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Prodi submits cabinet line-up to president

KUN0070 4 POL 0344 ITALY /AFP -TCZ1 POL-ITALY-CABINET Prodi submits cabinet line-up to president ROME, May 17 (KUNA) -- The new Italian prime minister Romani Prodi submitted on Wednesday the line-up of his cabinet to President Giorgio Napolitano, only one day after he was tasked with the mission. The leader of the left-center coalition submitted to the president, during a meeting at noon time (local time), the list of his 25-seat cabinet, including two deputies, six women and eight ministries of state without portfolios, ahead of a scheduled swearing-in ceremony due later on Wednesday. Prodi's government, the 59th to be formed since declaration of the republic 60 years ago, comprises three former prime ministers. Speaking to jounralists after the meeting with the president, Prodi said he presented to the top leader a harmonous team out of keenness that it may serve the whole five-year term The new government groups: Prime Minister: Romano Prodi Foreign, Deputy Prime Minister: Massimo D'Alema (Democrats of the Left, DS) Culture, Deputy Prime Minister: Francesco Rutelli (Margherita) Defense: Arturo Parisi (Margherita) Economy and Finance: Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa (no party affiliation) Interior: Giuliano Amato (Margherita) Justice: Clemente Mastella (Udeur) Health: Livia Turco (DS) Industry: Pierluigi Bersani (DS) Education: Giuseppe Fioroni (Margherita) Agriculture: Paolo De Castro (Margherita) Communications: Paolo Gentiloni (Margherita) Universities, scientific research: Fabio Mussi (DS) Transport: Alessandro Bianchi (no party affiliation) Welfare: Paolo Ferrero (Refoundation Communist Party, PRC) Labour: Cesare Damiano (DS) Environment: Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio (Greens) Infrastructure: Antonio Di Pietro (Italy of Values) Ministers without portfolio: Linda Lanzillotta (Margherita) Luigi Nocolais (DS) Giulio Santagata (Margherita) Rosy Bindi (Margherita) Giovanna Melandri (DS) Barbara Pollastrini (DS) Emma Bonino (Rose in the Fist) Vannino Chiti (DS). (end) mn.rk KUNA 171617 May 06NNNN