Giorgia Meloni
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The Honourable Giorgia Meloni MP |
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| President of Brothers of Italy - National Alliance | |
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Assumed office March 8, 2014 |
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| Italian Minister of Youth Policy | |
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In office May 8, 2008 – November 16, 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies |
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Assumed office April 21, 2006 |
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| Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office April 4, 2006 – April 28, 2008 |
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15 January 1977 Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Brothers of Italy |
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MSI (1992-1995) AN (1995-2009) PdL (2009-2012) |
| Residence | Rome |
| Alma mater | Amerigo Vespucci Institute |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Religion | Christian (Roman Catholic) |
| Website | www.giorgiameloni.com/ |
Giorgia Meloni (born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician and journalist, president of Brothers of Italy.
Giorgia Meloni was Minister of Youth in the IV Berlusconi government and president of Young Italy, the youth section of The People of Freedom.
She is co-founder of the party Brothers of Italy ("Fratelli d'Italia") with Guido Crosetto and Ignazio La Russa, and on March 8, 2014, she was elected president of the party. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy since 2006.
Meloni was born in Rome, to a father from Sardinia and a mother from Sicily.
Being active into politics since her teenage years, she earned a diploma from the former Amerigo Vespucci Institute in 1996.
In 1992, when she was 15, she started her political commitment in "Fronte della Gioventù", the youth section of Italian Social Movement. After she founded a student movement called "Gli Antenati", in 1995 she became a member of the National Alliance.
In 1996, she became the national president of "Azione Studentesca", the student movement of National Alliance.
In 1998, she was elected city counsilwoman of Province of Rome and she holded this task until 2002.
In 2000, she was elected national director, and in 2004, was the first women president of Youth Action, the party's youth wing.
In 2006, she became the youngest ever deputy vice president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and she started to work as journalist.
In 2009, her party merged with Forza Italia into The People of Freedom and she took over the presidency of the united party's youth section, called Young Italy.
In 2008, she was appointed as Minister of Youth Policy in Berlusconi IV Cabinet, a position she held until November 16, 2011. She was the youngest-ever minister in the history of the Italian Republic.
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