The Italian journalist for L’Espresso and La Stampa has been voted in for the 2015-16 term, effective July 1.

Outgoing Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Theo Kingma announced the news at the group’s annual election meeting.

Argentina-born Soria has been an HFPA member since 1989 and previously served as president from 2003-2005.

Meher Tatna, Jorge Camara and Serge Rakhlin were elected vice-president, treasurer and executive secretary, respectively.