Draghi 1947 was born in an Italian financial family, but his parents died when he was a teenager, so he assumed the responsibility of "the eldest son is the father". After completing his undergraduate studies in Rome, he obtained biographies of two Nobel Prize winners at MIT in the 1970s, and obtained a doctorate in economics from the university. He also served as a professor of economics at Harvard University, and established close relations with the current or current finance ministers of the United States, Germany, Israel and other countries. From 1975 to 1978, he taught at Trento University, Padua University and Venice University successively. After that, he served as the executive president of the World Bank for six years. 1990, Draghi returned to Italy, served as a senior official in the Ministry of Finance, presided over the privatization of state-owned enterprises facing bankruptcy in Italy, reformed the internal structure of the Ministry of Finance, and achieved great success, and successfully made Italy enter the euro zone for the first time in 1999. 200 1 Berlusconi left the Italian Ministry of Finance to become the vice president of Goldman Sachs Investment Bank, and became more familiar with the operation of the Anglo-American banking system. At the end of 2005, the Bank of Italy faced bankruptcy, and Berlusconi recalled it and appointed any central bank governor.

With such a resume and achievements, Draghi is considered to be the most respected Italian in the international financial community, calling him "Super Mario". Colleagues think he is smart, calm and focused, especially good at analyzing problems. He is also a family man and the father of two children. He is fluent in English, but his expression is cold and he doesn't like to talk big. Draghi is well dressed. No matter how cold it is, he never wears a coat outside his impeccable high-end suit.

"Politics" will be the key to Draghi's success. At present, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the economic engine of the euro zone, has not expressed her position, but many German politicians and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are supporting it, and there are no other candidates in the four major economies of the euro zone. Therefore, Draghi's appointment as president is a foregone conclusion. Euro-zone countries will confirm their appointment at the EU summit in June. At that time, as long as Merkel nods, Draghi can sit at the desk on the top floor of the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, overlooking the European continent.

The only possible obstacle for Draghi to become president is: "Take the wrong passport." He is Italian, and this country has the worst debt situation among the euro zone countries except Greece. It doesn't seem reassuring that central bankers from "super-indebted countries" will save the euro. In addition, the "reputation" of the Italian central bank is not good, and it was a high inflation country before joining the euro zone. However, there are also views that the central bank governors from such a country have more personal experience, so they will be more determined to manage their finances.

Over the years, Draghi's practice in the Bank of Italy, the European Central Bank and the G-20 Financial Stability Board has proved that his thoughts are closer to the thrifty Germans than the "Mediterranean lazy man". The European Central Bank (ECB) is established according to the model of the traditionally conservative German central bank, and its central task is to control inflation. Therefore, Europeans have reason to believe that if Draghi controls the power of the European Central Bank, European finance will be safer. Although the 63-year-old Draghi has a reputation as the chairman of the Financial Stability Board and his professional skills are outstanding, he was previously regarded as an outsider, mainly because his Italian nationality made him controversial among the German public. After exel Weber, the current governor of the German central bank, abruptly gave up his candidacy, Draghi became the number one favorite among a few candidates. In Germany, Merkel may be strongly opposed by conservatives for choosing an Italian as the guardian of the stability of the euro. But she will insist that what matters is a stable culture, not the nationality of the candidate. Bild, a daily newspaper with a large circulation in Germany, demanded that a German be in charge of the European Central Bank. The newspaper commented bitterly that "the relationship between inflation and Italians is as inseparable as ketchup and pasta"!

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