16 Facts About Fabrizio Saccomanni

Fabrizio Saccomanni was an Italian economist, civil servant and the director general of the Bank of Italy.

Fabrizio Saccomanni served as minister of economy and finance between April 2013 and February 2014.

From 13 April 2018 until his death, Saccomanni was the chairman of UniCredit.

Fabrizio Saccomanni held a master's degree in economics and business, which he received from the Bocconi University in 1966.

Fabrizio Saccomanni took postgraduate courses in monetary and international economics at Princeton University.

Fabrizio Saccomanni worked at the Bank of Italy most of his career.

Fabrizio Saccomanni served as the chairman of the foreign exchange policy committee of the European Monetary Institute from 1991 to 1997 in addition to his post at the Bank of Italy.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was the director general of the Bank of Italy where he started his career in June 1967.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was appointed to the post on 2 October 2006 and reappointed in 2012.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was a board member of the Bank for International Settlements and an alternate to the governor of the Bank of Italy in the governing council of the European Central Bank.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was a council member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, an international think-tank which conducts research on European foreign and security policies.

On 27 April 2013, prime minister-designate Enrico Letta announced that Fabrizio Saccomanni would serve as minister of economy and finances in his cabinet.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was one of the technocrats in the Letta cabinet.

Fabrizio Saccomanni was replaced by Pier Carlo Padoan as minister of economy and finances on 22 February 2014 when the cabinet led by Matteo Renzi was formed.

Fabrizio Saccomanni published a book in 2008 about experiencing financial crisis, Managing international financial stability: National tamers versus global tigers.

Fabrizio Saccomanni died in San Teodoro, Sardinia, on 8 August 2019 at age 76.