The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; nl, Nationale Bank van België, french: Banque nationale de Belgique, german: Belgische Nationalbank) has been the

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Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% private capital by a law of 5 May 1850 as a '' naamloze vennootschap'' (NV). It is a member of the European System of Central Banks. The Governor of the National Bank is a member of the Governing Council, the main decision-making body of the Eurosystem, particularly as regards monetary policy; the National Bank of Belgium participates in the preparation and execution of its decisions. Apart from monetary policy, the National Bank of Belgium takes on other tasks which can be classified as follows: *the issuing of euro banknotes *the printing of euro banknotes and the placing in circulation of euro coins *the management of foreign currency reserves *the collection, circulation and analysis of economic and financial information *the stability of the Belgian financial sector – see also CBFA *the role of financial ambassador to international economic institutions *services for the Belgian State *services for the Belgian financial sector *services for the general public 50% of the NBB stock is freely traded on

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, the other 50% of the shares are owned by the Belgian government. (400.000 shares in total)

Governors

* François-Philippe de Haussy (1850–1869) * Eugène Prévinaire (1870–1877) * André-Eugène Pirson (1877–1881) * Alexandre Jamar (1882–1888) * Eugène Anspach (1888–1890) * Victor Van Hoegaerden (1891–1905) * Théophile de Lantsheere (1905–1918) * Leon Van der Rest (1918–1923) * Fernand Hautain (1923–1926) * Louis Franck (1926–1937) * Georges Janssen (1938–1941) * Albert Goffin (1941) *

Georges Theunis Georges (George) Emile Léonard Theunis (28 February 1873 – 4 January 1966) was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Bel ...

(1941–1944) * Maurice Frère (1944–1957) * Hubert Ansiaux (1957–1971) * Robert Vandeputte (1971–1975) * Cecil de Strycker (1975–1982) * Jean Godeaux (1982–1989) * Alfons Verplaetse (1989–1999) * Guy Quaden (1999–2011) * Luc Coene (2011–2015) * (2015–2019) * (2019–present)

Vice-Governors

(List to be expanded) * Luc Coene (2003–2011) * Mathias Dewatripont (2014–2015) * Pierre Wunsch (2015–2019)

References

External links

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The Scientific Library of the National Bank of Belgium
* {{Authority control Economy of Belgium

Banks of Belgium Companies in the BEL Mid Index 1850 establishments in Belgium Banks established in 1850 Companies based in Brussels

Governors

Vice-Governors

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