Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury banks", pinpointing the banks' sense of grievance on their finding it "very, very difficult to face up to the failure of their banking model". With King's term as governor ending in 2013, top UK banks have warned that unless a less "hostile" figure is found as a successor, they may feel it necessary to move abroad. On 26 November 2012, Mark Carney was named as King's successor. King had faced accusations of refusing funding to the Northern Rock Bank, precipitating a run on that bank, a situation not seen in the UK since 1914. King later said that it had
Governor of the National Bank of Romania interrumpion between December 1999 and December 2000, when he served as Prime Minister. During his premiership the office was held ad interim by Eugen Ghizari. The Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania is composed by 9 members appointed by the Parliament of Romania, for a five-year term. The current Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania was appointed by the Decision No. 35/9 October 2009 of the Parliament of Romania: Governor of the National Bank of Romania The Governor of the National Bank of Romania ("Guvernatorul Băncii Naționale a României") is the head of the