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Former governor Mário Centeno will leave the Bank of Portugal through the retirement scheme under the central bank's existing pension fund, following an agreement between the two parties.
Presidency of the Republic, government leadership, the IMF, reappointment at the Bank of Portugal and now the ECB: Centeno — the Ronaldo of finance who led the Eurogroup — lost the vice-presidency to Croatia.
Portugal, Estonia and Lithuania have withdrawn from the race for the vice-presidency of the European Central Bank, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.
The former governor of the Bank of Portugal is one of the favourites for the post.
Euro-area finance ministers could decide on Monday the next Vice-President of the ECB. Centeno tells Observador he is standing as a candidate for Portugal and for himself. Could he win this 'game of chess'?
