What you need to know about Italy's new far-right leader Giorgia Meloni

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Italians have elected their country's most right-wing government since the end of World War II. That's no small matter in a country that has had 69 governments since 1946.

Leading the coalition that secured the majority of seats in elections for Italy's parliament is Giorgia Meloni, leader of Fratelli d'Italia, the Brothers of Italy party.

Her victory also makes history as she will become Italy's first female prime minister.

Meloni, 45, grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Rome that's better known for cultivating leftist activists than producing fiery hard-right politicians. Her party has roots in the neo-fascist movement that emerged out of the ruins of World War II.