In first for Italy, woman to head constitutional court

ROME: Judge and law professor Marta Cartabia was unanimously elected on Wednesday to head Italy´s constitutional court, the first time in the country´s history a woman has presided over the powerful body.

Cartabia, 56, had been considered in 2015 as a potential candidate for Italy´s presidency. And in September this year, she was approached to become PM after the disintegration of the previous government. The constitutional court was created after World War II. Besides ruling on the constitutionality of laws and voting systems and approving referendums.