death_date nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession order term_start spouse image name deputy predecessor birth_place party successor primeminister article_title
18 december 2010 italian 23 july 1940 8 may 2008 bocconi university massachusetts institute of technology rome , italy economist minister of economy and finances 17 may 2006 fiorella kostoris -lrb- divorced -rrb- ; 3 children tommaso padoa-schioppa , imf 116imfcpresser.jpg tommaso padoa-schioppa vincenzo visco roberto pinza giulio tremonti belluno , italy independent giulio tremonti romano prodi tommaso padoa-schioppa

tommaso padoa-schioppa

tommaso padoa-schioppa , knight grand cross -lrb- cavaliere di gran croce -rrb- -lrb- ; 23 july 1940 -- 18 december 2010 -rrb- was a well-known pro-european italian banker and economist who was italy 's minister of economy and finances from may 2006 until may 2008 .
he is considered as a founding father of the european single currency .
he is a former member of the steering committee of the bilderberg group .
