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Olli Rehn wins new term as Bank of Finland governor, ECB policy maker
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Olli Rehn is reappointed as Bank of Finland governor, maintaining his role in ECB's monetary policy. His second term starts on July 12.
OSLO (Reuters) - Finland's President Alexander Stubb has appointed Olli Rehn to a second seven-year term as head of Finland's central bank, the government said in a statement on Friday.
Rehn will also retain his seat on the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council, which decides monetary policy for the euro zone.
Governor since 2018, Rehn was considered a favourite among the eight applicants for the top job and will begin his second term on July 12. Bank of Finland governors can serve a maximum of two terms.
Rehn, 62, spent a decade at the European Commission and was economic and monetary affairs commissioner during the euro zone debt crisis.
Last year Rehn unsuccessfully ran for president of Finland.
(Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Stine Jacobsen)
The article discusses Olli Rehn's reappointment as the governor of the Bank of Finland and his role in the ECB.
Olli Rehn is the governor of the Bank of Finland and a member of the ECB's governing council, with a history at the European Commission.
The ECB governing council decides on monetary policy for the euro zone, impacting economic stability and growth.
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