Farhat Bengdara

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Farhat Omar Bengdara ( Arabic فرحاتعمربنقداره) (Born September 27, 1965 in Benghazi ) is a Libyan politician and banker and currently Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).

Bengdara holds a BA in Economics from Garyounis University in Benghazi and a Masters in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Sheffield , Sheffield . From 1998 to 2000 he was a member of the Management Committee of Wahda Bank . From 200-2006 he served as Lieutenant Governor of the Libyan Central Bank,

Bengdara has been a director of the Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) since 2001 . He has 18 years of experience in banking and other business areas. He is also Vice Chairman of ABC in Egypt and Chairman of ABC International Bank plc in London. He is also a board member of the Libyan Investment Authority , the Libyan sovereign wealth fund. Since 2009 he has been a board member of UniCredit SpA

In February 2011, Bengara fled Libya to Istanbul. In March 2011 the EU imposed sanctions on the Libyan central bank, whereupon Bengara tried to maintain the Libyan central bank's ability to act. In September 2011, together with other Libyan bankers, he offered help to the rebels in Libya in order to restore the banking sector.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unicredit - Board member: Farhat Omar Bengdara accessed August 25, 2011 (en)
  2. ^ Annual Report from the Arab Banking Corporation 2001
  3. ↑ About . In: Farhat Bengdara . June 2, 2011 ( wordpress.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b Daren Butler: Libyan bankers offer support to rebel council . In: US ( reuters.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
  5. ^ Damien McElroy: Libya Central Bank governor flees . March 9, 2011, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed August 22, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Bengdara, Farhat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bengdara, Farhat Omar (full name); فرحاتعمربنقداره (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Libyan politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Benghazi