Table 1 Information on central bank governors
From: Does competence of central bank governors influence financial stability?
S/N | Country | Name | Year | Gender | Obtained Ph.D. Economics before appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | USA | Alan Greenspan | 2000–2005 | M | Yes |
|  | Ben Bernanke | 2006–2013 | M | Yes | |
|  | Janet Yellen | 2014–2016 | F | Yes | |
2. | UK | Edward Alan John George | 2000–2002 | M | No |
|  | Mervyn King | 2003–2012 | M | No | |
|  | Mark Carney | 2013–2016 | M | Yes | |
3. | Italy | Antonio Fazio | 2000–2004 | M | No |
|  | Draghi | 2005–2010 | M | Yes | |
|  | Ignazio Visco | 2011–2016 | M | Yes | |
4. | Germany | Ernst Welteke | 2000–2003 | M | Yes |
|  | Axel Alfred Weber | 2004–2010 | M | Yes | |
|  | Jens Weidmann | 2011–2016 | M | Yes | |
5. | France | Jean-Claude Trichet | 2000–2002 | M | No |
|  | Christian Noyer | 2003–2014 | M | No | |
|  | François Villeroy De Galhau | 2015–2016 | M | No | |
6. | Russia | Viktor Gerashchenko | 2000–2001 | M | No |
|  | Sergey Ignatyev | 2002–2012 | M | Yes | |
|  | Elvira Nabiullina | 2013–2016 | F | Yes | |
7. | South Africa | Tito Mboweni | 2000–2008 | M | No |
|  | Gill Marcus | 2009–2013 | F | No | |
|  | Lesetja Kganyago | 2014–2016 | M | No | |
8. | Canada | Gordon Thiessen | 2000 | M | Yes |
|  | David A. Dodge | 2001–2007 | M | Yes | |
|  | Mark Carney | 2008–2012 | M | Yes | |
|  | Stephen Poloz | 2013–2016 | M | Yes | |
9. | Malaysia | Zeti Akhtar Aziz | 2000–2015 | F | Yes |
| Â | Muhammad Bin Ibrahim | 2016 | M | Yes | |
10. | Botswana | Linah Mohohlo | 2000–2016 | F | No |
11. | Nigeria | Joseph Sanusi | 2000–2004 | M | No |
Charles Soludo | 2005–2009 | M | Yes | ||
Sanusi Lamido | 2009–2014 | M | No | ||
Emefiele Godwin | 2014–2016 | M | No | ||
12. | Serbia | Mlađan Dinkić | 2000–2003 | M | No |
|  | Kori Udovički | 2003–2014 | F | Yes | |
|  | Radovan Jelašić | 2004–2010 | M | No | |
|  | Dejan Šoškić | 2010–2012 | M | No | |
|  | Jorgovanka Tabaković | 2012–2016 | F | Yes | |
13. | Thailand | Chatumongol Sonakul | 2000–2001 | M | No |
|  | Pridiyathorn Devakula | 2001–2006 | M | No | |
|  | Tarisa Watanagase | 2006–2010 | F | Yes | |
|  | Prasarn Trairatvorakul | 2010–2015 | M | No | |
|  | Veerathai Santiprabhob | 2015–2016 | M | Yes | |
14. | China | Dai Xianglong | 2000–2002 | M | No |
|  | Zhou Xiaochuan | 2002–2016 | M | No | |
15. | Mexico | Guillermo Ortiz MartĂnez | 2000–2009 | M | Yes |
|  | AgustĂn Carstens | 2010–2016 | M | Yes | |
16. | Argentina | Pedro Pou | 2000–2001 | M | No |
| Â | Aldo Pignanelli | 2002 | M | No | |
|  | Hernán MartĂn PĂ©rez Redrado | 2003–2009 | M | No | |
|  | Mercedes Marcó del Pont | 2010–2011 | F | No | |
|  | Juan Carlos Fábrega | 2013 | M | No | |
|  | Alejandro Vanoli | 2013–2015 | M | No | |
| Â | Federico Sturzenegger | 2016 | M | No |