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Chairman of the board and president

1. Gates W. McGarrah United States of America April 1930 – May 1933
2. Leon Fraser United States of America May 1933 – May 1935
3. Leonardus J. A. Trip Netherlands May 1935 – December 1939
4. O. E. Niemeyer United Kingdom May 1937 – May 1940 January 1940 – June 1946
5. Ernst Weber Switzerland December 1942 – November 1945
6. Maurice Frère Belgium July 1946 – June 1958
7. Marius W. Holtrop Netherlands July 1958 – June 1967
8. Jelle Zijlstra Netherlands July 1967 – December 1981
9. Fritz Leutwiler Switzerland January 1982 – December 1984
10. Jean Godeaux Belgium January 1985 – December 1987
11. W. F. Duisenberg Netherlands January 1988 – December 1990 January 1994 – June 1997
12. Bengt Dennis Sweden January 1991 – December 1993
13. Alfons Verplaetse Belgium July 1997 – February 1999
14. Urban Bäckström Sweden March 1999 – February 2002
15. A. H. E. M. Wellink Netherlands March 2002 – February 2006
16. Jean-Pierre Roth Switzerland March 2006 – February 2009
17. Guillermo Ortiz Mexico March 2009 – December 2009
18. Christian Noyer France March 2010 – October 2015
19. Jens Weidmann Germany November 2015 – present

Presidents

1. J. Willem Beyen Netherlands May 1937 – December 1939
2. Thomas H. McKittrick United States of America January 1940 – June 1946

General managers

1. Pierre Quesnay France 1930–1938
2. Roger Auboin France 1938–1958
3. Guillaume Guindey France 1958–1963
4. Gabriel Ferras France 1963–1971
5. René Larre France 1971–1981
6. Gunther Schleiminger Germany 1981 – May 1985
7. Alexandre Lamfalussy Belgium May 1985 – December 1993
8. Sir Andrew Crockett United Kingdom January 1994 – March 2003
9. Malcolm D. Knight Canada April 2003 – September 2008
10. Jaime Caruana Spain April 2009 – November 2017
11. Agustín Carstens Mexico December 2017 – Present

Vice-chairman

1. Charles Addis and Carl Melchior April 1930-May 1932
2. Alberto Beneduce June 1932-May 1939
3. Carl Melchior April 1930-March 1933
4. Leonardus J A Trip May 1933-May 1935
5. Marquis de Vogüé May 1935-May 1939
6. Alexandre Galopin May 1939-May 1942
7. Hisaakira Kano May 1939-May 1942
8. O E Niemeyer December 1946-December 1964
9. Maurice Frère January 1965-August 1970
10. Henri Deroy November 1970-January 1979
11. L K O'Brien March 1979-June 1983
12. Bernard Clappier July 1983-November 1985
13. Gordon Richardson November 1985-November 1988
14. Paolo Baffi November 1988-August 1989
15. Bernard Clappier August 1989-November 1991
16. Gordon Richardson November 1991-June 1993
17. Lamberto Dini September 1993-May 1994
18. Carlo A Ciampi July 1994-May 1996
19. Robert Leigh-Pemberton June 1996-June 2003
20. Hans Tietmeyer June 2003-December 2010
21. Masaaki Shirakawa January 2011-March 2013
22. Raghuram Rajan India November 2015 – present