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Alexandre Lamfalussy, President of the European Monetary Institute from 1 January 1994 until 30 June 1997
Alexandre Lamfalussy, President of the European Monetary Institute from 1 January 1994 until 30 June 1997
Willem F. Duisenberg (left), former Governor of De Nederlandsche Bank, became President of the European Monetary Institute on 1 July 1997. He succeeded Alexandre Lamfalussy.
The ECB was established in Frankfurt am Main on 1 June 1998. It replaced the European Monetary Institute.
The ECB was established in Frankfurt am Main on 1 June 1998. It replaced the European Monetary Institute
First Executive Board meeting on 2 June 1998. Its members were appointed by the European Council on 26 May 1998.
Left to right: Sirkka Hämäläinen, Willem F. Duisenberg, Otmar Issing, Eugenio Domingo-Solans, Christian Noyer, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
First Executive Board of the ECB on 2 June 1998. Back row: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Otmar Issing, Eugenio Domingo-Solans
Front row: Christian Noyer, Willem F. Duisenberg, Sirkka Hämäläinen
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first General Council meeting on 9 June 1998
The first Governing Council of the ECB on 9 June 1998
Back row (left to right): Luis Ángel Rojo, Alfons Verplaetse, Antonio Fazio, Yves Mersch, António José Fernandes de Sousa, Matti Vanhala, Klaus Liebscher, Nout Wellink, Jean-Claude Trichet, Maurice O´Connell, Hans Tietmeyer
Front row (left to right): Eugenio Domingo Solans, Otmar Issing, Christian Noyer, Willem F. Duisenberg, Sirkka Hämäläinen, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
The first General Council of the ECB on 9 June 1998
Back row (left to right): Luis Ángel Rojo, Antonio Fazio, Urban Bäckström, António José Fernandes de Sousa, Matti Vanhala, Klaus Liebscher, Nout Wellink, Lucas D. Papademos, Edward A. J. George, Maurice O´Connell, Hans Tietmeyer
Front row (left to right): Alfons Verplaetse, Yves Mersch, Christian Noyer, Willem F. Duisenberg, Bodil Nyboe Andersen, Jean-Claude Trichet
Inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
Gretta Duisenberg, President Duisenberg and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl before the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
Frankfurt's Mayor Petra Roth (left), Gretta and Willem F. Duisenberg before the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
Vice-President Christian Noyer talking to Alexandre Lamfalussy, former President of the European Monetary Institute, and his wife at the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
German Finance Minister Hans Eichel, President Duisenberg, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Gretta Duisenberg at the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
President Duisenberg speaking at the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl giving a speech at the inauguration ceremony at the Alte Oper Frankfurt on 30 June 1998
President Duisenberg and German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel signing the Headquarters Agreement between the European Central Bank and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on 18 September 1998
President Duisenberg and German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel exchanging the Headquarters Agreement on 18 September 1998.
Press conference after the EU Council fixed the irrevocable exchange rates between the euro and the participating currencies on 31 December 1998
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Unveiling of the irrevocable exchange rates by Yves-Thibault de Silguy (left), EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, and Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission on 31 December 1998
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Willem F. Duisenberg presenting the irrevocable exchange rates on 31 December 1998
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The irrevocable exchange rates of the euro on 31 December 1998
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EU Council celebrating the fixing of the irrevocable exchange rates on 31 December 1998
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EU Council celebrating the fixing of the irrevocable exchange rates on 31 December 1998
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President Willem F. Duisenberg and EU Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy at the press conference after the EU Council fixed the irrevocable exchange rates between the euro and the participating currencies on 31 December 1998
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