Central Bank of Cuba PO Box 746, Cuba 402 Municipio Habana Vieja, La Habana Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba Phone: (537) 860 4811 to 18 Fax: (537) 863 4061 Swift: BCCUCUHH www.bc.gov.cu President: Ernesto Medina Villaveirán

Brief History Established (as Banco National de Cuba ) 1950, reorganised in 1961, 1966, 1975, 1984. Re-established in 1997 as Central Bank of Cuba, a state bank with monetary and foreign exchange authority. President Ernesto Medina Villaveirán First Vice-President Jorge Barrera Ortega T/F (537) 8622616 Vice-Presidents Gustavo Roca Sánchez, Administrative Vice-Presidency Mercedes López Marrero, Analysis and Strategic Objectives of the Cuban Bank System Vice-Presidency René Lazo Fernández, Macroeconomics Vice-Presidency Arnaldo Alayón Bazo, Operations Vice-Presidency Supervisión policy Responsible for the supervision of all the financing institutions and representative offices of foreing banking institutions. A committee of banking supervision meets twice a month. Monetary policy Monetary policy committee: Ernesto Medina Villaveirán (President) Jorge Barrera Ortega (Vice_President) René Lazo Fernández (Member) Carlos Pérez Soto (Member) Juana Lilia Delgado Portal (Member) Benigno Regueira Ortega (Member) José M. Sánchez Cruz (Secretary) Staff Numbers 1997 -- 522 2000 -- 463 2001 -- 433 2002 -- 433 2003 -- 452 Ownership of Bank 100% state ownership Representative Office None