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 .

Abdul Razak Shaglouf _ Mahmoud Bey Munatase
Dr. Ali Noureddin el-Anezi
  • Signature 2 | Dr. Ali Nour al-Din al-Anezi
  • Date | 26 April 1955 - 26 March 1961
  • Notes |  Kingdom of Libya
Mr. Khalil Ahmed Al-Banani
  • Signature 3 | Mr. Khalil Ahmed Al-Banani
  • Date | 27 March 1961 - 1 September 1969
  • Notes |  Kingdom of Libya
Kasem Mohammed Sherlala
  • Signature 4 | Kasem Mohammed Sherlala
  • Date | 20 September 1969 - 17 January 1981
  • Notes |  Libyan Arab Republic
Mr. Rajab Abdullah Al-Masalati
Mr. Muhammad Al-Zarrouk Rajab
Dr. Abdel Hafeez Mahmoud Al-Zalitni
Dr. Al-Taher Al-Hadi Al-Juhaimi
Dr. Ahmed Amnisi Abdel Hamid
Mr. Farhat Omar Bengdara
Governors names
tenure start
tenure end
Notes
 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 N T C (in Benghazi)
Mr. Saddek Omar Ali Elkaber
Mr. Ali Salim al-Hibri
  • Signature 12 | Mr. Ali Salim al-Hibri
  • Tenure start | 14 September 2014
  • Tenure end | 29 January 2018
  • Notes |   for Libyan House of Representatives since Sep. 2014
Governors names
tenure start
tenure end
Notes
 Mohamed Shukri
 18 August 2024
 26 August 2024
 appointed by the P.C
 Abdel Fattah Ghafar
 26 August 2024
 3 October 2024
 appointed by the P.C as acting governor
Mr. Naji Mohammed Issa Belqasem