Tag: Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi

• Monday, June 20th 2016 - 08:31 UTC

  Anti -establishment Lady mayor for Rome: pledges to end corruption

  

  An anti-establishment candidate has been elected Rome's first female mayor after Sunday's runoff elections in Italy. Thirty-seven-year-old lawyer Virginia Raggi led by a 2-1 margin over Premier Matteo Renzi's chosen candidate, Roberto Giachetti, who conceded defeat less than an hour after polls closed.