The Board of Governors
The Board of Governors comprises Ministers designated by each of the 27 Member States, usually Finance Ministers. It lays down credit policy guidelines, approves the annual accounts and balance sheet, and decides on the Bank’s participation in financing operations outside the European Union as well as on capital increases. It also appoints the members of the Board of Directors, the Management Committee and the Audit Committee.
Date of situation: 22/09/2008
Chairman
 Charilaos STAVRAKIS Cyprus |
Members
 Didier REYNDERS Belgium |  Plamen ORESHARSKI Bulgaria |  Miroslav KALOUSEK Czech Republic |
 Lene ESPERSEN Denmark |  Peer STEINBRÜCK Germany |  Ivari PADAR Estonia |
 George ALOGOSKOUFIS Greece |  Pedro SOLBES MIRA Spain |  Christine LAGARDE France |
 Brian LENIHAN Ireland |  Giulio TREMONTI Italy |  Atis SLAKTERIS Latvia |
 Rimantas ŠADŽIUS Lithuania |  Jean-Claude JUNCKER Luxembourg |  János VERES Hungary |
 Tonio FENECH Malta |  Wouter BOS Netherlands |  Wilhelm MOLTERER Austria |
 Jacek ROSTOWSKI Poland |  Fernando TEIXEIRA DOS SANTOS Portugal |  Varujan VOSGANIAN Romania |
 Andrej BAJUK Slovenia |  Ján POČIATEK Slovakia |  Mari KIVINIEMI Finland |
 Anders BORG Sweden |  Alistair DARLING United Kingdom |
News
- Lene Esperen, new Governor for Denmark
- Tonio Fenech, new Governor for Malta
- Brian Lenihan, Governor for Ireland
- Giulio Tremonti, Governor for Italy
- Charilaos Stavrakis, new Governor for Cyprus
- Atis Slakteris, new Governor for Latvia
- Jacek Rostowski, new Governor for Poland
- Alistair Darling, new Governor for the United Kingdom
- Christine Lagarde, new Governor for France
- Jean-Louis Borloo, new Governor for France
- Rimantas Šadžius, new Governor for Lithuania
- Mari Kiviniemi, new Governor for Finland
- Varujan Vosganian, new Governor for Romania
- Ivari Padar, new Governor for Estonia
- Miroslav Kalousek, new Governor for the Czech Republic
- Wouter Bos, new Governor for the Netherlands
- Wilhelm Molterer, new Governor for Austria
- Vlastimil Tlustý, new Governor for Czech Republic
- Anders Borg, new Governor for Sweden
- Zyta Gilowska, new Governor for Poland
- Stanislaw Kluza, new Governor for Poland
- Ján Pociatek, new Governor for Slovakia
- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, new Governor for Italy
- Peer Steinbrück, new Governor for Germany
- Teresa Lubinska, new Governor for Poland
- Giulio Tremonti, new Governor for Italy
- Michalis Sarris, new Governor for Cyprus
- Plamen Oresharski, Governor for Bulgaria
- Fernando Teixeira dos Santos, new Governor for Portugal
- Aivar Sõerd, new Governor for Estonia
- Zigmantas Balcytis, new Governor for Lithuania
- János Veres, new Governor for Hungary
- Luís Campos e Cunha, new Governor for Portugal
- Andrej Bajuk, new Governor for Slovenia
- Pedro Solbes Mira, Governor for Spain
- George Alogoskoufis, Governor for Greece
- Didier Reynders, Governor for Belgium
- Jean-Claude Juncker, Governor for Luxembourg
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