Central Bank Governors – updated with new Zambia governor

February 15, 2015

By CentralBankNews.info
Following is a list of chief executives of 190 national central banks and monetary authorities. In most cases, the chief executive is a governor but the function can also be held by a president or a chairman/chairwoman.
Some countries join a regional central bank, such as the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) or the European Central Bank (ECB), and in these cases the name of the regional bank is listed instead of the name of the national central bank.
For members of BEAC, the name of the BEAC governor is listed, not the representatives from the member national central banks. For the other three regional central banks, the names listed are those of the national representatives in the regional body.
(F) denotes a female chief executive. As of Jan. 19, 2015, 16 central banks were headed by women, either on an interim or full-time basis.

(Last updated Feb. 14 , 2015 with new Zambia governor)

COUNTRY	CENTRAL BANK NAME	GOVERNOR/PRESIDENT/CHAIR
AFGHANISTAN	Bank of Afghanistan	Noorullah Delawari
ALBANIA	Bank of Albania	Gent Sejko
ALGERIA	Bank of Algeria	Mohammed Laksaci
ANGOLA	National Bank of Angola	Jose Pedro de Morais
ARGENTINA	Central Bank of Argentina	Alejandro Vanoli
ANGUILLA	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Hubert Hughes
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Harold Lovell
ARMENIA	Central Bank of Armenia	Arthur Javadyan
ARUBA	Central Bank of Aruba	Jeanette R. Semeleer (F)
AUSTRALIA	Reserve Bank of Australia	Glenn Stevens
AUSTRIA	European Central Bank	Ewald Nowotny
AZERBAIJAN	Central Bank of the Rep. of Azerbaijan	Ellman Siraj oglu Rustamov
BAHAMAS	Central Bank of the Bahamas	Wendy Craigg (F)
BAHRAIN	Central Bank of Bahrain	Rasheed Mohammed Al-Maraj
BANGLADESH	Bangladesh Bank	Atiur Rahman
BARBADOS	Central Bank of Barbados	DeLisle Worrell
BELARUS	National Bank of the Rep. of Belarus	Pavel Kallaur
BELGIUM	European Central Bank	Luc Coene (term ends March 10, 2015)
BELIZE	Central Bank of Belize	Glenford Ysaguirre
BENIN	Central Bank of West African States	Evariste Sebastian Bonou
BERMUDA	Bermuda Monetary Authority	Jeremy Cox (chief executive)
BHUTAN	Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan	Daw Tenzin
BOLIVIA	Central Bank of Bolivia	Marcelo Zabalaga
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA	Central Bank of Bosnia & Herzegovina	Kemal Kozaric
BOTSWANA	Bank of Botswana	Linah Mohohlo (F)
BRAZIL	Central Bank of Brazil	Alexandre Tombini
BULGARIA	Bulgarian National Bank	Ivan Iskrov
BURKINA FASO	Central Bank of West African States	Charles Luanga Ki-Zerbo
BURUNDI	Bank of the Republic of Burundi	Jean Ciza
CAMBODIA	National Bank of Cambodia	Chea Chanto
CAMEROON	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
CANADA	Bank of Canada	Stephen Poloz
CAYMAN ISLANDS	Cayman Islands Monetary Authority	George McCarthy
CAPE VERDE	Bank of Cape Verde	Carlos Burgo
CEN. AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
CHAD	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
CHILE	Central Bank of Chile	Rodrigo Vergara
CHINA	People’s Bank of China	Zhou Xiaochuan
COLOMBIA	Central Bank of Colombia	Jose Dario Uribe Escobar
COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Roosevelt Skerrit
CONGO	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
CONGO DEM. REP.	Central Bank of Congo	Deogratias Mutombo Nyembo
COSTA RICA	Central Bank of Costa Rica	Olivier Castro
CROATIA	Croatian National Bank	Boris Vujcic
CUBA	Central Bank of Cuba	Ernesto Medina Villaveiran
CURACAO & ST. MAARTEN	Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten	Emsley Tromp
CYPRUS	European Central Bank	Chrystalla Georghadji (F)
CZECH REPUBLIC	Czech National Bank	Miroslav Singer
DENMARK	National Bank of Denmark	Lars Rohde
DOMINICAN REPL.	Central Bank of the Dominican Rep.	Hector Valdez Albizu
ECUADOR	Central Bank of Ecuador	Pedro Delgado
EGYPT	Central Bank of Egypt	Hisham Ramez Abdel Hafez
EL SALVADOR	Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador	Oscar Cabrera
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
ESTONIA	European Central Bank	Ardo Hansson
ETHIOPIA	National Bank of Ethiopia	Teklewold Atnafu
FIJI	Reserve Bank of Fiji	Barry Whiteside
FINLAND	European Central Bank	Erkki Liikanen
FRANCE	European Central Bank	Christian Noyer
GABON	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama
GAMBIA	Central Bank of The Gambia	Amadou Colley
GEORGIA	National Bank of Georgia	Giorgi Kadagidze
GERMANY	European Central Bank	Jens Weidmann
GHANA	Bank of Ghana	Henry A. Kofi Wampah
GREECE	European Central Bank	Yannis Stournaras
GRENADA	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Keith Mitchell
GUATEMALA	Bank of Guatemala	Julio Roberto Suarez War
GUINEA	Central Bank of the Rep. of Guinea	Lounceny Nabe
GUINEA-BISSEAU	Central Bank of West African States	Joao Alaje Mamadu Fadia
GUYANA	Bank of Guyana	Gobind Ganga
HAITI	Bank of the Republic of Haiti	Charles Castel
HONDURAS	Central Bank of Honduras	Maria Elena Mondragon (F)
HONG KONG	Hong Kong Monetary Authority	Norman Chan
HUNGARY	Central Bank of Hungary	Gyorgy Matolcsy
ICELAND	Central Bank of Iceland	Mar Gusmundsson
INDIA	Reserve Bank of India	Raghuram Rajan
INDONESIA	Bank Indonesia	Agus Martowardojo
IRAN	Central Bank of Islamic Rep. of Iran	Valiollah Seif
IRAQ	Central Bank of Iraq	Abdul Basit Turki
IRELAND	European Central Bank	Patrick Honohan
ISRAEL	Bank of Israel	Karnit Flug (F)
ITALY	European Central Bank	Ignazio Visco
IVORY COAST	Central Bank of West African States	Jean-Baptiste Aman
JAMAICA	Bank of Jamaica	Brian Wynter
JAPAN	Bank of Japan	Haruhiko Kuroda
JORDAN	Central Bank of Jordan	Ziad Fariz
KAZAKHSTAN	National Bank of Kazakhstan	Kairat Kelimbetov
KENYA	Central Bank of Kenya	Njuguna Ndung’u
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	Bank of Korea	Kim Choongsoo
KOSOVO	Central Bank of the Republic of Kozovo	Gani Gerguri
KUWAIT	Central Bank of Kuwait	Mohammad Yusef Al-Hashel
KYRGYZSTAN	National Bank of the Kyrgyz Repl.	Abdygulov T. Meimanaliev
LATVIA	Bank of Latvia	Ilmars Rimsevics
LAOS (Lao People’s Dem. Repl.)	Bank of the Lao P.D. R.	Somphao Phaysith
LEBANON	Central Bank of Lebanon	Raid Salameh
LESOTHO	Central Bank of Lesotho	Retselisitsoe Matlanyane (F)
LIBERIA	Central Bank of Liberia	Joseph Mills Jones
LIBYA	Central Bank of Libya	Saddek Omar Elkaber
LITHUANIA	Bank of Lithuania	Vitas Vasiliauskas
LUXEMBOURG	European Central Bank	Gaston Reinesch
MACAO	Monetary Authority of Macao	Anselmo Teng
MACEDONIA	National Bank of the Rep. of Macedonia	Dimitar Bogov
MADAGASCAR	Central Bank of Madagascar	Rasolofondraibe Alain Herve
MALAWI	Reserve Bank of Malawi	Charles Chuka
MALAYSIA	Bank Negara Malaysia	Zeti Akhtar Aziz (F)
MALDIVES	Maldives Monetary Authority	Azeema Adam (F)
MALI	Central Bank of West African States	Konzo Traore
MALTA	European Central Bank	Josef Bonnici
MAURITANIA	Central Bank of Mauritania	Sid’ahmed Ould Raiss
MAURITIUS	Central Bank of Mauritius	Ramesh Basant Roi
MEXICO	Bank of Mexico	Agustin Carstens
MOLDOVA	National Bank of Moldova	Dorin Dragutanu
MONGOLIA	Bank of Mongolia	Naidansuren Zoljargal
MONTENEGRO	Central Bank of Montenegro	Milojica Dakic
MONTSERRAT	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Reuben T Meade
MOROCCO	Bank of Morocco	Abdellatif Jouahri
MOZAMBIQUE	Bank of Mozambique	Ernesto Gove
MYANMAR	Central Bank of Myanmar	Kyaw Kyaw Maung
NAMIBIA	Bank of Namibia	Ipumbu Shiimi
NETHERLANDS	European Central Bank	Klaas Knot
NEW ZEALAND	Reserve Bank of New Zealand	Graeme Wheeler
NICARAGUA	Central Bank of Nicaragua	Leonardo Ovidio Reyes Ramirez
NIGER	Central Bank of West African States	Mahamadou Gado
NIGERIA	Central Bank of Nigeria	Godwin Emefiele
NORWAY	Norges Bank	Oeystein Olsen
OMAN	Central Bank of Oman	Hamood Sangour Al Zadjali (exec. president)
PAKISTAN	State Bank of Pakistan	Ashraf Wathra
PALESTINE	Palestine Monetary Authority	Jihad Khalil Al-Wazir
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Bank of Papua New Guinea	Loi Bakani
PARAGUAY	Central Bank of Paraguay	Jorge Raul Corvalan
PERU	Central Reserve Bank of Peru	Julio Velarde Flores
PHILIPPINES	Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas	Amando M. Tetangco
POLAND	National Bank of Poland	Marek Belka
PORTUGAL	European Central Bank	Carlos Costa
QATAR	Qatar Central Bank	Abdullah Saud Al-Thani
ROMANIA	National Bank of Romania	Mugur Isarescu
RUSSIA	Bank of Russia	Elvira Nabiullina (F)
RWANDA	National Bank of Rwanda	John Rwangombwa
SAMOA	Central Bank of Samoa	Atalina Ainuu Enari (F)
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe	Maria do Carmo Silveira (F)
SAINT LUCIA	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Kenny D. Anthony
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Denzil L. Douglas
SAINT VINCENT & GRANADINES	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	Ralph Gonsalves
SAN MARINO	Central Bank of the Republic of San Marino	Renato Clarizia
SAUDI ARABIA	Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority	Fahad al-Mubarak
SENEGAL	Central Bank of West African States	Mamadou Camara
SERBIA	National Bank of Serbia	Jorgovanka Tabakovic (F)
SEYCHELLES	Central Bank of Seychelles	Caroline Abel (F)
SIERRA LEONE	Bank of Sierra Leone	Momodu Lamin Kargbo
SINGAPORE	Monetary Authority of Singapore	Ravi Menon
SLOVAKIA	European Central Bank	Jozef Makuch
SLOVENIA	European Central Bank	Bostjan Jazbec
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Central Bank of Solomon Islands	Denton Rarawa
SOMALIA	Central Bank of Somalia	Bashir Issa Ali
SOUTH AFRICA	South African Reserve Bank	Lesetja Kganyago
SOUTH KOREA	Bank of Korea	Lee Ju-yeol
SPAIN	European Central Bank	Luis Maria Linde
SRI LANKA	Central Bank of Sri Lanka	Arjuna Mahendran
SUDAN	Central Bank of Sudan	Abdel Rahman Hassan
SWAZILAND	Central Bank of Swaziland	Majozi Sithole
SWEDEN	The Riksbank	Stefan Ingves
SWITZERLAND	Swiss National Bank	Thomas Jordan
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	Central Bank of Syria	Adib Mayaleh
TANZANIA	Bank of Tanzania	Benno Ndulu
TAIWAN	Central Bank of the Rep. of China	Fai-Nan Perng
TAJIKISTAN	National Bank of Tajikistan	Abdujabbor Shirinov
THAILAND	Bank of Thailand	Prasern Trairatvorakul
TOGOLESE REPUBLIC	Central Bank of Togo	Kossi Tenou
TONGA	National Reserve Bank of Tonga	Sione Ngongo Kioa
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago	Jwala Rambarran
TUNISIA	Central Bank of Tunisia	Chedly Ayari
TURKEY	Central Bank of Republic of Turkey	Erdem Basci
TURKMENISTAN	Central Bank of Turkmenistan	Gochmurad Muradov
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Central Bank of United Arab Emirates	Mubarak Rashid al-Mansouri
UGANDA	Bank of Uganda	Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile
UKRAINE	National Bank of Ukraine	Valeriia Gontareva (F)
UNITED KINGDOM	Bank of England	Mark Carney
URUGUAY	Central Bank of Uruguay	Mario Bergara
United States of America	Federal Reserve	Janet Yellen (F)
UZBEKISTAN	Central Bank of the Rep. of Uzbekistan	Fayzulla Mullajanov
VANUATU	Reserve Bank of Vanuatu	Odo Tevi
VENEZUELA	Central Bank of Venezuela	Eudomar Tovar
VIETNAM	State Bank of Vietnam	Nguyen Van Binh
YEMEN	Central Bank of Yemen	Mohammed Awad Bin Hammam
ZAMBIA	Bank of Zambia	Denny Kalyala
ZIMBABWE	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe	John Mangudya

REGIONAL CENTRAL BANKS:	CENTRAL BANK NAME	GOVERNOR/PRESIDENT/CHAIR
EUROSYSTEM	European Central Bank	Mario Draghi
E. CARIBBEAN CUR. UNION	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank	K. Dwight Venner
W. AFRICAN ECO & MON UNION	Central Bank of West African States	Tiemoko Meyliet Kone
ECO & MON COM OF C. AFRICA	Bank of Central African States	Lucas Abaga Nchama

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