8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT




Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 13, 2002


Commission File Number: 0-49677


                            WEST BANCORPORATION, INC.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


          Iowa                                           42-1230603
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(State of Incorporation)                   (I.R.S. Employer Indentification No.)


                  1601 22nd Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Registrant's telephone number:  515-222-2300

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Item 5. Other Events

The  Registrant  issued a press  release on  November  13, 2002  announcing  the
retirement of David L. Miller as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of West Bancorporation, Inc. effective February 15, 2003. Mr. Miller will remain
on the Board of  Directors  of the Company and its  subsidiary,  West Des Moines
State Bank,  and will  continue  advising  the Bank under a lifetime  consulting
agreement.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

        (c) Exhibits

         99.1  Press Release of West Bancorporation, Inc. dated
               November 13, 2002.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

Pursuant to Regulation  FD,  information is being attached as an Exhibit to this
Current  Report with respect to a press  release  announcing  the  retirement of
David L. Miller.

The information  contained in this Press Release and other financial reports may
contain  forward-looking  statements  about the Company's growth and acquisition
strategies,  new  products  and  services,  and  future  financial  performance,
including earnings and dividends per share, return on average assets,  return on
average equity, efficiency ratio and capital ratio.  Forward-looking  statements
are encouraged by the Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995.  Such
forward-looking information is based upon certain underlying assumptions,  risks
and  uncertainties.  Because  of the  possibility  of change  in the  underlying
assumptions,  actual results could differ materially from these  forward-looking
statements.  Risks and  uncertainties  that may affect future  results  include:
pricing  pressures  on  loans  and  deposits,   actions  of  bank  and  non-bank
competitors,  changes  in local and  national  economic  conditions,  changes in
regulatory  requirements,  actions of the Federal Reserve Board,  and customer's
acceptance of the Company's  products and  services.  The Company  undertakes no
obligation  to revise or update such  statements  to reflect  current  events or
circumstances   after  the  date  hereof  or  to  reflect  the   occurrence   of
unanticipated events.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  West
Bancorporation,  Inc.  has caused  this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto fully authorized.

West Bancorporation, Inc.
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(Registrant)

November 13, 2002                                     By: /s/ Douglas R. Gulling
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Dated                                                 Douglas R. Gulling
                                                      Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release

November 13, 2002
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact:

Doug Gulling, Chief Financial Officer (515) 222-2309

DAVID L. MILLER TO RETIRE AS CHAIRMAN,  PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
WEST BANCORPORATION, INC.

West Des  Moines,  IA - The Board of  Directors  of West  Bancorporation,  Inc.,
parent  company of West Des Moines State Bank  announced  they have accepted the
retirement of David L. Miller as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company,  effective February 15, 2003. This comes  approximately one year
after his retirement as Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of West Bank. Mr.
Miller  will  remain  a  member  of  the  Board  of   Directors   of  both  West
Bancorporation, Inc. and West Bank. In addition, he will continue to assist West
Bank through a lifetime  consulting  agreement.  David R. Milligan  continues as
Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer  of West  Bank and Brad L.  Winterbottom
continues as its President.

Mr. Miller joined West Bank in 1961 and became its president in 1968. In 1984 he
led a group  of  local  investors  who  formed  West  Bancorporation,  Inc.  and
purchased  West  Bank  from  its  previous  owners.  In June of this  year,  the
Company's common stock began trading on the Nasdaq National  Market.  Mr. Miller
has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of West Bancorporation,
Inc. since its formation. Under his leadership, the financial performance of the
Company and the Bank has been one of the best in the country.

A successor has not been named at this time.


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