Mario Monti

Mario Monti (nicknamed Super Mario) was born in Varese, Italy on March 19, 1943. He is married with two children. He holds a degree in economics and management from Bocconi University, Milan and completed graduate studies at Yale University, USA. Official photo of Mario Monti, from the European Commissions Website. ... For nearly two decades, Mario has been the official video game mascot for Nintendo. ... See Edgar Varèse for the composer Varese is a city in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Italian postage stamp of 2002 commemorating the university and Bocconi Luigi Bocconi University was established in Milan (Italy) in 1902 with a generous endowment from Ferdinando Bocconi, a wealthy merchant who thereby meant to commemorate his son Luigi disappeared in the Ethiopia, March 1st 1896) during the colonial war. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ...

In 1994 he was appointed to the European Commission, along with Emma Bonino, by the Berlusconi I government. From 1995, he was there responsible for internal market, financial services and financial integration, customs, and taxation. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... Emma Bonino was born on March 9, 1948 in Bra, is an Italian politician and is now a Member of the European Parliament. ... Silvio Berlusconi  listen (born September 29, 1936 in Milan) is the current Prime Minister of Italy and is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a party which was established for his entry into politics. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Four years later, in 1999, Massimo D'Alema's government confirmed him for the new Commission under the presidency of Romano Prodi. Since then he has been a member of the European Commission responsible for competition, where he became famous for starting an anti-monopoly lawsuit against Microsoft. He also led the investigation into the proposed merger between General Electric and Honeywell in 2001, which the commission blocked. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Massimo DAlema Massimo DAlema (born 20 April 1949 in Rome) is the son of Giuseppe DAlema (an esteemed communist politician), is an Italian journalist and politician, a former prime minister and a former national secretary of the PDS, Partito Democratico della Sinistra. ... Romano Prodi (Scandiano, Reggio Emilia August 9, 1939) is an Italian politician and a former President of the European Commission. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive of the European Union. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT) headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is a major American multinational corporation that produces electronic control systems and automation equipment. ...

The Berlusconi II government did not confirm him in 2004, and preferred to propose Rocco Buttiglione in his place. Silvio Berlusconi  listen (born September 29, 1936 in Milan) is the current Prime Minister of Italy and is the leader of the Forza Italia political movement, a party which was established for his entry into politics. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rocco Buttiglione Rocco Buttiglione (born in Gallipoli, Italy on June 6, 1948) is an Italian Christian Democrat politician and an academic philosopher. ...