The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) is a government agency in Greece. Its stated purpose is the: "improvement of the cost of funding and the achievement of the best possible structure (composition and maturity) of the public debt according to the needs of the Hellenic State and the prevailing international economic conditions."[1]
| Abbreviation | PDMA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1999 |
| Type | Government agency |
Region served | Greece |
Chairman | Athanasios Petralias |
Director General | Dimitris Tsakonas |
Parent organisation | Ministry of Finance |
| Website | www |
Organisation
editThe PDMA was founded in 1999.[2] It is headed by a Board of Directors, appointed by the Minister of Finance. This Board of Directors includes the Director General of the PDMA, who handles the day-to-day running of the agency.[3] The current make-up is:
- Chairman of the Board: Athanasios Petralias, Secretary General of Fiscal Policy
- Deputy Chairman of the Board: Ioulia Armagou, General Director of Fiscal Policy and Budget
- Member of the Board: Theodoros Mitrakos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece
- Member of the Board: Christos Triantopoulos, Secretary General of Economic Policy of the Hellenic Ministry of Finance
- Member of the Board: Dimitris Tsakonas, General Director of the PDMA
Director Generals of the PDMA
edit- Dimitris Tsakonas, 2018–present
- Stelios Papadopoulos, 2012–2018
- Petros Christodoulou, 2010–2012
- Spyros Papanicolaou, 2005–2010
- Christoforos Sardelis, 1999–2004
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Purpose". Public Debt Management Agency. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Greece". OECD Stats. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Public Debt Management Agency. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Hope, Kerin (19 February 2010). "Head of Greek debt office replaced". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Papadimas, Lefteris (27 November 2012). "Greece appoints new debt agency chief: source". Reuters. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Dunbar, Nicholas; Martinuzzi, Elisa (6 March 2012). "Goldman Secret Greece Loan Shows Two Sinners as Client Unravels". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 June 2016.