Former Italian president, prime minister and central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died at the age of 95. <br /><br /> As treasury minister he is credited with leading Italy into the euro currency.<br /><br /> È morto Carlo Azeglio Ciampi: a Rieti nel 2005 / FOTO E DISCORSO – https://t.co/RCc9OhPd5T pic.twitter.com/itcOrnfWwO— Rieti Life (@Rietilife) September 16, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> He also selected the design of the Italian 1-euro coin, Ciampi chose the Vitruvian man of Leonardo da Vinci.<br /><br /> Ciampi claimed that he wanted the design to send the message that money was at the service of human kind and not the other way round. <br /><br /> He leaves a wife and two children.<br />
