Matteo Renzi is Italy’s new Prime Minister
Thirty-nine year old Mayor of Florence in Italy, Matteo Renzi, is the new Prime Minister for Italy.
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Renzi was asked by Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano to form a new government.
The Italian Prime Minister, Mr Enrico Letta, resigned last Friday, after he was ousted in a vote called by Mr Renzi at a meeting of their centre-left Democratic Party.
Mr Renzi, who has never been elected to parliament or served in government before is viewed by many as an outsider. He will now have to come to a deal with Mr Letta's former coalition partners.
He will begin talks today and could be sworn in on Thursday.
Mr Renzi would become Italy's youngest ever prime minister, two months younger than Benito Mussolini when he came to power in 1922.
Mr Renzi, the Democratic Party leader, spent some 90 minutes in talks with President Napolitano in Rome on Monday morning.
The BBC reports from Rome that he talked about his commitment and determination and the need for urgency in reforms.
"The most pressing emergency, which concerns my generation and others, is the emergency of labour, of unemployment and of despair," Mr Renzi told reporters.
However, in an apparent setback for Mr Renzi, a leading Italian businessman, Andrea Guerra, turned down the offer of a post in his government as economic development minister.
Mr Guerra, the Chief Executive of the world's biggest eyewear company, Luxottica, wished Mr Renzi all the best in his efforts to form an administration but said he was needed by his company.
RAI TV reported that Emma Bonino was likely to be asked to remain as foreign minister.
