Central Bank of Liberia

The Central Bank of Liberia is Liberia's central bank. Its current executive governor is Milton Alvin Weeks. The offices of the bank are located in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.

The bank is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.[1]

History

Before the year 2000, Liberia's central bank was the National Bank of Liberia. The Central Bank of Liberia, known as "CBL", was founded on 18 October 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.

The first executive governor of the CBL was Elie E. Saleeby.

See also

Africa:

References

  1. ↑ "AFI members". AFI Global. 2011-10-10. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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