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Headquarters | Sheshi Austria 1, 1001 Tirana, Albania |
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Established | 2 September 1925[1][2] |
Ownership | 100% state ownership[3] |
Governor | Gent Sejko |
Central bank of | Albania |
Currency | Albanian Lek ALL (ISO 4217) |
Reserves | 2 890 million USD[3] |
Website | bankofalbania.org |
The Bank of Albania (Albanian: Banka e Shqipërisë) is the central bank of Albania, issuing the Albanian lek. It is headquartered in Tirana, with five branches in Shkodër, Elbasan, Gjirokastër, Korçë and Lushnjë, and a Research and Training Center in Berat.
The bank was founded in 1925 in Rome as the National Bank of Albania (Albanian: Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis, Italian: Banca Nazionale d’Albania, Albanian acronym BKSH), replaced in 1945 by the state-owned Albanian State Bank based in Tirana (Albanian: Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar, BSHSH), before taking its current name in 1992.