Governors of The Central Bank of Libya

Central Bank of Libya

The CBL was founded in 1955 under Act no. 30 (1955) started its operations on 1 April 1956 under the name of National Bank of Libya, to replace the Libyan Currency committee which was established by the United Nations and other supervising countries in 1951 to ensure the well being of theWeak and poor Libyan economy. The primary aims of the Libyan Currency committee were to assist Libya in creating a unified currency in all three provinces.

The Bank's name was changed to Bank of Libya under Act no. 4 (1963), then to its current name Central Bank of Libya after the 1969 coup .


Signature
Name
tenure start
tenure end
Notes
Signature 1 Abdul Razak Shaglouf - - Members of the Currency Commission
Mahmoud Bey Munataser - -
Signature 2 Ali Noureddin el-Anezi 26 April 1955 26 March 1961 Kingdom of Libya
Signature 3 Khalil Bennani 27 March 1961 1 September 1969 Kingdom of Libya
Signature 4 Kasem Mohammed Sherlala 20 September 1969 17 January 1981 L.A.Republic
Signature 5 Rajab El Msallati 18 January 1981 3 March 1986 S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Signature 6 Mohamed Zarough Rajab 4 January 1987 6 October 1990 S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Signature 7 Abd al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini 7 October 1990 13 February 1996 G.S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Signature 8 Taher Al-Jehaimi 14 February 1996 22 March 2001 G.S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Signature 9 Ahmed M. Muneisi Abdel-Hamid 23 March 2001 5 March 2006 G.S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Signature 10 Farhat Omar Bengdara 6 March 2006 6 March 2011 G.S.P.L.A.Jamahiriya
Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini 6 March 2011 2 April 2011 acting
Mohamed Zarough Rajab 2 April 2011 August 2011
Ahmed S. El Sharif February 2011 April 2011 for NTC (in Benghazi)
Kassem Azzuz April 2011 12 October 2011 for NTC (in Benghazi to Aug. 2011)
Signature 11 Saddek Omar Ali Elkaber 12 October 2011 26 August 2024 for GNC, later PC since Sep. 2014
Signature 12 Ali Salim al-Hibri 14 September 2014 29 January 2018 for HR since Sep. 2014
Mohamed Shukri 18 August 2024 26 August 2024 appointed by the PC
Abdel Fattah Ghafar 26 August 2024 3 October 2024 appointed by the PC as acting governor
Naji Issa 3 October 2024 Incumbent