Banco de Portugal
Source Passport
PT-R-00003-1
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- Legal name
- Banco de Portugal
- Country
- Portugal
- Type
- Regulator
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Head
- Álvaro Santos Pereira (Governador)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
4 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it on record, not yet checked
- How it is funded not disclosed
- Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Public body
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- Banco de Portugal
- Registration number Pending check
- (Lei Orgânica do Banco de Portugal, aprovada pela Lei n.º 5/98, de 31 de janeiro)
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owner or founding authority Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Portuguese State (capital EUR 1,000,000; remaining profits go to the State as dividends, Lei Orgânica art. 4 and 53) Direct State or public body - State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Answers to Pending check
- Portuguese State; part of the European System of Central Banks (Lei Orgânica art. 3(1))
2 sources
- Lei Orgânica do Banco de Portugal, read 2026-10-16 (art. 27(2): Governor and board designated by resolução do Conselho de Ministros after a reasoned opinion of the competent parliamentary committee; art. 53(2)(c): remainder of results to the State as dividends)
- Comunicado do Conselho de Ministros de 24 de julho de 2025 (XXV Governo), read 2026-10-16 (government approved the indigitação of Álvaro Santos Pereira as Governador do Banco de Portugal, subject to a hearing in the Assembleia da República)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- How it is funded
- Not disclosed
- Budget and funding bodies
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Agencies and funds under it
- Not disclosed
- Public-office or party roles of board members
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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