal successor in 1995 and shifted towards national conservatism. From 1998 to 2002, she served as a councillor in the province of Rome before becoming the president of Youth Action, AN’s youth wing. In 2008, she was appointed Minister of Youth in the fourth Berlusconi government, a position she held until 2011. She co-founded FdI in 2012, a party that succeeded AN, and became its president in 2014. She ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 European Parliament elections and the 2016 Rome municipal elections. Following the 2018 general election, she led FdI in opposition throughout the 18th Italian legislature. The party gained traction in opinion polls, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic under the Draghi government, which FdI opposed as the only party outside the national unity coalition. After the Draghi government's collapse, FdI secured victory in the 2022 Italian general election.

A devout Catholic and conservative, Meloni champions the values of "God, fatherland, and family." She opposes euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and same-sex parenting, asserting that the nuclear family should be led by a male-female pair. A critic of globalism, she advocates for a naval blockade to curb illegal immigration and has faced allegations of xenophobia and Islamophobia. A strong supporter of NATO, Meloni holds Eurosceptic views, which she describes as "Eurorealist." Before Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, she favored stronger ties with Moscow but later condemned the aggression, pledging to continue supplying arms to Ukraine.

Early life

Giorgia Meloni was born on January 15, 1977, in Rome. Her father, Francesco Meloni, came from a family with Sardinian and Lombard roots, while her mother, Anna Paratore, is of Sicilian descent. Francesco, a tax advisor with reported communist sympathies, left the family in 1978 when Meloni was just a year old, relocating to the Canary Islands and remarrying. He was later convicted of drug trafficking in 1995 and sentenced to nine years in a Spanish prison. Meloni last heard from him in 2006 after she became vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies. Recent legal documents have suggested indirect financial ties between a network of real estate companies involving her mother, Anna Paratore.

Raised in the working-class district of Garbatella, Meloni’s early life was marked by economic hardship after a house fire destroyed her family's previous home. She has often credited her upbringing and family struggles as shaping her political beliefs. She has an older sister, Arianna, born in 1975, who is married to Francesco Lollobrigida, Italy’s Minister of Agriculture since October 22, 2022.

Education and Early Political Activism

At 15, Meloni joined the Youth Front, the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), a neo-fascist party that dissolved in 1995. She later founded Gli Antenati ("The Ancestors"), a student group that opposed public education reforms. By 1996, she became the national leader of Student Action, the youth wing of the post-fascist National Alliance (AN), which succeeded MSI and leaned toward national conservatism. She represented Student Action in the Student Associations Forum under Italy’s Ministry of Education.

In 1998, after winning the primary election, Meloni was elected as a councillor in the province of Rome, a position she held until 2002. She became AN’s national director in 2000 and, in 2004, made history as the first woman to lead Youth Action, the party’s youth wing. During this time, she worked various jobs, including as a nanny, waitress, and bartender at the renowned Piper Club in Rome.

Meloni graduated from Istituto tecnico professionale di Stato Amerigo Vespucci in 1996. When she entered Parliament in 2006, she stated in her CV that she earned a high school diploma in languages with a perfect score of 60/60. However, controversy arose because the institute was a Hospitality Institute, not a language high school, and it specialized in professional diplomas for careers like chef, waiter, and tour guide. Meloni later clarified that her school transitioned into the Centro di Formazione Professionale Ernesto Nathan, which offered foreign language certifications, though such training centers do not issue official diplomas.

Personal life

In 2015, Giorgia Meloni began a relationship with Andrea Giambruno, a journalist working for Mediaset TV channels. The couple welcomed their daughter in 2016. On October 20, 2023, Meloni publicly announced her separation from Giambruno after the television program Striscia la Notizia aired off-air remarks made by him, which were widely criticized as sexist and chauvinistic, including an inappropriate proposition to a female colleague. In response, Meloni stated that those attempting to weaken her by targeting her personal life should know that while water may try to erode stone, the stone remains firm, and the water is just water.

A devout Catholic, Meloni has often emphasized her religious identity to strengthen her national profile. In a 2019 rally speech, she declared: "I am Giorgia. I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Christian." Despite advocating for traditional family values, she defended her decision not to marry the father of her child. In September 2022, she reaffirmed her commitment to the historic slogan "God, Fatherland, and Family," while expressing resentment over being associated with Italy’s fascist past.

Meloni has a deep appreciation for fantasy literature, particularly The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. As a youth activist with the Italian Social Movement (MSI), she attended the 1993 revival of the Camp Hobbit festival and sang along with the folk band Compagnia dell'Anello, named after The Fellowship of the Ring. She later named her political conference Atreyu, after the protagonist of The Neverending Story. Meloni once remarked to The New York Times that Tolkien’s works better articulate conservative beliefs than modern politicians can. In November 2023, she inaugurated a large-scale Tolkien exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the author's passing. Beyond Tolkien, she admires British conservative philosopher Roger Scruton and has stated that if she were British, she would align with the Tory party.

Political career

In the 2006 Italian general election, Giorgia Meloni was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the National Alliance (AN), becoming its youngest-ever vice president. That same year, she also began working as a journalist. Meloni defended laws passed by the third Berlusconi government that benefited businesses owned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and delayed ongoing trials against him, stating that while the laws were designed for Berlusconi, they were still fair.

In 2008, at the age of 31, Meloni was appointed Minister of Youth in the fourth Berlusconi government, making her the second-youngest minister in Italy’s history. She remained in office until November 2011, when Berlusconi resigned amid financial turmoil and public protests. In August 2008, she urged Italian athletes to boycott the Beijing Olympic Games due to China's policies on Tibet, a stance criticized by both Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.

In 2009, following the merger of AN and Forza Italia into The People of Freedom (PdL), Meloni became the leader of its youth wing, Young Italy. That same year, she voted in favor of a law opposing euthanasia. In November 2010, as Minister of Youth, she launched the Right to the Future initiative, a €300 million program aimed at supporting young people through incentives for new entrepreneurs, temporary worker benefits, and student loans.

By 2012, Meloni opposed the PdL’s support for the Monti government and announced her candidacy for party leadership against Angelino Alfano. When the primaries were canceled, she joined forces with Ignazio La Russa and Guido Crosetto, advocating for an anti-Monti stance and calling for renewal within the party while also criticizing Berlusconi's leadership.

Prime Minister of Italy

After the first meeting of the new legislature, tensions emerged within the centre-right coalition. On 13 October, Silvio Berlusconi refused to back Ignazio La Russa, the Brothers of Italy (FdI) candidate for President of the Senate. Despite this, La Russa won with 116 votes, including support from opposition parties. The situation escalated when Berlusconi described Giorgia Meloni as "patronising, overbearing, arrogant, and offensive" in written notes during a Senate session. However, after negotiations, an agreement was reached on forming the new government.

On 20 October, President Sergio Mattarella began consultations with party leaders. The next day, representatives from FdI, The League, Forza Italia (FI), and Civics of Italy–Us Moderates–MAIE informed Mattarella that they had agreed to form a coalition government led by Meloni. That afternoon, Mattarella formally tasked her with forming a new government. She accepted and announced her cabinet, which was sworn in on 22 October, making her Italy's first female Prime Minister.

On 25 October, Meloni delivered her first speech as Prime Minister before the Chamber of Deputies, ahead of the confidence vote. She emphasized the significance of being Italy’s first female head of government and acknowledged Italian women like Tina Anselmi, Samantha Cristoforetti, Grazia Deledda, Oriana Fallaci, Nilde Iotti, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Maria Montessori for paving the way. Her government secured a majority in both houses.

Domestic Policies

One of her first actions was eliminating the Green Pass, Italy’s COVID-19 vaccination certificate, and reinstating unvaccinated doctors. Although the workforce vaccination mandate had been in place for over a year, this move was largely symbolic. On 31 October, the government approved a decree imposing up to six years in prison for illegal parties and rallies. Though officially aimed at rave parties, the law applied to any unauthorized gathering deemed dangerous, drawing criticism from legal experts, opposition parties, and human rights groups, including Amnesty International. The government rejected accusations of limiting protests but agreed to minor adjustments in Parliament. Meloni also adopted stricter policies against illegal immigration.

Economically, her administration focused on curbing energy price hikes by implementing subsidies and expanding gas production through offshore drilling. The government also raised the cash payment ceiling from €2,000 to €5,000.

In February 2023, a migrant boat sank near Steccato di Cutro, Calabria, killing at least 86 people, including children. Meloni expressed sorrow for the tragedy, blaming human traffickers for endangering lives. On 1 March, opposition leaders, including Democratic Party head Elly Schlein, called for the resignation of Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.

In May 2023, severe flooding in Emilia-Romagna killed 17 people and displaced 50,000. Damage was estimated at over €10 billion. On 23 May, the government approved a €2 billion recovery package for businesses, schools, farms, and cultural institutions. Two days later, Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the disaster zone, where Meloni praised the resilience of local citizens. On 27 June, after prolonged tensions within the government, General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo was appointed as the Extraordinary Commissioner for Reconstruction.

On 12 August 2024, Meloni dismissed as "surrealist" the European Commission's lawsuit against Italy’s social policy, which prioritized Italian citizens over recent immigrants

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