Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale

Bank of Central African States
Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) (French)

Headquarters of the BEAC
Headquarters	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Established	1972
Governor	Abbas Mahamat Tolli
Central bank of	Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
Currency	Central African CFA franc XAF (ISO 4217)
Preceded by	Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun
Website	www.beac.int

The Bank of Central African States (French: Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, BEAC) is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa:

Philibert Andzembe of Gabon was Governor of the BEAC from July 2007 until October 2009, when he was fired by the new president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, in response to a bank scandal in which $28.3 million went missing from the bank's Paris branch. Jean Félix Mamalepot, also from Gabon, was Governor for preceding 17 years.

In December 2010, a memo dated July 7, 2009, said that Gabonese officials working for the Bank of Central African States stole US$36 million over a period of five years from the pooled reserves, giving much of the money to members of France’s two main political parties.