Governor of the Bank of Spain

Governor of the Bank of Spain
Gobernador del Banco de España
Incumbent Pablo Hernández de Cos since 11 June 2018 (2018-06-11)
Bank of Spain
Member of	Governing Council of the European Central Bank
Reports to	Government of Spain Cortes Generales
Nominator	Prime Minister after informing Congress
Appointer	Monarch countersigned by the Prime Minister
Term length	6 years, not renewable
Constituting instrument	Bank of Spain Act of 1856
Precursor	Governor of the Bank of San Fernando
Formation	January 28, 1856; 168 years ago (1856-01-28)
First holder	Ramón de Santillán
Deputy	Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain
Website	www.bde.es

The Governor of the Bank of Spain (Spanish: Gobernador del Banco de España) is the head of the Bank of Spain, the central bank of the Kingdom of Spain. The Bank of Spain is integrated in the European System of Central Banks and, as such, the Governor is an ex officio member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.

The Governor is appointed by the executive branch and it reports to both Government and Parliament. To ensure its independence, the governor has a term of six years, with no possibility of renewal. Further, the governor cannot be fired except for exceptional cases.

The current and 70th governor is Pablo Hernández de Cos, whose appointment was official on May 31 and he assumed the office on June 11, 2018.^[1]