Central Bank of Libya

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Central Bank of Libya
مصرف ليبيا المركزي

Central Bank of Libya building
Headquarters	Tripoli , Libya
president	Farhat Bengdara
country	Libya
currency	Libyan dinar
ISO 4217	LYD
Website	http://cbl.gov.ly/
predecessor	Libyan Currency Committee
Is controlled by Muammar al-Gaddafi and his family and is a potential source of funding for his regime
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The Central Bank of Libya ( Arabic مصرف ليبيا المركزي, DMG Maṣrif Lībiyā al-markazī , English Central Bank of Libya , CBL) is the national central bank of the State of Libya . It has its headquarters in Tripoli and branches in Benghazi , Sabha and Syrte . Since March 10, 2011, she has been on the list of persons and institutions affected by EU sanctions against Libya in 2011 . Since then, the accounts of the CBL have been blocked in Germany.

location

The state bank building is located on the northern edge of the old town, immediately west of the Jamahiriyya Museum and close to the historic port area.

history

The CBL took up business on April 1, 1956, replacing the Libyan Currency Committee . To encourage foreign investment and to support the Libyan Investment Authority , the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank , under the full control of the CBL, was established in 1972 .

organization

The bank is headed by the governor , the deputy governor and the governing council . The management of the CBL in general is incumbent on the eight-member Board of Directors , which includes the director and his deputy six other members.

tasks

The main tasks of the CBL include:

• the issuance of the currency,
• monitoring the national payment system ,
• the supervision of the country's gold and foreign exchange reserves ,
• the regulation of the credit system according to the requirements of monetary stability and economic growth as well
• the administration of government bonds .

See also

• Economy of Libya
• List of central banks
• List of central banks and currencies of Africa

Web links

• General view of the harbor
• Official website (currently out of order)

Sources and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b} Council Implementing Decision 2011/156 / CFSP of 10 March 2011 on the implementation of Decision 2011/137 / CFSP on restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L, No. 64, 2011, pp. 29-30.
2. ↑ Germany blocks accounts of the Libyan central bank. In: ORF . March 10, 2011, accessed May 8, 2011 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Central Bank of Libya. LibyanInvestmentAuthority.com, archived from the original on October 28, 2011 ; accessed on May 8, 2011 . 

Coordinates: 32 ° 53 '48.4 "  N , 13 ° 10' 46.2"  E