Bank of Greece

:This article is about the central bank of Greece. For the commercial bank in Greece see National Bank of Greece.

Governors

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

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• 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.

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