The Central Bank of Tunisia ( ar, البنك المركزي التونسي, french: link=, Banque Centrale de Tunisie, BCT) is the

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. The bank is in

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and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Ayari on 16 February 2018.

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 The dinar ( ar, دينار, french: Dinar, ISO 4217 currency code: ''TND'') is the currency of Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 milim or millimes (). The abbreviation ''DT'' is often used in Tunisia, although writing "dinar" after the amount i ...

was disconnected from the

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. The bank maintains a Money Museum which includes a collection of recovered Carthaginian coins.

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had a historically low inflation. The

Tunisian Dinar The dinar ( ar, دينار, french: Dinar, ISO 4217 currency code: ''TND'') is the currency of Tunisia. It is subdivided into 1000 milim or millimes (). The abbreviation ''DT'' is often used in Tunisia, although writing "dinar" after the amount i ...

was less volatile in 2000–2010 than the currencies of its oil-importing neighbors,

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and

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. Inflation was 4.9% in

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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 Ali Zouaoui ( ar, علي الزواوي; November 10, 1925 – February 18, 1972) was a Tunisian economist and politician. Career He was a member of an old family which hailed from Hajeb El Ayoun, and studied law and economics in France. He w ...

* 4 mars 1972 – 7 mai 1980:

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* 8 mai 1980 – 11 juillet 1980: Abdelaziz Mathari * 12 juillet 1980 – 14 mars 1986: Moncef Belkhodja * 15 mars 1986 – 26 octobre 1987: Mohamed Skhiri * 27 octobre 1987 – 2 mars 1990:

Ismaïl Khelil Ismaïl Khelil (11 July 1932 – 20 November 2017) was a Tunisian politician. Biography After studying at the University of Grenoble, where he obtained a license, he worked as a secretary at the Tunisian embassy in Rome from 1957 to 1960 and ...

* 3 mars 1990 – 22 janvier 2001:

Mohamed El Béji Hamda Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam. Muhammad and variations may also refer to: *Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations ...

* 23 janvier 2001 – 13 janvier 2004:

Mohamed Daouas Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam. Muhammad and variations may also refer to: *Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations ...

* 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. Mustapha Kamel Nabli Mustapha Kamel Nabli ( ar, مصطفى كمال النابلي; born in 1948) is a Tunisian economist. He served as Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia from January 2011 until July 2012. Biography Born on February 10, 1948, in Téboulba, Tu ...

* 23 juillet 2012 – 14 février 2018:

Chedly Ayari Chedly Ayari ( ar, الشاذلي العياري) (8 August 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Tunisian politician, economist, and diplomat. He served in several ministerial positions under the government of Habib Bourguiba and was President of the ...

* 16 février 2018:

Marouane Abassi Marouane, Merouane or variations thereof may refer to: Given name Marouane * Marouane Ben Amor (born 1989), Tunisian footballer * Marouane Braiek (born 1985), Tunisian retired football goalkeeper * Marouane Chamakh (born 1984), Moroccan-French foot ...

References

External links

Official site: Banque Centrale de Tunisie

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History

Operations

Governors

See also

References

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