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Virginia Raggi: First ever female Mayor of Rome

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Anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) candidate as Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi poses for photographers as she casts her ballot in polling station in Rome. (File Photo | AP)
An anti-establishment newcomer, capitalizing on anger over political corruption and deteriorating city services, Raggi trounced Premier Matteo Renzi's candidate in Rome's mayoral runoff Sunday to become the first woman to head City Hall in the Italian c
Virginia Raggi, Five-Star movement's candidate for Rome's Mayor, waves before casting her ballot at a polling station in Rome. (AP)
Virginia Raggi poses for photographers as she casts her ballot in polling station in Rome. (File Photo | AP)
Raggi has comfortably clinched a runoff mayoral election slot, as Romans disgusted by corruption scandals and deteriorating city services largely turned away from traditional left and right parties which governed the Italian capital for decades. (AP)

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