The Bank of Albania is Albania's central bank, established on September 2, 1925 and headquartered in Tirana, with five regional branches and a research center in Berat. It issues the Albanian lek, holds price stability as its primary objective, and supervises the banking system and acts as fiscal agent for the government; wholly state-owned, it was originally founded in Rome as the National Bank of Albania under Italian control, reconstituted as the Albanian State Bank after the Second World War, and took its current name in 1992 during post-communist reforms, holding foreign exchange reserves of about 7.3 billion euros as of January 2026.
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Founding YearCurrent institution adopted this name in 1992; predecessor bodies existed as the National Bank of Albania (founded 1925 in Rome) and the Albanian State Bank (from 1945). Headquarters Geography
Country or Jurisdiction ServedWikidata Q806714, property P17 (country). Classification
Institution Subtype In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, located there.
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It is headquartered in Tirana
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before adopting its current name in 1992
Introduction, institution-subtype
The Bank of Albania is Albania's central bank, established on September 2, 1925 and headquartered in Tirana, with five regional branches and a research center in Berat.
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