Central Bank of Liberia explained

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Ownership:	100% state ownership^[1]
Established:	October 18, 1999
President:	Jolue Aloysius Tarlue
Leader Title:	Governor
Bank Of:	Liberia
Currency:	Liberian dollar
Currency Iso:	LRD
Reserves:	260 million USD

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

• Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1980 - 1986^[4]
• John G. Bestman, 1986 - 1987^[5]
• Paul Jeffy, 1987 - 1988^[6]
• Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1988 - 1989^[7]
• David K. Vinton, ? - 1990 - 1994 - ?
• Raleigh Seekie, ? - 1996
• Ignatius Clay, 1996 - 1997
• Charles Bright, 1997 - 2000

Governors of Central Bank of Liberia

• Elie E. Saleeby, 2000 - May 2004, the first executive governor^[8]
• Charles A. Greene, May 2004 - 2006
• Joseph Mills Jones, 2006 - February 2016^[9]
• Charles Sirleaf, February 2016 - April 2016^[10]
• Milton Alvin Weeks, April 2016 - 2018
• Nathaniel R. Patray, 2018 - November 2019
• Jolue Aloysius Tarlue, November 2019 - ^[11]

See also

• Economy of Liberia
• Ministry of Finance (Liberia)
• Liberian dollar
• List of banks in Liberia
• List of central banks of Africa
• List of central banks

External links

• Central Bank of Liberia official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Weidner . Jan . The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks . Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. 2017. PDF.
2. Web site: AFI members . AFI Global . 2011-10-10 . 2012-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220141606/http://www.afi-global.org/about-afi/members . 2012-02-20 .
3. Web site: Central Bank of Liberia. https://web.archive.org/web/20060826004442/http://www.cbl.org.lr/content_main.php?sub=history. dead. August 26, 2006. August 26, 2006.
4. Book: Central Banking Directory. 1993. 9780951790311.
5. Book: Central Banking Directory. 1993. 9780951790311.
6. Book: Central Banking Directory. 1993. 9780951790311.
7. Book: Central Banking Directory. 1993. 9780951790311.
8. Web site: Liberia's Central Bank Governor Resigned Under Pressure, Asked Not To Leave Liberia. www.theperspective.org.
9. Web site: CBL Policies are Sound, Governor Tells Public – The New Dawn Liberia. 2020-04-13. 2022-04-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20220401185924/https://thenewdawnliberia.com/cbl-policies-are-sound-governor-tells-public/. dead.
10. Web site: Liberia's president names new finance minister, central bank governor . Yahoo Finance . 16 April 2016.
11. Web site: New Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor Named. www.cbl.org.lr. 2020-04-13. 2021-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20210814070745/https://cbl.org.lr/2press.php?news_id=188&related=7&pg=sp. dead.