Matteo Renzi sworn in as Italy`s youngest PM

Zee Media Bureau

Rome: Matteo Renzi, was sworn in as Italy`s youngest Prime Minister on Saturday along with the newly-named members of his cabinet. 39-year-old Renzi formally accepted the position of the prime minister of the country on Friday after the ouster of his party colleague Enrico Letta merely 10 months after he was appointed as the PM after he failed to carry out the reforms he promised. He will also be the third straight premier to come to office without being elected — the last premier who stood for election was scandal-tainted Silvio Berlusconi in 2008. Renzi had been serving as Florence mayor when he engineered a power grab last week to effectively force fellow Democrat Enrico Letta to step down after 10 months at the helm of a fragile, often-squabbling coalition. Renzi is depending on the same coalition partners. As well as his center-left Democratic Party, which will remain the biggest party, his government is propped up by two smaller groupings — supporters of former premier Mario Monti and former loyalists of center-right leader Berlusconi. Renzi told reporters he`s aiming to give a "strong message" to the international community that his government will enact electoral and economic reforms quickly. He vowed to keep his government alive until the full parliamentary term expires in 2014. (With agency inputs)