Bank of Central African States

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Bank of Central African States Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) (French)
Headquarters	Yaounde, Cameroon
Established	1972
President	Philibert Andzembe
Central Bank of	Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Currency	Central African CFA franc
ISO 4217 Code	XAF
Website	www.beac.int
Preceded by	Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun

The Bank of Central African States (French: Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa:

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Republic of the Congo

Philibert Andzembe of Gabon was Governor of the BEAC from July 2007 until October 2009, when he was fired by the new president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, in response to a bank scandal in which $28.3 million went missing from the bank's Paris branch. Jean Félix Mamalepot, also from Gabon, was Governor for preceding 17 years.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO)
• Central banks and currencies of Africa
• CFA Franc
• JFPI Corporation
• Central African CFA franc
• Economy of Africa
• Economy of the Central African Republic
• Economy of Cameroon
• Economy of Chad
• Economy of the Republic of the Congo
• Economy of Equatorial Guinea
• Economy of Gabon

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) Official site of Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale

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