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Mario Monti was born in [[Varese]], Lombardy. He is married, and has two children. |
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He is interested in Egyptology, a passion he picked up during his time at Turin University. He is a patron of the Museo Egizio in Turin a museum that specialises in Egyptian archaeology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends of Museo Egizio|url=http://www.museoegizio.it/pages/Collaborative_Friends.jsp}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:10, 11 November 2011
Mario Monti | |
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| European Commissioner for Competition | |
| In office 15 September 1999 – 30 October 2004 | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Karel Van Miert |
| Succeeded by | Neelie Kroes |
| European Commissioner for Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation | |
| In office 18 January 1995 – 15 September 1999 | |
| President | Jacques Santer Manuel Marín (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi (Institutional Reform, Internal Market and Enterprise) |
| Succeeded by | Frits Bolkestein |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1943 Varese, Italy |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Bocconi University Yale University |
Mario Monti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrjo ˈmonti]) (born March 19, 1943) is an Italian economist and politician. He served as European Commissioner for two consecutive terms and was appointed rector and president of Bocconi University.
Education
Mario Monti holds a degree in economics and management from Bocconi University, Milan. He completed graduate studies at Yale University, where he studied under James Tobin, the Nobel prize-winning economist.[1]
He taught economics at the University of Turin (1970-85) before moving to the Bocconi University, of which he has been rector (1989-1994) and then president (since 1994). His research has helped to create the Klein-Monti model, aimed at describing the behaviour of banks operating under monopoly circumstances.
Monti is also the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005. He is also European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a think tank founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller[2] and member of the Bilderberg Group [3].
Political career
In 1994 Monti was appointed to the European Commission, along with fellow-Italian, Emma Bonino, by the first Silvio Berlusconi government. In his capacity as European Commissioner from 1995, he was responsible for "Internal Market, Financial Services and Financial Integration, Customs, and Taxation".
Four years later, in 1999, Massimo D'Alema's government confirmed his appointment to the new European Commission under the presidency of Romano Prodi. Thereafter he was responsible for "Competition", in which capacity he initiated anti-monopoly proceedings against Microsoft. He also led the investigation into the proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywell in 2001, which the European Commission blocked.
The second Berlusconi government did not confirm him in 2004, and proposed Rocco Buttiglione in his place. Since Rocco Buttiglione was rejected by the European Parliament, the government proposed Franco Frattini.
In 2010, Monti was entrusted by president Barroso to produce a Report on the future of the Single Market proposing further measures towards the completion of the EU single market[4]
On 15 September 2010 Monti supported the new initiative Spinelli Group, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union (EU). Other prominent supporters are: Jacques Delors, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Guy Verhofstadt, Andrew Duff, Elmar Brok.
On 9 November 2011 Monti was nominated Senator for life by the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.[5] Mario Monti has been seen as a favourite to replace Silvio Berlusconi to lead a new unity government in Italy in order to implement reforms and austerity measures.[6]
Private life
Mario Monti was born in Varese, Lombardy. He is married, and has two children.
He is interested in Egyptology, a passion he picked up during his time at Turin University. He is a patron of the Museo Egizio in Turin a museum that specialises in Egyptian archaeology.[7]
References
- ^ Jeremy Clift (2005). "Super Mario and the Temple of Learning". Finance and Development. International Monetary Fund.
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- ^ Steering Committee | Bilderberg Meetings
- ^ Report on the future of the Single Market, 2010
- ^ "Napolitano nomina Monti senatore a vita". Corriere della Sera. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ Vagnoni, Giselda; Hornby, Catherine (10 November 2011). "Mario Monti emerges as favorite to lead Italy". Reuters. Rome. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Friends of Museo Egizio".
External links
- Super Mario and the Temple of Learning, interview in "Finance and Development", quarterly magazine of the International Monetary Fund, June 2005.
- Bruegel think tank
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