Central Bank of Libya

Libyan Dinar

Http://cbl.gov.ly/

Libyan Currency Committee

The Central Bank of Libya (Arabic مصرف ليبيا المركزي, English Central Bank of Libya, CBL) is the is the national central bank of the state of Libya. It is headquartered in Tripoli, as well as branches in Benghazi, Sebha and Sirte. Since March 10, 2011, she is on the list of persons and institutions in 2011 affected by EU sanctions against Libya. Since then, the accounts of the CBL are blocked in Germany.

Location

The building of the State Bank is located on the northern edge of Old Town, directly next to the west Jamahiriyya Museum and close to the historic port area.

History

The CBL took on 1 April 1956, the shops, sparking the Libyan Currency Committee from. To promote Auslandsinvestitonen and to support the Libyan Investment Authority under the complete control of the CBL -standing Libyan Arab Foreign Bank was established in 1972.

Organization

At the top of the bank of the Director ( Governor ), the Deputy Director ( Deputy Governor ) and the Steering Committee ( Governing Council ) are. The management of the CBL in general is up to the eight-member Board of Directors (Board of Directors ), which includes in addition to the Director and Deputy six of other members.

Tasks

The main tasks of the CBL include:

• The issue of currency,
• The monitoring of the national payment system,
• The supervision of the gold and the foreign currency reserve land,
• The regulation of the Banking on the requirements of monetary stability and economic growth and
• The administration of government bonds.