Croatia’s Vujčić to replace de Guindos as ECB vice-president

- By Levente Koroes
- 20 Jan 2026

Boris Vujčić, the governor of the Croatian National Bank (HNB), has won the race to replace Spain’s Luis de Guindos as vice-president of the European Central Bank.

The Eurogroup forum of eurozone finance ministers on January 19 picked Vujčić over Bank of Finland governor Olli Rehn, Bank of Estonia governor Madis Müller, three-time Lithuanian finance minister Rimantas Šadžius, Latvian central bank governor Mārtiņš Kazāks and former Bank of Portugal governor Mário Centeno.

In a press release

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