Central Bank of Libya

Central Bank of Libya
مصرف ليبيا المركزي

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CBL HQ
Headquarters	Al Fatah Street, Tripoli
Established	1 April 1956 (started operations)
Ownership	100% state ownership[1]
Governor	Saddek Elkaber
Central bank of	Libya
Currency	Libyan dinar LYD (ISO 4217)
Reserves	71 010 million USD[1]
Preceded by	Libyan Currency Committee
Website	cbl.gov.ly Tripoli, Libya centralbankoflibya.org Al-Bayda

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is the monetary authority in Libya. It has the status of an autonomous corporate body. The law establishing the CBL stipulates that the objectives of the central bank shall be to maintain monetary stability in Libya and to promote the sustained growth of the economy in accordance with the general economic policy of the state.

The headquarters of the Central Bank are in Tripoli. However, to make the CBL services more accessible to commercial banks, branches and public departments located far from the headquarters. The CBL has three branches, located in Benghazi, Sabha and Sirte.