Brunei Currency and Monetary Board
Headquarters | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
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Established | February 1, 2004 |
Chairman | Awang Haji Abd Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim |
Central bank of | Brunei |
Currency | Brunei Dollar BND (ISO 4217) |
Preceded by | Brunei Currency Board |
Succeeded by | Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam) |
Website | Brunei Currency and Monetary Board |
The Brunei Currency and Monetary Board (BCMB) is the central bank of Brunei Darussalam. It was rechartered on February 1, 2004, pursuant to the Currency and Monetary Order of 2004.
History
The Brunei Currency Board was established on June 12, 1967, and the introduction of the Brunei Dollar as the new currency of Brunei in replacing the Malaya and British Borneo dollar after the Currency Union Agreement between Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei was terminated and all three countries issued their own currencies which continued to be interchangeable until May 8, 1973, when Malaysia terminated the agreement with Singapore and Brunei.[1] The Currency Interchangeability Agreement between Singapore and Brunei is still existent. On 27 June 2007, Singapore and Brunei celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement (since 12 June 1967) with the joint-issue of the commemorative $20 notes.[2]
The Brunei Currency Board was dissolved and rechartered under the new name the Brunei Currency and Monetary Board pursuant to Section 3-1 of the Currency and Monetary Order of 2004 on February 1, 2004.[3] It was then succeeded by the Authoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (Monetary Authority of Brunei Darussalam) in 2011.
Organization of the BCMB
- Chairman of the BCMB
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- Awang Haji Abd Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim
- Members:
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- Dato Paduka Awang Haji Ali bin Apong - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance
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- Dr. Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah - Managing Director of Brunei Investment Agency, Ministry of Finance
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- Datin Paduka Dayang Magdalene Chong - Solicitor General, Attorney General's Chambers, Prime Minister's Office
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- Dato Paduka Haji Junaidi bin Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Setia Dato Paduka Haji Hashim - Director, Badan Tanmiah Harta Majlis Ugama Islam