Abstract:
This study aimed to study the extent of applying principles of governance in the Libyan
commercial banks operating in Benghazi, the population of this study consists of all
occupants of leading positions in the branches of public commercial banks operating in
Benghazi, and are represented in the branch managers and their assistants and heads of
departments in Al-Wahda bank, Al-Jumhoria bank, National Commercial bank and the
Sahara Bank. The questionnaire was used as an essential tool for data collection, and the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. The results
showed that there is an application of governance principles in Libyan commercial banks.
This study also recommended that it is necessity to benefit from the application of Libyan
public commercial banks to the principles of governance in raising the performance of
these banks
