She won her first election at the age of 21 and ten years later she became Italy’s youngest-ever minister under former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
As Ms. Meloni and Mr. Modi met, G20 Foreign Ministers were holding talks in New Delhi that looked set to be dominated by Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine.
Meloni is married to journalist Andrea Giambruno working for Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset Television Channel.