39 Years-old Matteo Renzi Becomes Italy Youngest prime minister

 The leader of the Centre-left Democratic Party
(PD), Matteo Renzi, was on Monday appointed as
the new Italian Prime Minister. Renzi, 39-year-old Mayor of
Florence, was summoned by Italian
President Giorgio Napolitano at
Quirinale Presidential Palace in the morning and given a mandate to try to form a new
cabinet, after the resignation of Enrico Letta last
week. "I accepted the mandate President Napolitano has
given me with reservation, and I will put all my
energy and strength in the commitment of forming a
new government that could last until the natural end
of the parliamentary term and implement all
necessary reforms," Renzi told reporters. "Today I will meet with the presidents of the Senate
and the House of Chambers and then I will begin
talks with political parties to strike a deal on the
programme," Renzi added. "The new programme will
require an urgent discussion on constitutional
reforms to be carried out during February. "Then government and parliament will be put at work
on the unemployment emergency in March and on
the reform of public administration and tax system
between April and June," he concluded. The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that Renzi is the youngest
Italian prime minister ever. Intense and swift consultations with political parties
were carried out by President Napolitano on Friday
and Saturday, in order to shorten the political
uncertainty as much as possible. It was widely
expected that Renzi would be chosen for the role,
since he leads the largest party in parliament.