Alfons Verplaetse, Date of Birth
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economist, National Bank of Belgium governor
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About Alfons Verplaetse
- Alfons "Fons", Viscount Verplaetse (born 19 February 1930, Zulte) is a Belgian economist and former Governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) from 1989 until 1999.
- He was one of the architects of the devaluation of Belgian Frank in 1982 when he worked at the cabinet of Wilfried Martens in the government Martens V.
- As governor of the NBB, he prepared the entry of Belgium to the euro in 1999.
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