19/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - Italian Lucrezia Reichlin, a professor of econometrics at the Free University of Brussels, will from 15 February 2005 replace Vitor Gaspar of Portugal as Director-general of the research department of the European Central Bank, says the Corriere della sera. Lucrezia Reichlin (who is the daughter of the former MEP Luciana Castellina) will work alongside Otmar Issing, Chief Economist and member of the ECB Directorate.