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.

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 (http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/).

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 (http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/).

See also

• Bank
• National Central Bank
• Euro banknotes
• Greece
• European System of Central Banks

External links

• Official Web Site (http://www.bankofgreece.gr)
  • Biography of Governor Garganas in English (http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/garganas.htm)
  • Biography of Deputy Governor Thomopoulos in English (http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/thomopoulos.htm)
  • Biography of Deputy Governor Paleokrasas in English (http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/paleocrassas.htm)