The Central Bank of Yemen ( ar, البنك المركزي اليمني) is the

central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

. The Bank is engaged in developing policies to promote

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and is a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. The Central Bank of

North Yemen North Yemen may refer to: * Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) * Yemen Arab Republic The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية '), also known simply as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa), was a ...

was established in 1971 and the Central Bank of

South Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...

in 1972. When the northern and southern sectors of Yemen reunited on 22 May 1990, the Central Bank of Yemen (of the north) merged with the Bank of Yemen (of the south) under the original name of “Central Bank of Yemen”.

Governors of the Central Bank

Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani ( ; 4 July 1939 – 22 August 2011) was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister of Yemen from 1994 to 1997, under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Ghani was a member of the General People's Congress party. Ghani als ...

, 1971-1975http://www.pjsymes.com.au/yemen-sample.pdf * Abdulla al-Sanabani, 1975-1985 * Mohammad Ahmed al-Junaid, 1985-1990 * Mohammad Ahmed al-Junaid, 1990-1994 * Alawi Saleh al-Salami, 1994-1997 *

Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Samawi Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Samawi (born 1946) is a Yemeni economist. He was the Governor of the Central Bank of Yemen for thirteen years. He is currently a member of the 'Consultative' Shura Council of the Republic of Yemen. Education * (1976) High ...

, 1997-2010 *

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, 2010-2016 * Mansar Al-Quaiti (in Aden), 2016-2018 *

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(in Aden), 2019-2021 * Ahmed Bn Ahmed Ghaleb al-Mabaqi (in Aden), 2021- incumbent

References

External links

Official site: Central Bank of Yemen
Economy of Yemen

1990 establishments in Yemen Banks established in 1971 Banks established in 1990 Banks of Yemen Government of Yemen {{yemen-stub

Governors of the Central Bank

See also

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