The Board of Directors of Framingham Co-operative Bank has elected Mark R. Haranas of Hopkinton as president and chief operating officer, according to an announcement made today by Robert P. Lamprey, chairman of the Board.

Haranas will assume the position on July 1. Lamprey will continue in his role as chief executive officer and Board chairman. As president and chief operating officer, Haranas will work closely with Lamprey in the overall administration of the Bank.

Haranas is a partner in the Framingham law firm of Haranas, Mayer, Jachowicz & Galvani, LLP, and has served as general counsel to the Bank for nearly two decades. The firm, which specializes in areas including real estate financing, zoning issues, workers’ compensation and family law, will continue to represent the Bank. Haranas will relinquish his role with the firm.

A Framingham native, Haranas attended Framingham public schools and Framingham High School and is a 1976 graduate of Framingham State College. He received a juris doctor degree from the New England School of Law in 1983, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar that same year. He is a member of the Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Elected to the Framingham Co-operative Bank Board of Directors in 2000, Haranas will remain on that Board. He also serves as a trustee of the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Project Just Because, of Hopkinton.

Haranas and his wife, Susan, are the parents of three sons.