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The Central Bank of Tunisia ( ar, البنك المركزي التونسي, french: link=, Banque Centrale de Tunisie, BCT) is the central bank of Tunisia. The bank is in Tunis and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Ayari on 16 February 2018.
The BCT has 12 branch banks.
History
Tunisia gained independence in 1956. The Central Bank of Tunisia was formed two years later in 1958. In December 1958 the newly created Tunisian dinar was disconnected from the French franc. The bank maintains a Money Museum which includes a collection of recoveredCarthaginian coins
Carthaginian or Punic currency refers to the coins of ancient Carthage, a Phoenician city-state located near present-day Tunis, Tunisia. Between the late fifth century BC and its destruction in 146 BC, Carthage produced a wide range of coinage in g ...
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Tunisia had a historically low inflation. The Tunisian Dinar was less volatile in 2000–2010 than the currencies of its oil-importing neighbors, Egypt and Morocco. Inflation was 4.9% in fiscal year 2007–08 and 3.5% in fiscal year 2008–09.
Operations
The BCT has 12 branch banks.
Governors
Since its foundation, the following governors have succeeded at the head of the institution: * 30 septembre 1958 – 9 novembre 1970: Hédi Nouira * 10 novembre 1970 – 18 février 1972: Ali Zouaoui * 4 mars 1972 – 7 mai 1980: Mohamed Ghenima * 8 mai 1980 – 11 juillet 1980:Abdelaziz Mathari
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* 12 juillet 1980 – 14 mars 1986: Moncef Belkhodja Moncef or Munsif ( ar, منصف) is a masculine Arabic given name. People named Moncef include:
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* Moncef Belkhayat, Moroccan politician
* Moncef Guitouni, Tunisian psycho-sociologist
* Moncef Marzouki, fourth ...
* 15 mars 1986 – 26 octobre 1987: Mohamed Skhiri
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* 27 octobre 1987 – 2 mars 1990: Ismaïl Khelil
* 3 mars 1990 – 22 janvier 2001: Mohamed El Béji Hamda
* 23 janvier 2001 – 13 janvier 2004: Mohamed Daouas
* 14 janvier 2004 – 16 janvier 2011: Taoufik Baccar
Taoufik Baccar is a Tunisian politician. He was the governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia from 2004 to 2011.
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* 23 juillet 2012 – 14 février 2018: Chedly Ayari
* 16 février 2018: Marouane Abassi
Official site: Banque Centrale de Tunisie
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See also
* Tunisian dinar * Banking in Tunisia * Economy of Tunisia * List of central banks of Africa * List of central banksReferences
External links
Official site: Banque Centrale de Tunisie
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