page_title: National Bank of Belgium
section_title: Governors
hierarchical_section_title: National Bank of Belgium / Governors
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Réunion du Conseil d'administration de la Banque nationale (1918) Huile sur toile, 230 x 195 cm Collections de la Banque nationale de Belgique
context_page_description: The National Bank of Belgium has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% private capital by a law of 5 May 1850 as a naamloze vennootschap. 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
context_section_description: 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 (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)
  Jan Smets (2015–2019)
  Pierre Wunsch (2019 – present)
caption: Meeting of the Administrative Council of the National Bank (1918) by Herman Richir [fr]
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