Who is Giorgia Meloni?
Giorgia Meloni is one of Italy’s leading politicians and the first woman to hold the position of Prime Minister of Italy. Meloni’s rise is a reflection of her leadership in the right-wing Brothers of Italy party and her important role in shaping national policy, which she is known for. Her journey from a working-class background to being a leader in the Italian government is still inspiring citizens and students worldwide.
Alleanza Nazionale (National Alliance), a right-wing political party, was the starting point of Giorgia Meloni’s political journey in the early 2000s, which accelerated. Her election to the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2006 made her one of the youngest members in Parliament.
Before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she favored improving relations with Russia, but she condemned it and pledged to continue sending arms to Ukraine. In 2024, Forbes ranked Meloni as the third-most-powerful woman in the world and she was listed amongst the most influential people in the world by Time magazine, while Politico ranked her as the most powerful person in Europe in 2025.
| Real Name/Full Name | Giorgia Meloni |
| Date Of Birth | 15 January 1977 |
| Age | 49 years old |
| Birthplace | Rome, Italy. |
| Nationality | Italian. |
| Religion | Christianity. |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Father Name | Francesco Meloni. |
| Mother Name | Anna Paratore. |
| Hair Color | Honey Blonde |
| Eye Color | Light Blue |
| Height | 5 feet 7 inch |
| Weight | 70 kg |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Spouse Name | Andrea Giambruno (Break Up. 2015) |
| Children Name | Ginevra Giambruno. |
| Siblings Name | Arianna Meloni. |
| Profession | Politician, and Journalist. |
| Net Worth | $5 Million to $7 Million. |
Early Life
January 15, 1977 marked the birth of Giorgia Meloni in Rome, Italy. Francesco Meloni’s place of birth was Sardinia while her mother, Anna Paratore, originated from Sicily. When Giorgia Meloni was eleven years old, her father, a tax consultant, departed from the family. Arianna Meloni is who she is related to as her older sister. Giorgia Meloni lived in the Garbatella district of Rome during her childhood.
Giorgia had to support herself by working various small jobs and even being a bartender and babysitter before she made her political breakthrough. Her grassroots reputation was built through tireless campaigning and organizing youth events in her early years of activism.
Education
Meloni completed her studies at Amerigo Vespucci Institute in Rome, earning a diploma in foreign languages. From an early age, she was interested in Italian politics and became a member of the Youth Front, the youth section of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI) at the age of 15.
Career
Giorgia Meloni is an Italian journalist and politician who serves as the leader of the nationalist conservative political party Brothers of Italy and as president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party. At fifteen years old, she began her political career by joining the Youth Front, the youth wing of the national conservative Italian Social Movement. She founded The Ancestors, a student coordination group, which protested against the public education reform promoted by Minister Rosa Russo Iervolino during this period.
The National Alliance, which is the right-wing successor to the Italian Social Movement, elected Giorgia Meloni as their national leader in 1996. The Italian Ministry of Education established the Forum of Student Associations, where she represented this movement. In that year, she completed her studies at the Amerigo Vespucci Institute.
After winning the elections in 1998, Giorgia Meloni was chosen to be a member of the Province of Rome, which she held until 2002. In 2006, she was chosen to represent the Italian Chamber of Deputies, making her one of the youngest members in Parliament. In 2008, under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, she was appointed as the Minister of Youth Affairs at just 31 years old — the youngest minister in Italian history at the time.
In Silvio Berlusconi’s fourth government, Giorgia Meloni was both Minister for Youth and President of Young Italy, the youth organization of the People of Freedom party. The Brothers of Italy party, founded by Giorgia Meloni, Guido Crosetto, and Ignazio La Russa, was co-founded by her and elected as party leader on March 8, 2014. The Italian Chamber of Deputies has included her as a member since 2006.
In the 2016 Rome municipal election in June, she ran for mayor with the support of Us with Salvini, a political party led by Matteo Salvini, and in opposition to the candidate supported by Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (FI), Alfio Marchini. The local Jewish community and the anti-fascist organization ANPI (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia) criticized her May 2016 promise to name a street after Giorgio Almirante if elected. Meloni garnered 20.6% of the vote, which was nearly twice that of FI’s candidate, but she failed to advance to the run-off, as FdI secured 12.3% of the vote.
In February 2021, she became a member of the Aspen Institute, an international think tank that is located in Washington, D.C., and it includes numerous financiers, businessmen, and politicians, including Giulio Tremonti. On 19 February 2021, the University of Siena professor Giovanni Gozzini insulted Meloni calling her vulgar names from a radio; both the president Sergio Mattarella and the prime minister Mario Draghi phoned Meloni and stigmatised Gozzini, who was suspended by the board of his university.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation on July 22, 2022 caused early elections to be scheduled for September 25, 2022. As a candidate, Giorgia Meloni participated in these elections. Giorgia Meloni became the new Prime Minister of Italy during the early elections that occurred on September 25, 2022.
Personal Life
Andrea Giambruno, whom Meloni began dating in 2015, is a journalist who works for Mediaset TV channels. A daughter was born to the couple in 2016 her name was Ginevra Giambruno. On October 20th, 2023, she made public her separation from Giambruno. The television program Striscia la notizia broadcast his off-camera comments, which were labeled as’sexist’ and ‘chauvinist’, and included proposing a female colleague for a threesome.
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Giorgia Meloni in 2025 is around $5–7 million USD, with the majority of her income coming from her position as Prime Minister, book royalties, and investments. Meloni stands out because of her modest lifestyle, unlike many political elites. Her current residence is Rome and she frequently emphasizes transparency in politics and government spending.
