Giorgia Meloni's Success and Achievements in Timeline

A closer look at the biggest achievements of Giorgia Meloni. Awards, milestones, and records that define success.

Giorgia Meloni is an Italian politician, currently serving as Prime Minister of Italy since 2022, the first woman to hold this position. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2006. Meloni leads the Brothers of Italy (FdI), a right-wing to far-right party, since 2014. She also served as president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party from 2020 to 2025.

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2018: Won parliamentary seat

Meloni won first-past-the-post elections for a parliamentary seat in 2018.

2022: FdI Wins General Election

Following the fall of the Draghi government, FdI, led by Giorgia Meloni, won the 2022 general election.

2022: Ranked seventh most powerful woman by Forbes

In 2022, Forbes ranked Meloni as the seventh most powerful woman in the world.

2022: Becomes Prime Minister of Italy

In 2022, Giorgia Meloni became the Prime Minister of Italy, marking the first time a woman has held the office.

2022: Projected victory in the Italian general election

In 2022, Giorgia Meloni was projected to win the Italian general election with FdI, becoming the frontrunner to be Italy's first female prime minister. Leaders such as Orbán, Truss, and Le Pen congratulated her.

2022: Won parliamentary seat

Meloni won first-past-the-post elections for a parliamentary seat in 2022.

2023: Ranked third most powerful woman by Forbes

In 2023, Forbes ranked Meloni as the third most powerful woman in the world.

July 2024: Awarded damages in defamation lawsuit against Giulia Cortese

In July 2024, Meloni was awarded damages in a defamation lawsuit against journalist Giulia Cortese, who had posted a photo of Meloni altered to include Mussolini and made comments about Meloni's height.

2024: Ranked third-most-powerful woman in the world by Forbes

In 2024, Forbes ranked Giorgia Meloni as the third-most-powerful woman in the world.

2024: Recognitions from Forbes, Time, and the Atlantic Council

In 2024, Meloni was ranked third by Forbes, named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine, and received the Atlantic Council's Global Citizen Award.

January 2025: Release of Cecilia Sala from Iranian custody

On January 8, 2025, Giorgia Meloni announced that Cecilia Sala had been released by Iranian authorities and had departed the country, landing at Rome Ciampino Airport where Meloni welcomed her. This event occurred after Iran requested a prisoner swap following Italy's arrest of an Iranian engineer at the request of the United States.

2025: Orchestrated a rapprochement between Trump and Zelensky

Following the start of Trump's second term, Meloni has been noted for her efforts to preserve the transatlantic alliance leveraging her relationship with Trump and credited for orchestrating a rapprochement between Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky at the 2025 funeral of Pope Francis.