Central Bank of Cuba

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Central Bank of Cuba
Banco Central de Cuba
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Established28 May 1997
Ownership100% state ownership [1]
PresidentJoaquín Alonso Vázquez
Central bank of Cuba
Currency Cuban peso
CUP (ISO 4217)
Reserves$8 billion
Preceded byNational Bank of Cuba
Website www.bc.gob.cu

The Central Bank of Cuba (Spanish : Banco Central de Cuba, BCC) is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba (Spanish: Banco Nacional de Cuba), which was established on 23 December 1948 [2] and began operations on 27 April 1950. [3]

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The current president of the bank is Joaquín Alonso Vázquez. [4]

Organization

The bank is headed by a single president with five vice-presidents: [5]

The president of the Central Bank is a member of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.

Presidents

Presidents of the National Bank of Cuba and of the Central Bank of Cuba.

No.ImageNameTerm
1 Felipe Pazos.jpg Felipe Pazos 1950 – April 1952 [6]
2Joaquín Martínez SáenzApril 1952 – 1958 [7]
(1) Felipe Pazos.jpg Felipe Pazos January 1959 – November 1959 [6]
3 Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg Che Guevara 26 November 1959 – 23 February 1961 [8]
4Raúl Cepero Bonilla1961–1962 [9]
5Orlando Pérez Rodríguez1962–1973 [10]
6Raúl León Torrás1973–1985 [11]
7Héctor Rodríguez Llompart1985–1995 [12]
8Francisco Soberón Valdés1995–2009 [13]
9Ernesto Medina Villaveiran2009–2017 [14]
10Irma Margarita Martínez Castrillón2017–2020
11Marta Sabina Wilson González2020–2023 [15]
12Joaquín Alonso Vázquez15 February 2023 – present [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
  2. ↑ "Aniversario 62 de la nacionalización de la banca en Cuba". Contraloría General de la República (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  3. ↑ "About the BCC". May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Designado nuevo Ministro Presidente del Banco Central de Cuba". Portal Banco Central de Cuba.
  5. ↑ "About the BCC". Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  6. 1 2 "Felipe Pazos Roque".
  7. ↑ "Annual Report of the Executive Directors for the Fiscal Year". International Monetary Fund. April 2, 1950 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Ernesto 'Che' Guevara".
  9. ↑ "Raúl Cepero Bonilla".
  10. ↑ "Orlando Pérez Rodríguez".
  11. ↑ "Raúl León Torrás".
  12. ↑ "Héctor Rodríguez Llompart".
  13. ↑ "Francisco Soberón Valdés".
  14. ↑ "Evolución de la estructura jurídica".
  15. ↑ "Cuban Parliament appoints members of the Council of Ministers". Agencia Cubana de Noticias. 23 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "Cuba appoints new Minister President of the Central Bank". 16 February 2023.

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