Central Bank of Tunisia

The Central Bank of Tunisia (Arabic: البنك المركزي التونسي‎, French: Banque Centrale de Tunisie, BCT) is the central bank of Tunisia. The bank is located in Tunis and its current governor is Marouane Abassi, who replaced Chedly Ayari on 16 February 2018.[2]

Central Bank of Tunisia
البنك المركزي التونسي
Banque Centrale de Tunisie
HeadquartersTunis
Established1958
Ownership100% state ownership[1]
GovernorMarouane Abassi
Central bank ofTunisia
CurrencyTunisian Dinar
TND (ISO 4217)
Websitebct.gov.tn

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 recovered Carthaginian coins.

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
  • 1958–1970 : Hédi Nouira
  • 1970–1972 : Ali Zouaoui
  • 1972–1980 : Mohamed Ghenima
  • 1980: Abdelaziz Mathari
  • 1980–1986 : Moncef Belkhodja
  • 1986–1987 : Mohamed Skhiri
  • 1987–1990 : Ismail Khelil
  • 1990–2001 : Mohamed El Béji Hamda
  • 2001–2004 : Mohamed Daouas
  • 2004–2011 : Taoufik Baccar
  • 2011–2012 : Mustapha Kamel Nabli
  • 2012–2018 : Chedly Ayari
  • 2018- : Marouane Abassi

Source: [3]

See also

References
  1. https://d-nb.info/1138787981/34
  2. "Marouane Abassi named Tunisia central bank governor". huffpostmaghreb. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. https://www.bct.gov.tn/bct/siteprod/documents/Conseil_06_fr.pdf

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