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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

1920 - 2016

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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Italian: [ˈkarlo adˈdzeʎʎo ˈtʃampi] ; 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016) was an Italian politician, statesman and banker who was the President of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and the Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994. A World War II veteran, Ciampi had fought for the Italian resistance movement after he evaded capture from the Wehrmacht in 1943. Afterwards, he became a prominent banker in the First Italian Republic, gradually rising in the ranks of the Bank of Italy before becoming its governor in 1979. In his tenure as governor, the Italian lira was devalued amid conflict with Prime Minister Bettino Craxi in the mid 1980's and Italy's withdrawal from the European Monetary System in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is the 1,862nd most popular politician (up from 2,031st in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from Italy (up from 728th in 2019) and the 126th most popular Italian Politician.

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is most famous for being the President of Italy from 1993 to 1999.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ranks 1,862 out of 19,576. Before him are Bona Sforza, Friedrich Fromm, Al-Mahdi, Sali Berisha, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, and Emperor Yang of Sui. After him are Louis the Child, S. R. Nathan, Genrikh Yagoda, Claudia Sheinbaum, Peter II of Courtenay, and Hiram I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ranks 28. Before him are Richard von Weizsäcker, Charlie Parker, François Jacob, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, and George Porter. After him are Boris Vian, Captain Tom, Montgomery Clift, Fritz Walter, Frank Sheeran, and Edmond H. Fischer. Among people deceased in 2016, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ranks 28. Before him are Andrzej Wajda, Carlos Alberto Torres, João Havelange, Harper Lee, Prince, and Abbas Kiarostami. After him are S. R. Nathan, Queen Anne of Romania, Anisa Makhlouf, Frank Sinatra Jr., Walter Scheel, and Elie Wiesel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ranks 688 out of 5,161. Before him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Henry of Germany (1211), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Bona Sforza (1494), and Saint Rosalia (1130). After him are Poppaea Sabina (30), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Cornelia (-97), Pope Donus (610), Tibullus (-50), and Virna Lisi (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ranks 126. Before him are Catherine Cornaro (1454), Berengar I of Italy (850), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), Henry of Germany (1211), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), and Bona Sforza (1494). After him are Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Marozia (890), Libius Severus (420), and Gnaeus Pompeius (-80).

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