Bank of Greece
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Coordinates: 37°58′43″N 23°44′0″E / 37.97861°N 23.73333°E
| Bank of Greece Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος (Greek) |
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| Headquarters | Athens | ||
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| Established | 1927 | ||
| Governor | George Provopoulos | ||
| Central Bank of | Greece | ||
| Website | www.bankofgreece.gr | ||
| Preceded by | National Bank of Greece (1928) | ||
| Succeeded by | European Central Bank (2001)1 | ||
| 1 The Bank of Greece still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB. | |||
This article is about the central bank of Greece. For the largest commercial bank in Greece, see 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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[edit] Introduction
Bank of Greece, a member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), has a staff of more than 3,000 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 Y.[1]
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 2008[update], June) governor is Georgios A. Provopoulos who manages the bank together with the deputy governors Panagiotis Aristidis Thomopoulos and Nikolaos D. Paleocrassas.
[edit] Governors
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The chief officer of the Bank of Greece is the governor (Greek: διοικητής, dioikētés), a governmental appointee.
- Alexandros Diomidis: April 21, 1928 - September 29, 1931
- Emmanouil Tsouderos (1st period): October 31, 1931 - August 8, 1935
- Emmanouil Tsouderos (2nd period): March 20, 1936 - July 9, 1939
- Ioannis Drosopoulos: July 9, 1939 - July 28, 1939
- Kyriakos Varvaresos (1st period - dismissed by the Axis occupation government): August 4, 1939 - May 23, 1941)
- Kyriakos Varvaresos (2nd period: Nazi occupation - governor in exile): April 22, 1941 - (October 1944)
- Miltiades Negrepontis (Nazi occupation): April 24, 1941 - July 3, 1941
- Demetrios Santis (Nazi occupation): July 2, 1941 - January 20, 1943
- Theodoros Tourkovasilis (Nazi occupation): April 19, 1943 - April 13, 1944
- Xenophon Zolotas (Co-Governor): October 12, 1944 - January 8, 1945
- Kyriakos Varvaresos (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
- Gerasimos Arsenis: November 3, 1981 - February 20, 1984
- Demetrios Chalikias: February 20, 1984 - February 20, 1992
- Euthymios 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 - June 20, 2008
- George Provopoulos: June 20, 2008 - present
[edit] Deputy Governors
The deputy governor (Greek: υποδιοικητής, hypodioikētés) is the Bank's second-in-line officer. Traditionally, the Deputy Governors' main remit is administration, whereas Governors supervise monetary policy at large.
- 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 Hadjikyriakos (Nazi occupation): April 5, 1943 - October 5, 1944
- Stylianos Gregoriou: March 28, 1945 - February 2, 1955
- Vasilios 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
- Eustathios 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
- Eustathios Papageorgiou: September 17, 1985 - September 17, 1989
- Georgios Provopoulos: October 1, 1990 - November 29, 1993
- Vasilios 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 - March 3, 2009
- Nikolaos Garganas: September 5, 1996 – June 13, 2002
- Nikolaos Paleocrassas: June 14, 2002 - June 14, 2008
- Eleni Dendrinou-Louri: June 15, 2008 - present
- Ioannis M. Papadakis: March 3, 2009 - present
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Euro FAQ". The Euro Information Website. http://www.ibiblio.org/theeuro/InformationWebsite.htm?http://www.ibiblio.org/theeuro/faq.htm#Which_country_are_the_Euro_Banknotes_from. Retrieved on 15 January 2009.
[edit] See also
- Celebrating the 75th anniversary of its foundation, the bank was selected as a main motif of a high value commemorative coin, the Greek €200 75th anniversary of Bank of Greece commemorative coin, minted in 2003. Two type of coins were minted: one in silver and the other in gold. They were distributed among bank employees and officials.
[edit] External links
- (Greek) (English) Bank of Greece official site
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