Enrico Letta Appointed Italian Prime Minister -Wednesday April 24,2013

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano appointed Enrico Letta as premier-designate on Wednesday April 24,2013, asking him to form a coalition government representing Italy's main parties to end two months of political paralysis and put the country back on the path of reform and growth.

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano charged Enrico Letta with putting together a coalition government of the Democratic Party and the center-right party of Premier Silvio Berlusconi, the two biggest blocks in Parliament, and said he had received assurances that both would support Letta

Enrico Letta(46) deputy leader of the Centre-Left Democratic Party in Italy said he accepted the job knowing it's an enormous responsibility and that Italy's political class "has lost all credibility."

Enrico Letta on Thursday April 25,2013 begins consultations on forming a Cabinet that can win cross-party support and a vote of confidence in Parliament

Note
In 1998, Letta became at age 32 the youngest government minister in Italy's history when then-Premier Massimo D'Alema named him minister for European policy.