Vítor Manuel Ribeiro Constâncio is a Portuguese economist and academic who most recently served as Vice President of the European Central Bank,from 2010 to 2018. He previously served as Minister of Finance in 1978 and Governor of the Bank of Portugal from 1985 to 1986 and from 2000 to 2010.
Yves Mersch is a Luxembourgish jurist and lawyer who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2012 to 2020. He previously served as first Governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg from 1998 to 2012.
Bruno Le Maire is a French politician,writer,and former diplomat who has served as Economy and Finance Minister since 2017 under President Emmanuel Macron.
The Eurogroup is the recognised collective term for the informal meetings of the finance ministers of the eurozone—those member states of the European Union (EU) which have adopted the euro as their official currency. The group has 20 members. It exercises political control over the currency and related aspects of the EU's monetary union such as the Stability and Growth Pact. The current President of the Eurogroup is Paschal Donohoe,the Minister for Public Expenditure,National Development Plan Delivery and Reform of Ireland.
The 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis,also known as the Great Recession in Spain or the Great Spanish Depression,began in 2008 during the world 2007–2008 financial crisis. In 2012,it made Spain a late participant in the European sovereign debt crisis when the country was unable to bail out its financial sector and had to apply for a €100 billion rescue package provided by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría is a Colombian economist and politician who served as the 69th Minister of Finance and Public Credit and former Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia in the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. Prior to this,he was a Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative at the Brookings Institution.
Jeroen RenéVictor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and economist serving as Mayor of Eindhoven since 13 September 2022,succeeding John Jorritsma (VVD). A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),he has also been Chairman of the supervisory board of Wageningen University since 1 April 2019.
Dana Reizniece-Ozola is a Latvian politician and chess player. She has been managing director of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) since 2021. She also served as minister of Economics (2014–2016) and minister of Finance (2016–2019) of the Republic of Latvia. Reizniece-Ozola was elected as a member of the 10th,11th,12th and 13th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and worked as the chairperson of the Commission on Education,Culture and Science,Member of the Legal Affairs Commission and Member of the European Affairs Commission. In chess,Reizniece-Ozola was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2001. She is presently vice-president of the European Chess Union.
Peter Kažimír is a Slovak central banker and former politician,currently serving as the governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS). He previously served as the country's Finance Minister under prime ministers Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini. He was a senior member of the social-democratic SMER-SD party,but left the party after assuming the governorship of NBS.
Harris Georgiades is a Greek Cypriot economist and politician. He was pivotal in the successful implementation of the economic reform plan for Cyprus and its successful conclusion in 2016.
Boris Vujčić is a Croatian economist,university professor,and the Governor of the Croatian National Bank,a position he has held since 2012.
Luis María Linde de Castro is a Spanish economist and civil servant who has served as governor of the Spanish Central Bank from 2012 until 2018.
The Economic Adjustment Programme for Cyprus,usually referred to as the Bailout programme,is a memorandum of understanding on financial assistance to the Republic of Cyprus in order to cope with the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis.
Pierre Gramegna is a Luxembourgish career diplomat and politician of the Democratic Party who has been serving as managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) since 2022. He previously,served as Minister for Finances in the government of Prime Minister Xavier Bettel from 2013 to 2022.
Mário JoséGomes de Freitas Centeno is a Portuguese economist,university professor,and politician. From 2015 to 2020,he was Minister of Finance of Portugal in the government cabinet of Prime Minister António Costa of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS). He was the president of the Eurogroup and chairman of the board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism from 2018 to 2020. Previously,he was a board member economist of the Bank of Portugal. On 9 June 2020,he announced his resignation from the Ministry of Finance,effective 15 June. On 16 July 2020,the Council of Ministers approved Centeno's nomination for the post of Governor of the Bank of Portugal,put forward by his successor as Finance minister,João Leão. Centeno is the author or co-author of several scientific publications,books and book chapters related to his areas of interest,such as labour economics,econometrics,microeconomics and contract theory.
Román Escolano Olivares is a Spanish economist. He was Minister of Economy,Industry and Competitiveness of Spain in 2018 for 3 months until the approval of the motion of no-confidence against Rajoy. He was also vice president of the European Investment Bank between 2014 and 2018.
Nadia María Calviño Santamaría is a Spanish economist and civil servant serving as the President of the European Investment Bank since January 2024. She previously served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from July 2021 and Minister of Economy from 2018 to December 2023 under prime minister Pedro Sánchez. In 2020,the post was renamed as Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation. In the 15th legislature,which began in November 2023,she was part of the government as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy,Trade and Enterprise.
Pablo Hernández de Cos is a Spanish economist who serves as the 70th Governor of the Bank of Spain,as Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and as Chair of the Advisory Technical Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board.
João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão is a Portuguese economist,university professor,and politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal,sworn in on 15 June 2020.
Frank Elderson is a Dutch lawyer who has been serving as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank since 2020.
