Qatar Central Bank

Qatar Central Bank
مصرف قطر المركزي
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Headquarters
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HeadquartersPost Box No. 1234, Doha, Qatar
Coordinates25°17′25″N 51°32′06″E / 25.2902°N 51.5349°E / 25.2902; 51.5349
EstablishedMay 13, 1973; 48 years ago
Ownership100% state ownership[1]
GovernorBandar bin Mohamed bin Saud al-Thani
Central bank ofQatar
CurrencyQatari riyal
QAR (ISO 4217)
Reserves$35.990 billion USD
Preceded byQatar Monetary Agency
Websitewww.qcb.gov.qa

The Qatar Central Bank (Arabic: مصرف قطر المركزي) is the central bank of Qatar.

Originally known as the Qatar Monetary Agency it was founded in 1973.

Over its history the Qatar Central Bank has increasingly worked in association with other, larger central banks to achieve a stable currency for the country, most recently and notably with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.[2]

  1. ^ Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
  2. ^ "MAS signs deal with Qatar Central Bank". Monetary Authority of Singapore. 7 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.

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