(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 13 - Former defence minister Ignazio La
Russa was elected the new Speaker of the Italian Senate on
Thursday.
The co-founder of the Brothers of Italy (FdI) party of likely
future premier Giorgia Meloni got 116 votes, 12 more than the
majority of 104 needed.
There were 65 blank papers cast, while two votes went to League
bigwig Roberto Calderoli and two went to Life Senator and
Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre, who was presiding over
proceedings as the acting president of the Upper House. (ANSA).
La Russa elected Senate Speaker
Co-founder of Meloni's FdI gets top job in Upper House