Directorate Change

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
18 April 2002

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) informs that Mr. Alfonso Cortina
and Mr. Oscar Fanjul have resigned as members of BBVA Board of Directors by
letters applied to the President of this Board of Directors.


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