{"id":7887,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/the-establishment-of-the-national-bank-of-albania\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:53","slug":"the-establishment-of-the-national-bank-of-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/the-establishment-of-the-national-bank-of-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"The establishment of the National Bank of Albania."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW79969378 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW79969378 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">After the reaffirmation of Albania&#8217;s Independence by international acts in 1921, there were many discussions about the establishment of a national bank again. The National Bank of Albania was founded <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">based on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\"> the agreement concluded by Mufid Libohova on behalf of the Albanian Government and Mario Alberti on behalf of an Italian financial group. The administrative center of the National Bank of Albania was the city of Durres, while the Administrative Committee had its center in Rome. At the first meeting for the establishment of the National Bank of Albania, in the presence of shareholders as well as Albanian, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">Italian,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\"> and Yugoslav dignitaries, the election of the Administrative Council of the National Bank of Albania was also carried out. The bank was founded on September 2, 1925, and in February 1926, it put <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">the first Albanian national currency into circulation. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">(In the photo: The shareholders&#8217; statement of the National Bank of Albania, September 2, 1925.)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW79969378 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW79969378 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW79969378 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\"><strong>Text<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">History of the Central Bank in Albania, Bank of Albania, Tirana, 2003, page 27.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW79969378 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:-90,&quot;335559740&quot;:276,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW79969378 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW79969378 BCX0\" data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\"><strong>Photo<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml_lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW79969378 BCX0\">&copy; 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