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[[Mario Monti]], the former European Competition Commissioner, joined [[Goldman Sachs]] as an international adviser.<ref>Merrell, Caroline, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article762497.ece Goldman hires former EU Competition Commissioner]," 14 December 2005, ''Times Online'', accessed 31 January 2010.</ref>
 
[[Mario Monti]], the former European Competition Commissioner, joined [[Goldman Sachs]] as an international adviser.<ref>Merrell, Caroline, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article762497.ece Goldman hires former EU Competition Commissioner]," 14 December 2005, ''Times Online'', accessed 31 January 2010.</ref>
  
Mario Monti was appointed Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri (Prime Minister) of Italy by Presidente della Republica (Head of State) [[Giorgio Napolitano]] following the resignation of [[Silvio Berlusconi]].  
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On the 9th of November 2011 was nominated as Senatore a Vita (life Senator) and was appointed Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri (Prime Minister) of Italy by Presidente della Republica (Italian Head of State) [[Giorgio Napolitano]] following the resignation of [[Silvio Berlusconi]].  
  
 
The European Commission's official website states:
 
The European Commission's official website states:
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:Monti served as European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, Financial Services and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and then as European Commissioner for Competition (1999-2004). In the latter position, he handled a number of well-known cases such as General Electric/Honeywell, Microsoft, and the German Landesbanken. He also introduced a radical reform of EU antitrust and merger controls and led, with the US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN).
 
:Monti served as European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, Financial Services and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and then as European Commissioner for Competition (1999-2004). In the latter position, he handled a number of well-known cases such as General Electric/Honeywell, Microsoft, and the German Landesbanken. He also introduced a radical reform of EU antitrust and merger controls and led, with the US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN).
  
As EU coordinator for the France-Spain electricity interconnection, he brokered the agreement between Prime Ministers Fillon and Zapatero in June 2008. Mr. Monti was also a member of the Attali Committee on French economic growth, set up by President Sarkozy (2007-2008).
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:As EU coordinator for the France-Spain electricity interconnection, he brokered the agreement between Prime Ministers Fillon and Zapatero in June 2008. Mr. Monti was also a member of the Attali Committee on French economic growth, set up by President Sarkozy (2007-2008).<ref>European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs "[http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/bef2009/speakers/mario-monti/index.html]," accessed 17 November 2011.</ref>
  
  
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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*European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs "[http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/bef2009/speakers/mario-monti/index.html]," accessed 17 November 2011.
 
*Merrell, Caroline, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article762497.ece Goldman hires former EU Competition Commissioner]," 14 December 2005, ''Times Online'', accessed 31 January 2010.
 
*Merrell, Caroline, "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article762497.ece Goldman hires former EU Competition Commissioner]," 14 December 2005, ''Times Online'', accessed 31 January 2010.
  

Revision as of 14:57, 17 November 2011

Mario Monti, the former European Competition Commissioner, joined Goldman Sachs as an international adviser.[1]

On the 9th of November 2011 was nominated as Senatore a Vita (life Senator) and was appointed Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri (Prime Minister) of Italy by Presidente della Republica (Italian Head of State) Giorgio Napolitano following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi.

The European Commission's official website states:

Monti served as European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, Financial Services and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and then as European Commissioner for Competition (1999-2004). In the latter position, he handled a number of well-known cases such as General Electric/Honeywell, Microsoft, and the German Landesbanken. He also introduced a radical reform of EU antitrust and merger controls and led, with the US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN).
As EU coordinator for the France-Spain electricity interconnection, he brokered the agreement between Prime Ministers Fillon and Zapatero in June 2008. Mr. Monti was also a member of the Attali Committee on French economic growth, set up by President Sarkozy (2007-2008).[2]


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Notes

  1. Merrell, Caroline, "Goldman hires former EU Competition Commissioner," 14 December 2005, Times Online, accessed 31 January 2010.
  2. European Commission, Economic and Financial Affairs "[1]," accessed 17 November 2011.