Euro signatories

Use of debit cards these days has almost eliminated the use of actual paper money. I sometimes draw money to get change and trace Euro coins. Today I found a note of 20 Euro’s that was signed by Wim Duisenberg. This gave me an idea to write about the Euro signatories.

Wim Duisenberg of Netherlands was the first President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the initially issued Euro notes were signed by him. He was appointed on 1 June 1998 and served to be the President of ECB till 31 October 2003. From November 2003,  Jean-Claude Trichet of France became the second President of the ECB. Jean-Claude Trichet’s tenure ended on 30 November 2011 and since then Mario Draghi of Italy has been serving as the President of the ECB. Jean-Claude Trichet and Mario Draghi have been very senior bankers and have also served as Governors of the Central Banks of the their respective countries before taking in the position of the President of ECB.

Their respective signature can be seen in the illustration. Signature 1 – Wim Duisenberg, Signature 2 – Jean-Claude Trichet and Signature 3 – Mario Draghi.