Central Bank of Liberia

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|ownership = 100% state ownership{{cite web |last1=Weidner |first1=Jan |title=The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks |url=https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34 |website=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek|year=2017|format=PDF}}

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|established = October 18, 1999

|president = Henry F. Saamoi

|leader_title = Governor

|bank_of = Liberia

|currency = Liberian dollar

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|reserves = 260 million USD

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.afi-global.org/about-afi/members |title=AFI members |publisher=AFI Global |date=2011-10-10 |accessdate=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220141606/http://www.afi-global.org/about-afi/members |archivedate=2012-02-20 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbl.org.lr/content_main.php?sub=history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826004442/http://www.cbl.org.lr/content_main.php?sub=history|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2006|title=Central Bank of Liberia|date=August 26, 2006}}

Governors of National Bank of Liberia

Charles A. Greene, 1974 - 1980{{cite web |title=Central Bank of Liberia - Central Banking |url=https://www.centralbanking.com/central-bank/central-bank-of-liberia |website=www.centralbanking.com |language=en}}
Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1980 - 1986{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-OeAAAAIAAJ|title = Central Banking Directory|year = 1993|isbn = 9780951790311}}
John G. Bestman, 1986 - 1987{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-OeAAAAIAAJ|title = Central Banking Directory|year = 1993|isbn = 9780951790311}}
Paul Jeffy, 1987 - 1988{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-OeAAAAIAAJ|title = Central Banking Directory|year = 1993|isbn = 9780951790311}}
Thomas D. Voer Hanson, 1988 - 1989{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-OeAAAAIAAJ|title = Central Banking Directory|year = 1993|isbn = 9780951790311}}
David K. Vinton, 1991 - 1995{{cite web |title=Central Bank of Liberia - Central Banking |url=https://www.centralbanking.com/central-bank/central-bank-of-liberia |website=www.centralbanking.com |language=en}}
Raleigh Seekie, September 1995 - January 1996
Ignatius Clay, Jan - March 1996{{cite web |last1=Takeuchi |first1=Shinichi |title=Contemporary African conflict research: issues and possibilities |url=https://www.ide.go.jp/library/Japanese/Publish/Reports/InterimReport/pdf/report_1.pdf|date=1998}}
Eisenhouwer York March - September 1996
Ignatius Clay, Sept 1996 - August 1997
Charles Bright, August 1997 - 2000

Governors of Central Bank of Liberia

Elie E. Saleeby, 2000 - May 2004, the first executive governor{{Cite web|url=http://www.theperspective.org/2004/may/saleebyresigned.html|title=Liberia's Central Bank Governor Resigned Under Pressure, Asked Not To Leave Liberia|website=www.theperspective.org}}
Charles A. Greene, May 2004 - 2006
Joseph Mills Jones, 2006 - February 2016{{Cite web|url=https://thenewdawnliberia.com/cbl-policies-are-sound-governor-tells-public/|title=CBL Policies are Sound, Governor Tells Public – The New Dawn Liberia|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2022-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401185924/https://thenewdawnliberia.com/cbl-policies-are-sound-governor-tells-public/|url-status=dead}}
Charles Sirleaf, February 2016 - April 2016{{cite web |title=Liberia's president names new finance minister, central bank governor |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/liberias-president-names-finance-minister-central-bank-governor-092732120--business.html |website=Yahoo Finance |date=16 April 2016}}
Milton Alvin Weeks, April 2016 - 2018
Nathaniel R. Patray, 2018 - November 2019
Jolue Aloysius Tarlue, November 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbl.org.lr/2press.php?news_id=188&related=7&pg=sp|title=New Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor Named|website=www.cbl.org.lr|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2021-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814070745/https://cbl.org.lr/2press.php?news_id=188&related=7&pg=sp|url-status=dead}} - 30 July 2024
Henry F. Saamoi, 30 July 2024 - Incumbent{{cite web |title=Executive Governor's Profile {{!}} Central Bank of Liberia |url=https://www.cbl.org.lr/senior-management/executive-governors-profile |website=www.cbl.org.lr}}