Highlights of Mario Draghi’s career
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Sep 1947: 1970 Born in Rome

1970: Degree in Economics, Sapienza 1975 University, Rome

1977: Doctorate in 1980 Economics at MIT, supervised by Nobel Prize 1985 winner Franco Modigliani

1975-81: Professor of Economics at universities of Trento, Padua and Venice

1984-90: Executive Director of World Bank

1981-91: Professor of Economics at University of Florence

1991-2001: Director General of Italian Treasury. Embarks on massive
privatisation programme – from banks to utilities. Condemned by critics as fire sale of Italy’s crown jewels

Feb 2021: Italy turns to Draghi to form new government to save economy

2018: ECB ends bond- buying after spending €2.6 trillion
  
2012: Draghi pledges to do “whatever it takes” to save euro. Makes unlimited purchases of eurozone government bonds using quantitative easing

Nov 2011-Oct 2019: President of European Central Bank
      
2006-Oct 2011: Governor, Banca d’Italia and Chairman of Financial Stability Board

2002-05: Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International

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