Governors of The 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 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 |