{{Italian centre-left politician Matteo Renzi has been sworn in as prime minister.<\/p>\n
At 39, the Democratic Party leader is Italy’s youngest-ever PM.}}<\/p>\n
On Friday he formally accepted the mandate to lead a new government and named his cabinet.<\/p>\n
He ousted Prime Minister and party colleague Enrico Letta in a vote earlier this month. Mr Renzi said his coalition would give “hope” to the economically-stagnant country.<\/p>\n
He has promised to overhaul the jobs market and the tax and education systems within four months.<\/p>\n
Half of the new cabinet are women.<\/p>\n
Announcing his team on Friday, he said: “It’s a government that will start to work from tomorrow morning.”<\/p>\n
Confidence vote
\nThe new finance minister will be Pier Carlo Padoan, a senior economist at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.<\/p>\n
Angelino Alfano, who heads the New Centre Right party, one of the Democratic Party’s coalition partners, remains as interior minister.<\/p>\n
The government will have to win a vote of confidence in parliament, expected on Monday, before it starts work officially.<\/p>\n
Mr Renzi came to prominence as mayor of Florence, but he has no experience of government at the national level.<\/p>\n
The reporters in Rome say that – more than anything – he will be judged on whether he can re-energise the economy.<\/p>\n
Mr Letta, who led Italy for just 10 months, was ousted in a vote called by Mr Renzi at a party meeting on 13 February.<\/p>\n
Mr Renzi had argued that a change of government was needed to end “uncertainty”.<\/p>\n
He had accused Mr Letta of a lack of action on improving the economic situation, with unemployment at its highest level in 40 years and the economy shrinking by 9% in seven years.<\/p>\n
Mr Letta was also accused of failing to implement promised reforms of what is seen as an often corrupt and wasteful bureaucracy.<\/p>\n
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