Provopoulos steps aside as Stournaras named new Bank of Greece governor

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Georgios Provopoulos

The governor of the Bank of Greece, Georgios Provopoulos, will be replaced on June 19 by Yannis Stournaras, the country's finance minister, until a government reshuffle this Monday past.

Provopoulos, who served as governor since 2008 and saw Greece's financial system through what prime minister Antonis Samaras today called the country's "most difficult post-war period", is understood to have sought a second six-year term as governor, but was asked to step aside by Samaras following Monday's

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