Conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi formed a new government on Saturday, presenting a list of ministers to Italy's president. He was to be sworn in later in the day. Berlusconi received the mandate to govern during a meeting Friday with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, only two days after he quit as prime minister in a power struggle with his coalition allies. Berlusconi presented his Cabinet after a meeting at the presidential palace on Saturday, announcing he would keep Gianfranco Fini, head of the conservative National Alliance party, as his foreign minister, and that he had chosen former Economics Minister Giulio Tremonti as his deputy premier. He also announced the formation of a new ministry _ Development and Territorial Cohesion _ under Gianfranco Micciche, the former deputy economy minister. The entire government was to be sworn in at 6 p.m. (1600GMT), said Gaetano Gifuni, an official at the president's Quirinale Palace. Berlusconi told reporters he would present his list of ministers to the speakers of both houses of parliament, where he will face a confirmation vote next week, the news agency ANSA reported.
