The history of the Banque de France has moved with the duties entrusted to it. Over time, it has established its place in economic history.
The stances that led to it securing its position as a central bank and the figures who governed it, also combine with legislators' intentions: the founding texts underpin the Banque de France's history.
First statutes of the Banque de France
24th day of Pluviôse, year VIII (13 February 1800)
Privilege to issue banknotes in Paris
24th day of Germinal, year XI (14 April 1803)
22 April 1806
25 April 1806
9 August 1807
16 January 1808
Jacques Laffitte, acting Governor
6 April 1814
6 April 1820
25 February 1836
Maurice Apollinaire d’Argout
5 September 1836
30 June 1840
Integration of departmental banks within the Banque de France
9 June 1857
10 June 1857
15 May 1863
28 September 1864
Office not taken – 5 June 1871
Returned as Governor – 29 December 1871
Ernest Denormandie
18 January 1879
Joseph Magnin
18 November 1881
17 November 1897
Georges Pallain
24 December 1897
20 December 1918
Georges Robineau
25 August 1920
Émile Moreau
26 June 1926
Clément Moret
25 September 1930
Jean Tannery
2 January 1935
New status of the Banque de France
24 July 1936
Émile Labeyrie
6 June 1936
Pierre Fournier
20 July 1937
Statutes amended
24 November 1940
Yves Bréart de Boisanger
31 August 1940
5 December 1944
Emmanuel Monick
7 October 1944
Nationalisation of the Banque de France
2 December 1945
Wilfrid Baumgartner
19 January 1949
Jacques Brunet
21 January 1960
Olivier Wormser
8 April 1969
Status of the Banque de France amended
3 January 1973
Bernard Clappier
14 June 1974
Renaud de la Génière
21 November 1979
Michel Camdessus
14 November 1984
Jacques Larosière de Champfeu
16 January 1987
Status of the Banque de France amended
4 August 1993
Jean-Claude Trichet
16 September 1993
Christian Noyer
22 October 2003
François Villeroy de Galhau
1 November 2015
Updated on: 05/04/2018 15:01