Georgia Meloni created history in the general elections held in Italy. She is going to become the first woman Prime Minister of the country. Brother of Italy party leader Georgia Meloni defeated former PM Mario Draghi by a huge margin. With this, after the Second World War in Italy, the way for the right-wing government was also cleared. In Italy, after 1945, the government has changed for the 70th time in 77 years till 2022. With Giorgia Meloni becoming the PM, the discussion of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini also intensified. Actually, Georgia Meloni considers herself a Mussolini supporter.
Georgia Meloni formed an alliance with Forza Italia and The League before the election. According to media reports, the alliance is seen getting 43% of the votes. Georgia Meloni’s party won 26% of the vote. The coalition led by the Left Democratic Party got around 26 percent of the vote. The 5-Star Movement has got 15% of the votes. The Meloni coalition was successful in winning 114 seats in the Senate. To prove a majority in Italy, 104 seats in the Senate are needed. The government of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Italy fell in July after other parties in the coalition withdrew support.
Who is Meloni, who defeated former PM Mario Draghi?
Georgia Meloni was born in Rome. When she was one year old, her father Francesco left her mother and moved to Canary Iceland. Francesco was left wing, while Meloni was right wing. It is said that she is of right-wing ideology inspired by her mother. Georgia Meloni joined the Youth Front, the youth wing of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), at the age of 15. After this she also became the president of the student wing of the movement.
Georgia became a minister in 2008 at the age of 31. She was the youngest minister of Italy. She was given the Ministry of Youth and Sport by Silvio Berlusconi. In 2012, Georgia formed her own party, the Brother of Italy. She describes herself as a Roman, politician and journalist. However, she says she is an ‘Italian’ before that. Meloni also gave birth to a daughter in 2006. Meloni said in a TV interview, “Mussolini was a good politician. Whatever he did, he did it for Italy.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
Benito Mussolini was born in 1883. The foundation of fascism was laid by Mussolini in Italy in 1919. On 28 April 1945, the Italian dictator Mussolini, his girlfriend and 16 companions were shot dead. After this, the bodies of all were brought to the Piazzale Loreto square in the city of Milan. There a mob angry with Mussolini crushed the dead bodies of all of them. A woman even fired bullets at Mussolini’s body. After this the dead bodies were hanged.
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