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Bank of Greece

Not to be confused with the National Bank of Greece.

The Bank of Greece (Greek: "Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος") is the national central bank of Greece, located in Athens (Venizelos Avenue) and founded in 1927. Its operations started officially in 1928.

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Introduction

Bank of Greece, a member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), has a staff of more than 3000 employees.

The primary objective of the Bank of Greece is to ensure price stability in Greece. It also supervises the private banks and acts as a treasurer and fiscal agent for the Greek government.

Its Euro banknotes printer identification code is N.

Bank of Greece also sells Gold sovereigns.

The entrance of the Bank of Greece features the Greek and the European Union flags.

The current (as of 2004, January) governor is Dr. Nikolaos C. Garganas who manages the bank together with the deputy governors Panagiotis Aristidis Thomopoulos and Nikolaos D. Paleocrassas .

Governors

The highest chief of the Bank of Greece is the governor (Greek: διοικητής, dioikhths)

Alexandros Diomidis : April 21 1928 - September 29 1931
Emmanuel Tsouderos (1st period): October 31, 1931 - August 8, 1935
Emmanuel Tsouderos (2nd period): March 20, 1936 - July 9, 1939
Ioannis Drosopoulos : July 9, 1939 - July 28, 1939
Kyriakos Varvaressos (1st period - he was dismissed by the occupation government): August 4, 1939 - May 23, 1941)
Kyriakos Varvaressos (2nd period: Nazi occupation - governor in exile): April 22, 1941 - (October 1944)
Miltiades Negropontis (Nazi occupation): April 24, 1941 - July 3, 1941
Demetrios Santis (Nazi occupation): July 2, 1941 - January 20, 1943
Theodoros Tourkovassilis (Nazi occupation): April 19, 1943 - April 13, 1944
Xenophon Zolotas (Co-Governor): October 12, 1944 - January 8, 1945
Kyriakos Varvaressos (3rd period): February 2, 1945 - September 19, 1945
Georgios Mantzavinos : February 11, 1946 - February 2, 1955
Xenophon Zolotas (2nd period): February 5, 1955 - August 5, 1967
Demetrios Galanis : August 7, 1967 - May 4, 1973
Konstantinos Papayiannis : May 7, 1973 - August 9, 1974
Panagotis Papaligouras : August 9, 1974 - October 23, 1974
Xenophon Zolotas (3rd period): November 27, 1974 - October 29, 1981
Gerassimos Arsenis : November 3, 1981 - February 20, 1984
Demetrios Chalikias : February 20, 1984 - February 20, 1992
Efthymios Christodoulou : February 20, 1992 - December 1, 1993
Ioannis Boutos : December 1, 1993 - October 26 1994
Lucas Papademos : October 26 1994 - May 31 2002
Nikolaos Garganas : May 31 2002 - present

The list of governors is adapted from data gathered from the Official Bank of Greece website.

Deputy Governors

The second highest chief of the Bank of Greece (after the governor) is the deputy governor (Greek: υποδιοικητής, ypodioikhths)

Emmanuel Tsouderos : April 21, 1928 - October 31, 1931
Emmanuel Kamaras : November 25, 1931 – May 20, 1932
Kyriakos Varvaressos : March 1, 1933 – August 4, 1939
Georgios Mantzavinos : September 28, 1936 - February 11, 1946
Ioannis Arvanitis : August 4, 1939 - April 16, 1941
Andreas Papademetriou (Nazi occupation): July 3, 1941 - November 18, 1941
Spyridon Chadjikyriakos (Nazi occupation): April 5, 1943 - October 5, 1944
Stylianos Gregorioy : March 28, 1945 - February 2, 1955
Vassilios Kyriakopoulos : February 5, 1955 - December 24, 1955
Demetrios Galanis : December 31, 1955 - August 7, 1967
Ioannis Pezmazoglou : February 11, 1960 - August 5, 1967
Konstantinos Thanos: January 5, 1968 - September 10, 1969
Efstathios Panas : September 11, 1969 - August 9, 1974
Nikolaos Kyriazidis : August 9, 1974 - January 5, 1977
Nikolaos Charissopoulos : October 21, 1975 - November 6, 1981
Evangelos Devletoglou : December 23, 1977 - November 8, 1978
Georgios Drakos : November 24, 1978 - October 20, 1981
Demetrios Chalikias : November 16, 1981 - February 6, 1984
Evangelos Kourakos (1st period): July 10, 1982 - February 11, 1986
Panagiotis Korliras : February 20, 1984 - August 30, 1985
Efstathios Papageorgiou : September 17, 1985 - September 17, 1989
Georgios Provopoulos : October 1, 1990 - November 29, 1993
Vassilios Antonioudakis : October 1, 1990 - December 19, 1991
Panagiotis Pavopoulos : February 21, 1992 - November 29, 1993
Evangelos Kourakos (2nd period): December 1, 1993 - September 4, 1996
Lucas Papademos : December 1, 1993 - October 26, 1994
Panagiotis Thomopoulos : October 26, 1994 - present
Nikolaos Garganas : September 5, 1996 – June 13, 2002
Nikolaos Paleocrassas : June 14, 2002 - present

The list of deputy governors is adapted from data gathered from the Official Bank of Greece website.

External links

Official Web Site

Categories: Economy of Greece | European System of Central Banks