A former ambassador Elisabetta Belloni has been named as the first woman to lead Italy's secret services.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his choice of Elisabetta Belloni as head of the Department of Information Security (DIS) on Wednesday 12 May 2021.
The department oversees the country's foreign and domestic intelligence services and reports directly to the Italian government.
Ms Belloni, 63, has a long career of firsts. Born in 1958, Ms Belloni became one of the first girls to join the prestigious - and formerly exclusively male - Massimiliano Massimo Institute in Rome, where Prime Minister Draghi also studied.
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