Mario Monti

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Mario Monti (born March 19, 1943) is an Italian economist and politician.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Education 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Mario Monti was born in Varese, Lombardy. He is married with two children. He holds a degree in economics and management from Bocconi University, Milan. He completed graduate studies at Yale University, Connecticut, where he studied under James Tobin, the Nobel prize-winning economist.^[1]

In 1994 he was appointed to the European Commission, along with fellow-Italian, Emma Bonino, by the first 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.

Mario Monti is the President of the Bocconi University of Milan and the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005.

[edit] Education

Degree in economics and management, Bocconi University, Milan

Graduate studies at Yale University, USA

Professional career

1965-69 Assistant at Bocconi University

1969-70 Associate professor at the University of Trento

1970-79 Professor at the University of Turin

1971-85 Professor of Monetary Theory and Policy at Bocconi University

1978-94 Economic commentator of Corriere della Sera

1979-94 Member of various company boards

1981 Rapporteur of the Treasury Committee on savings protection

1981-82 Chairman of the Treasury Committee on the Banking and Financial System

1982-85 Chairman of the European University Society of Financial Research

1985-86 Member of the Macroeconomic Policy Group set up by European Commission and CEPS

1985-94 Professor of Economics and Director of Institute of Economics at Bocconi University

1985 Founds the Paolo Baffi Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics at Bocconi University

1987-88 Member of the Competition Act drafting committee

1988-89 Member of the Treasury Committee on Debt Management

1988-90 Member of the working party preparing Italy for the single market

1989 Founds the Innocenzo Gasparini Institute of Economic Research at Bocconi University, in cooperation with CEPR (London) and NBER (Cambridge, Mass.)

1989-91 Member of the Treasury Committee on Banking Law Reform

1989-94 Rector of Bocconi University

1994 President of Bocconi University

1995-1999 Member of the Commission, Internal market, financial services and financial integration; Customs; Taxation

1999-2004 Member of the European Commission responsible for competition

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Super Mario and the Temple of Learning, interview in "Finance and Development", quarterly magazine of the IMF, June 2005.
• Bruegel think tank

Preceded by Karel van Miert

European Commissioner for Competition 1999–2004

Succeeded by Neelie Kroes