Virginia Raggi was elected the first female mayor of Rome -- a city plagued by corruption and poor services -- in a triumph for the populist Five Star Movement (M5S), representing a blow to Matteo Renzi, Italy's prime minister, the Al Jazeera website reports today (June 20, 2016).
Raggi swept into City Hall yesterday with two-thirds of the votes cast in a runoff contest with Roberto Giachetti of Renzi's center-left Democratic Party (DP).
"A new era is beginning with us," said Raggi after declaring victory. "We'll work to bring back legality and transparency to the city's institutions."
A lawyer and local councilor, Raggi has vaulted from anonymity to become one of the best-known faces in Italian politics during the last few months.
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