Bank of Greece - Governors

Governors

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