Question: Who was the first president of the ECB?

Is While Duisenberg had been the head of the EMI (taking over from Alexandre Lamfalussy of Belgium) just before the ECB came into existence, the French government wanted Jean-Claude Trichet, former head of the French central bank, to be the ECB's first president. a good answer to this question?

Choose from:
[I] yes.
[II] no.
[II]