Italian President Appoints New Prime Minister, Tasked With Forming Coalition Government
April 24, 2013 at 09:25 AM EDT
More than two months after the much contested Italian parliamentary elections, President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Enrico Letta of the center-left party as Prime Minister with the task of forming a new government. Letta was formerly the deputy head of the center-left party and served under former party leader Pier Luigi