Antonio Maria Rinaldi
{{Short description|Italian politician (born 1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
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| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}}
| party = League
| image = No Euro Day, Milano 23 nov 2013 12.JPG
| caption = Rinaldi in 2013
| constituency_MP = Central Italy
| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |date=20 May 2017 |title=Key dates ahead |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220234651/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |archive-date=2019-02-20 |access-date=28 May 2019 |publisher=European Parliament |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}}
| term_end = 16 July 2024
| parliament = European
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rome, Italy
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| nationality = Italian
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| children = 2
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| alma_mater = Luiss Guido Carli
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| profession = Chairman of Trevi – Finanziaria Industriale S.p.A. (since 2025) {{cite web|access-date=24 May 2025 |date=16 May 2025 |title=Antonio Maria Rinaldi nominato presidente della Trevi |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/cesena/cronaca/rinnovo-delle-cariche-alla-trevi-6603a0bd |website=Il Resto del Carlino}}
| website = {{URL|antoniorinaldi.eu}}
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Antonio Maria Rinaldi (born 27 February 1955) is an Italian economist and politician. He has always expressed critical positions towards the euro as a single European currency. With a strongly Eurosceptic orientation,[https://www.money.it/Antonio-Maria-Rinaldi-a-Money-it-L Antonio Maria Rinaldi a Money.it: «L’Euro va cambiato o sarà la sua fine»] Rinaldi calls himself a post-Keynesian economist.[http://www.la7.it/omnibus/video/rinaldi-vs-fubini-essendo-keynesiano-le-ricordo-che-nel-lungo-periodo-saremo-tutti-morti-18-04-2019-269268 Rinaldi vs Fubini: 'Essendo keynesiano le ricordo che nel lungo periodo ... saremo tutti morti']
Biography
Antonio Maria Rinaldi was born in Rome on 27 February 1955. His father was the banker Rodolfo Rinaldi, president of Banco di Santo Spirito, vice-president of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and representative in Europe of the Chase Manhattan Bank, while his mother is the noblewoman Isabella Rossini, a distant descendant of the famous composer Gioachino Rossini.
He graduated in economics in 1979 at the LUISS University in Rome. He worked at various credit institutions, such as Banco di Roma, American Service Bank and Fideuram; he was also an official of the CONSOB and a manager at Eni (1986-1994). In 1994 he was a member of the board of directors of ENAV.
Rinaldi has been a student of Paolo Savona.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Arriva Antonio Rinaldi, la supercazzola dell'economia gialloverde |url=https://www.linkiesta.it/2018/10/arriva-antonio-rinaldi-la-supercazzola-delleconomia-gialloverde/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=linkiesta.it}} He worked as a university professor from 2012 to 2018, and he taught political economy and corporate finance at the Link Campus University of Rome, the University of Molise of Campobasso and the D'Annunzio University of Pescara.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-30 |title=Antonio Maria Rinaldi e la fine della docenza all'università D'Annunzio |url=https://www.lettera43.it/antonio-maria-rinaldi-link-campus-university-paolo-savona/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=lettera43.it}}{{Cite web |title=Antonio Maria Rinaldi CV |url=https://dait.interno.gov.it/documenti/trasparenza/EUROPEE_20190526/candidati/CI03/3526/11935/1439_3526_11935_antonio_maria_rinaldi_20190526_cv.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723075611/https://dait.interno.gov.it/documenti/trasparenza/EUROPEE_20190526/candidati/CI03/3526/11935/1439_3526_11935_antonio_maria_rinaldi_20190526_cv.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-23 |website=dait.interno.gov.it}}
In 2019 he was elected MEP on the League's list, with 48,501 preference votes.[http://www.imolaoggi.it/2019/06/11/centro-italia-rinaldi-campione-di-preferenze-con-48-501-voti/ Centro Italia, Rinaldi campione di preferenze con 48.501 voti]
In May 2025, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trevi – Finanziaria Industriale S.p.A.{{Cite web |last=Finanza |first=MF Milano |date=2025-05-19 |title=Trevi Group, Antonio Maria Rinaldi è il nuovo presidente del consiglio di amministrazione {{!}} MilanoFinanza News |url=https://www.milanofinanza.it/news/trevi-group-antonio-maria-rinaldi-e-il-nuovo-presidente-del-consiglio-di-amministrazioni-202505192002104396?refresh_cens |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=MF Milano Finanza |language=it}}
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