Mario Draghi is an Italian economist, academic, banker, and civil servant who served as the prime minister of Italy from February 2021 to October 2022. 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.
Draghi in 2021
Draghi with U.S. President George W. Bush in 2008
Draghi (right) with Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jean-Claude Trichet
Draghi in Davos in 2013
The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is established by articles 92–96 of the Constitution of Italy; the president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of the Republic and must have the confidence of the Parliament to stay in office.
Prime Minister of Italy
Chigi Palace in Rome, the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy.
Count Camillo Benso of Cavour, first Italian Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini, longest-serving prime minister of Italy and Duce of fascism
