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Mario Draghi

prime minister of Italy
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Mario Draghi (born September 3, 1947, Rome, Italy) is an Italian economist who served from 2011 to 2019 as president of the European Central Bank (ECB), the financial institution responsible for making monetary decisions within the eurozone, that portion of the European Union whose members have adopted the European common currency. Draghi’s appointment came at a critical time, when stability within the eurozone was being challenged by the European sovereign debt crisis. In February 2021...

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