Italy's Giorgetti named economy minister, Tajani foreign minister

Italy's Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti walks at the end of the eighth round of voting for Italy's new President, at the Italian parliament in Rome, Italy January 29, 2022. Gregorio Borgia/Pool via REUTERS

ROME (Reuters) - New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday named Giancarlo Giorgetti of the League party as her economy minister and said the foreign ministry will go to Antonio Tajani from Forza Italia.

Meloni, from the nationalist Brothers of Italy party, read out her list of ministers after being given a mandate to form a government by President Sergio Mattarella.