What is Mario Monti?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Mario Monti |image = Mario Monti - Festival Economia 2013.JPG |caption = |alt = |office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Italy|54th]] [[Prime Minister of Italy]] |president = [[Giorgio Napolitano]] |term_start = 16 November 2011 |term_end = 28 April 2013 |predecessor = [[Silvio Berlusconi]] |successor = [[Enrico Letta]] |office1 = [[List of Italian Ministers of Economy and Finance|Minister of Economy and Finance]] |term_start1 = 16 November 2011 |term_end1 = 11 July 2012 |predecessor1 = [[Giulio Tremonti]] |successor1 = [[Vittorio Grilli]] |office2 = [[Senator for Life]] |term_start2 = 9 November 2011 |president2 = [[Giorgio Napolitano]] |office3 = [[European Commissioner for Competition]] |president3 = [[Romano Prodi]] |term_start3 = 15 September 1999 |term_end3 = 30 October 2004 |predecessor3 = [[Karel Van Miert]] |successor3 = [[Neelie Kroes]] |office4 = [[European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services|European Commissioner for Internal Market, Services]], [[European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud|Customs and Taxation]] |president4 = [[Jacques Santer]]<br />[[Manuel Marín]] <small>(Acting)</small> |term_start4 = 18 January 1995 |term_end4 = 15 September 1999 |predecessor4 = Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi |successor4 = [[Frits Bolkestein]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|3|19|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Varese]], [[Lombardy]], [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italy]] |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |spouse = Elsa Antonioli |children = Federica Monti<br />Giovanni Monti |residence = [[Palazzo Chigi]] |alma_mater = [[Bocconi University]]<br />[[Yale University]] ||signature = Mario Monti signature.svg }} '''Mario Monti''' (19 March 1943)<ref name=cnn/> is an [[Italians|Italian]] politician who was the [[Prime Minister]] from 2011 to 2013. He also was [[Finance Minister]] of [[Italy]]. ==Sources== {{Reflist|r