====== Mario Draghi ======

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**Mario Draghi OMRI** is an Italian politician, economist, banker, former professor and civil servant who has been serving as the prime minister of [[europe:Italy]] since 2021. Prior to his appointment as prime minister, he served as President of the [[European Central Bank]] between 2011 and 2019.

===== History =====

Draghi was a Managing Director at [[Goldman Sachs]], an Executive Director of the [[World Bank]], Chairman of the [[Financial Stability Board]] and Governor of the [[Bank of Italy]] before being made President of the [[European Central Bank]].((Teffer, P. (2015, April 16). //Who’s the woman that threw confetti on Draghi?// EUobserver. https://euobserver.com/news/128346))

In February 2021 he was made Prime Minister of Italy, where he promoted mandatory [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccination]] for healthcare workers in the country.((Ibbetson, R. (2021, April 1). //COVID-19 jabs are made mandatory for all health workers in Italy.// Daily Mail. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716002135/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9426533/Covid-19-vaccinations-mandatory-health-workers-Italy.html))

In July 2022, Draghi tendered his resignation as Prime Minister, which the President of Italy declined.((The Associated Press. (2022, July 14). //Italy’s president rejects Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s offer to resign.// NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111541333/italy-mario-draghi-resignation))