The Governor of the National Bank of Romania (''Guvernatorul Băncii Naționale a României'') is the head of the

National Bank of Romania The National Bank of Romania ( ro, Banca Națională a României, BNR) is the central bank of Romania and was established in April 1880. Its headquarters are located in the capital city of Bucharest. The National Bank of Romania is responsible ...

, being also the president of the Council of Administration of the Bank. The governor is named at the same time as the Council of Administration by the

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in a

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of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies for a five-year term. The current Council of Administration was voted (named) on 6 October 2009. The current governor is

Mugur Isărescu Constantin Mugur Isărescu (; born 1 August 1949) is the Governor of the National Bank of Romania, a position he has been holding since September 1990, with the sole exception of a period of time of eleven months (16 November 1999 to 28 October 2 ...

, the longest continuous serving Governor, with a one-year interruption between December 1999 and December 2000, when he served as

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. During his premiership the office was held ad interim by Emil Iota Ghizari.

Council of Administration

The Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania is composed by 9 members appointed by the Parliament of Romania, for a five-year term. The current Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania was appointed by the Decision No. 35/9 October 2009 of the Parliament of Romania: * Governor -

* First-Deputy-Governor - ''vacant'' ''Florin Georgescu is suspended from the council of Administration of the National Bank for as long as he holds the office of Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Public Finance''Parliament Decision 15/2012
/ref> * Deputy-Governor - Bogdan Olteanu * Deputy-Governor - Cristian Popa * Member - Marin Dinu * Member - Nicolae Dănilă * Member - Virgiliu Stoenescu * Member - Agnes Nagy * Member - Napoleon Pop

List of governors

References

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External links

Timeline of Governors on the National Bank of Romania website

Leadership of the Bank

The Council of Administration
* National Bank of Romania

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