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Mario Draghi OMRI (Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈdraːɡi]; born 3 September 1947) is an Italian politician, economist, banker, former professor and civil servant who has been serving as the prime minister of Italy since 2021.[1][2]
Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) between 2011 and 2019. Draghi was also Chair of the Financial Stability Board between 2009 and 2011, and Governor of the Bank of Italy between 2006 and 2011.[3]
Draghi studied at theMassimiliano Massimo Institute, a Jesuit school in Rome, where he was a classmate of the future chairman of Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo,
and the future television presenter, Giancarlo Magalli.[23][24] In 1970, he graduated with honours in Economics at the Sapienza University of Rome,
under the supervision of Keynesian economist Federico Caffè; his graduation dissertation was titled "Economic integration and the variation of exchange rates".[25]
In his dissertation, Draghi was particularly critical of Luxembourg Prime Minister Pierre Werner's remarks that European monetary union was "premature".[26]
Draghi went on to earn a PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, this time with a dissertation titled: "Essays on economic theory and applications", under the supervision of Franco Modigliani and Robert Solow.[27]
Personal life
Draghi and his wife Serena Cappello with Jill and Joe Biden
In 1973, Mario Draghi married Maria Serenella Cappello, of noble origins and descendant of Bianca Cappello, and an expert in English literature,[148][149]
with whom he has two children: Federica, who worked as investment director of Genextra Spa and board member of Italian Angels for Biotechis, and Giacomo,
a finance analyst, who worked as an interest-rate derivative trader at investment bank Morgan Stanley until 2017, and is now at the LMR Partners hedge fund.[150][151]
Draghi is a Roman Catholic of Jesuit education and is devoted to St. Ignatius of Loyola.[152] Draghi has homes in Rome's Parioli district and in Città della Pieve in Umbria.[153]
He is a supporter of A.S. Roma, one of the football teams of his hometown, and a great fan of basketball.[154]