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The Bank of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos bankas) is the
central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central b ...
of the
Republic of Lithuania A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
. The Bank of Lithuania is a member of the
European System of Central Banks The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is an institution that comprises the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of all 27 member states of the European Union (EU). Its objective is to ensure price stability t ...
. The chairman of the bank is Gediminas Šimkus. Until 2015, the Bank of Lithuania was responsible for issuing the former Lithuanian national currency – the litas.


Primary functions

According to the Bank's official website, the Bank of Lithuania performs these primary functions: * maintaining price stability, * formulating and implementing the monetary policy, * acting as an agent of the State Treasury.


Bank leadership

Governors of the Bank of Lithuania: * Vladas Jurgutis (1922–1929) * Vladas Stašinskas (1930–1939) * Juozas Tūbelis (1939) * Juozas Paknys (1939–1940) Chairmen of the board of the Bank of Lithuania: * Bronius Povilaitis (1990) * Vilius Baldišis (1990–1993) * Romualdas Visokavičius (1993) * Kazys Ratkevičius (1993–1996) * Reinoldijus Šarkinas (1996–2011) * Vitas Vasiliauskas (2011–2021) * Gediminas Šimkus (since 2021)


Management and structure

The Bank is governed by a board consisting of a chairperson, two deputy chairpersons and two members. According to The Bank of Lithuania official website, it is managed by Supervision Service; ten departments: Economics, Statistics, Market Operations, International Relations, Payment Systems, Cash, Accounting, Information Technology, General Services and Security; six autonomous divisions (Internal Audit, Legal, Organisation and Personnel, General and Public Relations, Risk Management), and Bank of Lithuania Branches in Kaunas and
Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...
.


See also

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Economy of Lithuania The economy of Lithuania is the largest economy among the three Baltic states. Lithuania is a member of the European Union and belongs to the group of very high human development countries and is a member of the WTO and OECD. In the 1990s, ...
*
Lithuanian litas The Lithuanian litas ( ISO currency code LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural ''litai'' (nominative) or ''litų'' (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genit ...
* Vladas Jurgutis Award


References


External links


The Bank of Lithuania
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