Bank of Greece

Bank of Greece
Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
Headquarters	Athens
Coordinates	37°58′43″N 23°44′00″E / 37.978611°N 23.733333°ECoordinates: 37°58′43″N 23°44′00″E / 37.978611°N 23.733333°E
Established	14 May 1928; 93 years ago
Ownership	Max 35% state ownership,; otherwise private
Governor	Yannis Stournaras
Central bank of	Greece
Reserves	1 500 million USD
Succeeded by	European Central Bank (2001)1
Website	www.bankofgreece.gr
	1 The Bank of Greece still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.

The seat of the Bank of Greece

The Bank of Greece (Greek: Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος Trapeza tis Ellados, abbreviated ΤτΕ) is the central bank of Greece. Its headquarters is located in Athens on Panepistimiou Street, but it also has several branches across the country. It was founded in 1927 and its operations started officially in 1928. The building that currently houses its headquarters was completed ten years later in 1938.^[2]

The Bank of Greece is listed on the Athens Exchange.^[3]

Introduction[]

The Bank of Greece, a member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), is the national central bank of Greece and was established by Law 3424/7 December 1927. The shares of the Bank of Greece are registered and have been listed on the Athens Exchange since June 12, 1930.

It is a partially state owned S.A. share company with special privileges, special restrictions, and duties.^[4] It cannot operate as a commercial bank and the percentage of shares that can be under Greek state ownership cannot exceed 35%^[5] (initially this limit was 10%^[6]). It has a staff of more than 1,800 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. Since law 3867/2010 was passed the Bank of Greece is also responsible for supervising private insurance companies, merging with the Committee for the Supervision of Insurance Companies established by law 3229/2004.

Its Euro banknotes printer identification code is Y.^[7]

The Bank of Greece also sells gold sovereigns.

Governor[]

The main entrance to the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens

The chief officer of the Bank of Greece is the Governor (Greek: διοικητής, IPA: [ðiiciˈtis]), a governmental appointee.^[8]

List of governors of the Bank of Greece[]

Officeholder	Entered office	Left office	Notes
Alexandros Diomidis	April 21, 1928	September 29, 1931	Prime Minister 1949–50
Emmanouil Tsouderos	October 31, 1931	August 13, 1935	First term
Emmanouil Tsouderos	March 20, 1936	July 10, 1939	Second term; Prime Minister 1941–44 (in exile)
Ioannis Drosopoulos	July 10, 1939	July 28, 1939
^a	August 4, 1939	February 2, 1946
Xenophon Zolotas	October 12, 1944	January 8, 1945	First term; co-Governor
	February 11, 1946	February 2, 1955
Xenophon Zolotas	February 5, 1955	August 7, 1967	Second term
Dimitrios Galanis	August 7, 1967	May 4, 1973
	May 7, 1973	August 9, 1974
[el]	August 9, 1974	October 24, 1974
Xenophon Zolotas	November 26, 1974	November 3, 1981	Third term; Prime Minister 1989–90
Gerasimos Arsenis	November 3, 1981	February 20, 1984
	February 20, 1984	February 20, 1992
Efthymios Christodoulou	February 20, 1992	December 1, 1993
	December 1, 1993	October 26, 1994
Lucas Papademos	October 26, 1994	June 14, 2002	Prime Minister 2011–12
	June 14, 2002	June 14, 2008	Greek Financial Audit, 2004
Georgios Provopoulos	June 20, 2008	June 20, 2014	Greek government-debt crisis; European debt crisis
Yannis Stournaras	20 June 2014	Incumbent	Greek government-debt crisis; European debt crisis

^a During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–44), Governor followed the Greek government in exile to London. The collaborationist governments in Greece fired Varvaresos in 1941 and appointed first as Governing Counsellor (April 24, 1941 – July 3, 1941) and then (July 3, 1941 – January 20, 1943) and finally (April 19, 1943 – April 13, 1944) as Governors. After the liberation all dismissals and appointments by occupation-era governments concerning members of the administration of the Bank of Greece were declared null and void.

Deputy governors[]

The deputy governor (Greek: υποδιοικητής, romanized: ypodioikētés) is the Bank's second-in-line officer. Traditionally the Deputy Governors' main remit is administration, whereas Governors supervise monetary policy at large.^[9]

The Bank of Greece branch in Greece's second-largest city Thessaloniki

The Bank of Greece branch on the island of Rhodes

Emmanouil Tsouderos: April 21, 1928 – October 31, 1931
: November 25, 1931 – May 30, 1932
: March 1, 1933 – August 4, 1939
(*): September 28, 1936 – February 11, 1946
: August 4, 1939 – April 26, 1941
: March 28, 1945 – February 2, 1955
: February 5, 1955 – December 24, 1955
Dimitrios Galanis: December 31, 1955 – August 7, 1967
Ioannis Pesmazoglou: February 11, 1960 – August 5, 1967
Konstantinos Thanos: January 5, 1968 – September 10, 1969
: September 11, 1969 – August 9, 1974
: August 9, 1974 – January 5, 1977
: October 21, 1975 – November 6, 1981
: December 23, 1977 – November 8, 1978
: November 24, 1978 – October 20, 1981
: November 16, 1981 – February 6, 1984
(1st period): July 10, 1982 – February 11, 1986
: February 20, 1984 – August 30, 1985
: September 17, 1985 – September 17, 1989
George Provopoulos: October 1, 1990 – November 29, 1993
: October 1, 1990 – December 19, 1991
: February 21, 1992 – November 29, 1993
Evangelos Kourakos (2nd period): December 1, 1993 – September 4, 1996
Lucas Papademos: December 1, 1993 – October 26, 1994
: October 26, 1994 – February 26, 2009
: September 5, 1996 – June 13, 2002
: June 14, 2002 – June 14, 2008
: June 20, 2008 – June 20, 2014
: September, 2014 -
: March 2015 -

(*): During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–44), Deputy Governor followed the Greek government in exile to London. The collaborationist governments in Greece fired Mantzavinos in 1941 and appointed (July 3, 1941 – November 18, 1941) and (April 5, 1943 – October 5, 1944) as Deputy Governors. After the liberation all dismissals and appointments by occupation-era governments concerning members of the administration of the Bank of Greece were declared null and void.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34
^ "Bank of Greece (en) - Contemporary Monuments Database". National Hellenic Research Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
^ Athex: TELL
^ Bank of Greece articles of association Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Edition Θ, 2000 Chapter Χ, «ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ» (Retrieved 31/03/2011)
^ Bank of Greece articles of association Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Edition Θ, 2000, Chapter ΙΙ, Article 8, «ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΙΚΑ» (Retrieved 31/03/2011)
^ Bank of Greece articles of association, Edition Α, 1928, Part ΙΙ, Article 8, «ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΙΚΑ» (retrieved 11/11/2016).
^ "Euro FAQ". The Euro Information Website. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
^ "Governors of the Bank of Greece" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
^ Deputy Governors of the Bank of Greece

[1] Hellenic Parliament June 2015 Page 22

External links[]

(in Greek and English) Bank of Greece official site
Governor report on the balance sheet of 31st December 1928

[dnbinfo-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34

[2] "Bank of Greece (en) - Contemporary Monuments Database". National Hellenic Research Foundation. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

[3] Athex: TELL

[4] Bank of Greece articles of association Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Edition Θ, 2000 Chapter Χ, «ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗΣ» (Retrieved 31/03/2011)

[5] Bank of Greece articles of association Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Edition Θ, 2000, Chapter ΙΙ, Article 8, «ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΙΚΑ» (Retrieved 31/03/2011)

[6] Bank of Greece articles of association, Edition Α, 1928, Part ΙΙ, Article 8, «ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΘΕΜΑΤΙΚΑ» (retrieved 11/11/2016).

[7] "Euro FAQ". The Euro Information Website. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

[8] "Governors of the Bank of Greece" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-06-24.

[9] Deputy Governors of the Bank of Greece

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