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Central Bank of Liberia

The Central Bank of Liberia is Liberia's central bank. Its current executive governor is Jolue Aloysius Tarlue. The offices of the bank are located in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.

The bank is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.[2]

History

From 1974 to 2000, Liberia's central bank was the National Bank of Liberia. The Central Bank of Liberia, known as "CBL", was founded on October 18, 1999, by an act of the Liberian legislature, and began operations in the year 2000, at which time the National Bank of Liberia, or "NBL", was dissolved.[3]

Governors of National Bank of Liberia

  • Charles A. Greene, 1974 - 1980[4]
  • Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1980 - 1986[5]
  • John G. Bestman, 1986 - 1987[6]
  • Paul Jeffy, 1987 - 1988[7]
  • Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1988 - 1989[8]
  • David K. Vinton, 1991 - 1995[9]
  • Raleigh Seekie, September 1995 - January 1996
  • Ignatius Clay, Jan - March 1996[10]
  • Eisenhouwer York March - September 1996[10]
  • Ignatius Clay, Sept 1996 - August 1997[10]
  • Charles Bright, August 1997[10] - 2000

Governors of Central Bank of Liberia

  • Elie E. Saleeby, 2000 - May 2004, the first executive governor[11]
  • Charles A. Greene, May 2004 - 2006[4]
  • Joseph Mills Jones, 2006 - February 2016[12]
  • Charles Sirleaf, February 2016 - April 2016[13]
  • Milton Alvin Weeks, April 2016 - 2018
  • Nathaniel R. Patray, 2018 - November 2019
  • Jolue Aloysius Tarlue, November 2019[14] - 30 July 2024
  • Henry F. Saamoi, 30 July 2024 - Incumbent[15]

See also

External links

References

  1. Jan Weidner. The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, 2017^
  2. AFI members AFI Global, 2011-10-10, retrieved 2012-02-23^
  3. Central Bank of Liberia August 26, 2006^
  4. Central Bank of Liberia - Central Banking www.centralbanking.com^
  5. Central Banking Directory 1993^
  6. Central Banking Directory 1993^
  7. Central Banking Directory 1993^
  8. Central Banking Directory 1993^
  9. Central Bank of Liberia - Central Banking www.centralbanking.com^
  10. Shinichi Takeuchi. Contemporary African conflict research: issues and possibilities 1998^
  11. Liberia's Central Bank Governor Resigned Under Pressure, Asked Not To Leave Liberia www.theperspective.org, retrieved 2020-04-13^
  12. CBL Policies are Sound, Governor Tells Public – The New Dawn Liberia retrieved 2020-04-13^
  13. Liberia's president names new finance minister, central bank governor Yahoo Finance, 16 April 2016^
  14. New Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor Named www.cbl.org.lr, retrieved 2020-04-13^
  15. Executive Governor's Profile www.cbl.org.lr^