Rome ( CNN ) -- Italian center-left politician Enrico Letta has fully accepted a mandate to form a government , he told reporters Saturday . Letta made the announcement after meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano , who had given him that mandate on Wednesday . The 46-year-old former deputy prime minister and his ministers will be sworn in on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. , the presidential palace said . Parliament is expected to confirm his government through a vote of confidence on Monday . Letta 's acceptance of the leadership role is expected to limit the uncertainty that has gripped the nation since February , when elections left none of the candidates with enough support to form a government . He gave reporters a list of his 18 ministers , two of whom are members of the center-right People of Freedom Party led by three-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi . Three of the ministers are holdovers from the government of Mario Monti , the outgoing prime minister . Nearly all the others are members of Letta 's Democratic Party or people close to it . Letta had accepted Napolitano 's request to take the job with reservations . Napolitano , 87 , was re-elected by Italy 's Parliament on Saturday to an unprecedented second term as president . February 's general election resulted in a three-way split among the right , the left and a wild-card party . Letta said this week that the most important step would be to tackle the country 's 11.6 % unemployment rate , which has pushed many young Italians to leave the country . The second most pressing issue facing Italy is the need for political reform , he said . Constitutional changes are needed to reduce the number of members of parliament and fix an electoral system that has kept the country locked in a political stalemate it ca n't afford , he said . `` We need to do this together with the largest participation possible , '' he said . He also said the European Union 's policy of austerity needs to change .
Enrico Letta is to be sworn in as prime minister Sunday . Parliament is expected to confirm his government on Monday . The new Italian cabinet will have a majority of the center-left Democratic Party (PD), which has governed Italy since 2011 and was ousted from power by anti-establishment forces last month after inconclusive elections that saw