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The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) ((ソマリ語:''Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya''), (アラビア語:البنك المركزي في الصومال)) is the monetary authority of Somalia. Among other duties, it is in charge of ensuring financial stability, maintaining the internal and external value of the local currency, and promoting credit and exchange conditions that facilitate the balanced growth of the national economy. Within the scope of its powers, it also contributes to the financial and economic policies of the State.〔(Central Bank of Somalia - About the Bank )〕 ==History== On 15 November 1920, the Banca d'Italia opened a branch in Mogadishu. This was the first banking institution in Italian Somaliland. Then in 1938 Banco di Napoli established a branch in Mogadishu. (Banco di Napoli replaced Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, which had opened an office in Mogadishu in 1932). In 1952, National Bank of India (NBI), which later merged with Grindlays Bank to form National and Grindlays Bank, established branches in Berbera and Hargeisa in British Somaliland. NBI was the first bank in British Somaliland and was the banker to the colonial government until the State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) joined the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic in 1960. After the union, National and Grindlays opened a branch in Mogadishu. In 1940, there were five local bank branches in Italian Somaliland. Banca d'Italia had three: in Mogadishu, Kismayo and Merca. Banco di Roma had two branches; one in Mogadishu and another in Merca. Banco di Napoli had one in Mogadishu. Both Banco di Roma and Banco di Napoli also had branches in other parts of the region, in Eritrea and Ethiopia. On 1 July 1960, the newly independent Republic of Somalia established the ''Banca Nazionale Somala'' (National Bank of Somalia) to take over the activities of the Cassa per la Circolazione Monetaria della Somali and the Mogadishu branch of Banca d'Italia. The new bank combined central banking activities with commercial banking activities. In 1968, the Somali Republic's civilian government merged the Somali Credit Bank (Credito Somalo) with the Banca Nazionale Somala. The earlier trusteeship administration had established the Somali Credit Bank in 1954 in the Trust Territory of Somalia. After the bloodless coup d'état of 1969 that saw Mohamed Siad Barre's ascension to power, the government in 1971 nationalized the four foreign banks. The government combined Banco di Roma, Banco di Napoli, and National and Grindlays Bank to form the Somali Commercial Bank. The government also established the Somali Savings and Credit Bank to take over the commercial branches of Banca Nazionale Somala and Banque de Port Said, leaving the Banca Nazionale Somala with only central banking functions. The Somali Savings and Credit Bank had branches in Baidoa, Beledweyne, Berbera, Bosaso, Burco, Galkacyo, Qardho, Hargeisa and Kismayo, and for a while in Djibouti. The Somali Savings and Credit Bank had been established with the technical assistance and aid provided by the Italian Savings Banks Association〔''Convenzione italo-somala per una Cassa di Risparmio'', Il Tempo, March 5th, 1971.〕 in the context of an overall cooperation policy of the European savings banks.〔Arnaldo Mauri, ''Favoriser l'èpargne dans les PVD'', Journal des Caisses d'Epargne, Vol. 107, n. 5, 1988.〕 On 8 February 1975, the government renamed the Banca Nazionale Somala to the Central Bank of Somalia (Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya). It also merged the Somali Commercial Bank and Somali Savings and Credit Bank (Cassa Di Risparmio e Credito Della Somalia) to form the Commercial and Savings Bank of Somalia, which was at the time the only bank in the country. In 1990 the Commercial and Savings Bank of Somalia discontinued operations. At some point the Central Bank of Somalia too ceased functioning. In 2009, the Transitional Federal Government re-opened the Central Bank of Somalia in Mogadishu as part of its campaign to restore national institutions.〔(AfDB approves a $2m grant for Somalia )〕 The Bank had an additional branch in Baidoa that was already operational with personnel in place.〔(Central Bank of Somalia - Payment system )〕 In September 2013, Yussur A.F. Abrar was named the new Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia. A former Vice-President at Citigroup and Vice-President of Credit Risk Management at the American International Group, she was the first woman to have been appointed to the position. In November 2013, Bashir Isse was appointed on an interim basis as Somalia's Central Bank Governor, following the resignation of his predecessor Abrar earlier in the month. In April 2014, the federal Cabinet approved Isse as the new permanent Central Bank Governor. Maryan Abdullahi Yusuf was also named his new Deputy Governor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Bank of Somalia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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