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Spain Nominates Former Central Bank Head for ECB Top Job

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The Spanish government said it has ⁠put forward former central bank chief Pablo Hernandez de Cos as a candidate to succeed Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank, according to a ‌letter seen by ⁠Reuters.
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Brussels, Belgium. The succession of Christine Lagarde to head the European Central Bank (ECB), based in Frankfurt, will be decided between the Spanish Pablo Hernández de Cos and the Dutch Klaas Knot, the two candidates to replace the president of the institution who announced her early departure in October.The candidacies of both former heads of the Bank of Spain and the National Bank of the Netherlands, respectively, were confirmed by the pres…

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Spain and the Netherlands submitted on Friday the candidates for the presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB), in order to replace Christine Lagarde, who will finish her term on 7 February 2027. Competition is part of a wider negotiation between the great economies of the euro area for the institution's leadership, reports Politico.

·Bucharest, Romania
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Dutchman Klaas Knot and Spanishman Pablo Hernandez de Cos are the two official candidates to take over from the Central Bank next February. Eurozone finance ministers review their profiles as soon as Monday Christine Lagarde's succession in Frankfurt will be played between Dutchman Klaas Knot and Spanishman Pablo Hernandez de Cos, the two candidates officially running to replace the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), who announced at …

·Geneva, Switzerland
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Pablo Hernandez de Cos and Klaas Knot enter race following Christine Lagarde's planned resignation by Feb. 7, 2027

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Pablo Hernández de Cos and Klaas Knot dispute the ECB's leadership. Eurogroup meets on 9 November, but with no planned decision on Lagarde's successor.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = Candidates for the next European Central Bank (ECB) president include former Dutch central bank governor Klaas Knot and Pablo Hernández Decos ...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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