Enrico Letta: Berlusconi

Enrico Letta Dept: The daunting achievement was pulled off by Letta, who will be sworn in as premier along with the new Cabinet on Sunday at the presidential Quirinal Palace. Italian designate-Premier Enrico Letta, right, shakes hands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. Letta agreed to appoint ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's top political aide, Angelino Alfano, as deputy premier and interior minister. Domenico Stinellis/Associated Press, according to CBC. Serving as deputy premier and interior minister will be Berlusconi's top political aide, Angelino Alfano. He is a former justice minister who was the architect of legislation that critics say was tailor-made to help media mogul Berlusconi in his many judicial woes and Italian center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an unusual alliance of bitter rivals that broke a two-month political stalemate from inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. Letta, 46, is a moderate with a reputation as a political bridge-builder. He is also the nephew Berlusconi's longtime adviser, Gianni Letta, a relationship seen as smoothing over often nasty interaction between the two main coalition partners. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.