Governor of the Bank of Italy

The Governor of the Bank of Italy is the most senior position in the Bank of Italy. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor.

Governor of the Bank of Italy
Governatore della Banca d'Italia
Incumbent Fabio Panetta since 1 November 2023
Bank of Italy
Seat	Palazzo Koch, Rome
Appointer	President of Italy (since 1946) with the approval of the Council of Ministers
Term length	6 years
Formation	1928
First holder	Bonaldo Stringher
Deputy	Director General of the Bank of Italy
Website	bancaditalia.it

List of Governors

N.	Portrait	Governor (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Ref
1		Bonaldo Stringher (1854–1930)	3 July 1928	24 December 1930	[1]
			2 years, 174 days
2		Vincenzo Azzolini (1881–1967)	10 January 1931	4 June 1944	[2]
			13 years, 146 days
3		Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961)	5 January 1945	11 May 1948	[3]
			3 years, 127 days
4		Donato Menichella (1896–1984)	7 August 1948	17 August 1960	[4]
			12 years, 10 days
5		Guido Carli (1914–1993)	18 August 1960	18 August 1975	[5]
			15 years, 0 days
6		Paolo Baffi (1911–1989)	19 August 1975	7 October 1979	[6]
			4 years, 49 days
7		Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016)	8 October 1979	29 April 1993	[7]
			13 years, 203 days
8		Antonio Fazio (1936– )	4 May 1993	19 December 2005	[8]
			12 years, 229 days
9		Mario Draghi (1947– )	16 January 2006	31 October 2011	[9]
			5 years, 306 days
10		Ignazio Visco (1949– )	1 November 2011	31 October 2023	[10]
			11 years, 364 days
11		Fabio Panetta (1959– )	1 November 2023	Incumbent	[11]
			1 year, 270 days