Antonio Maria Rinaldi (born 27 February 1955) is an Italian economist and politician. He has always expressed critical positions towards the

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as a single European currency. With a strongly

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orientation, Rinaldi calls himself a

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economist.

Biography

Antonio Maria Rinaldi was born in

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on 27 February 1955, his father was the banker Rodolfo Rinaldi, president of

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, vice-president of

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and representative in Europe of the

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; his mother is the noblewoman Isabella Rossini, a distant descendant of the famous composer

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. He graduated in economics in 1979 at the private LUISS University in Rome. He worked at various credit institutions, such as

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, American Service Bank and Fideuram; he was also an official of the CONSOB and a manager at

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(1986-1994). In 1994 he was a member of the board of directors of

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. Rinaldi has been a student of

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. He worked as a university professor from 2012 to 2018, and he taught political economy and corporate finance at the

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of Rome, the

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and the D'Annunzio University of

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. In 2019 he was elected MEP on the

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's list, with 48,501 preference votes.Centro Italia, Rinaldi campione di preferenze con 48.501 voti
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References

Living people 1955 births MEPs for Italy 2019–2024 Lega Nord MEPs Lega Nord politicians Italian economists {{EP Political Group ID