Giorgia Meloni, who became Italy's first woman to head a government, insists that she should be addressed in the masculine form in her new position. According to a circular sent to ministries and other institutions distributed to the media on Friday, the prime minister should be addressed as "Presidente del Consiglio," which was the original title.

In addition, "honorable" (the Italian word for "onorevole" sounds the same in both the masculine and feminine) Giorgia Meloni is added to official papers. This definition applies to members of the lower house of parliament.

Meloni has always refused to translate established masculine job titles into feminine ones. With this decision, she drew criticism from her female colleagues, mostly from her opponents. In particular, some noted that the name of the party she led, Brothers of Italy, did not mention "sisters. She was also rebuked for having only six women in her cabinet of 24 ministers.

That said, Meloni became famous for her phrase at one of her rallies, at which she proclaimed that she is a woman,a Christian, a mother. At the same time, she condemned attempts to replace the lines "father" and "mother" on child birth documents with "parent 1" and "parent 2. Meloni is considered a member of the conservative political right wing.