Mario Monti (; born 19 March 1943) is an Italian economist and academic who has been the 54th Prime Minister of Italy since November 2011, leading a government of technocrats in the wake of the Italian debt crisis. Initially, Monti was also Minister of Economy and Finance.
Monti served as a European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004, with responsibility for the Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and for Competition from 1999 to 2004. Monti has also been Rector and President of Bocconi University in Milan.
On 12 November 2011, in the midst of the European sovereign debt crisis, Monti was invited by President Giorgio Napolitano to form a new technocratic government (in Italian, governo tecnico) following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. Monti was sworn in as Prime Minister on 16 November 2011, just a week after having been appointed a Senator for Life.
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