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5 Prime Minister of Italy (2021–present).

4 President of the European Central Bank.He has been rated highly in public opinion polls in Italy during his time as prime minister, and at the end of his first year in office The Economist named Italy as 'Country of the Year', singling out Draghi's leadership as central to its nomination. After successful negotiations with parties including the League, the Five Star Movement, the Democratic Party and Forza Italia, Draghi was sworn in as Prime Minister on 11 February, pledging to oversee effective implementation of COVID-19 economic stimulus. On 3 February 2021, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Draghi was invited by Italian President Sergio Mattarella to form a government of national unity, following the resignation of Giuseppe Conte. Īfter Draghi's term as ECB President ended in 2019, he initially returned to private life. He has been nicknamed Super Mario by some media, a nickname that was popularised during his time as President of the ECB, when he was credited by numerous sources as having played a key role in combatting the Eurozone crisis. In 2019, Paul Krugman described him as "the greatest central banker of modern times." Moreover, thanks to his monetary policies, he is widely considered the "saviour of the euro" during the European debt crisis.

In 2021, Politico Europe ranked him as the most powerful person in Europe. He is also the only Italian to be listed three times in the Time 100 annual listicle. In 2015, Fortune magazine ranked him as the world's "second greatest leader". In 2014, Draghi was listed by Forbes magazine as the eighth-most powerful person in the world. He presided over the institution during the Eurozone crisis, becoming famous throughout Europe for saying that he would be prepared to do "whatever it takes" to prevent the euro from failing. He left those roles after his nomination by the European Council in 2011 to serve as President of the ECB. His tenure as Governor coincided with the 2008 Great Recession, and in the midst of this he was selected to become the first Chair of the Financial Stability Board, the global standard-setter that replaced the Financial Stability Forum. He left that role after a decade to join Goldman Sachs, where he remained until his appointment as Governor of the Bank of Italy in 2006. Īfter a lengthy career as an academic economist in Italy, Draghi worked for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., throughout the 1980s, and in 1991 returned to Rome to become Director General of the Italian Treasury. Draghi was also Chair of the Financial Stability Board between 20, and Governor of the Bank of Italy between 20. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) between 20. Mario Draghi OMRI ( Italian: 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.