"Architect of the single currency dies" - Financial Times, 19 December 2010
Article by Quentin Peel published in Financial Times, 19 December 2010.
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Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, who has died in Rome aged 70, was a former Italian finance minister and founding member of the executive board of the European Central Bank who was regarded by many as a central architect of the euro.
A passionate advocate of European integration, he was highly intelligent, well-versed in economics, and a first-rate financial technician. A central banker by training, he was witty, charming, deeply cultured and steeped in European history...


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