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):                  June 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 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

        (c)  Exhibits
             99.1  Investor Presentation

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

Pursuant to Regulation  FD,  information is being attached as an Exhibit to this
Current  Report  with  respect  to a  presentation  made by David  R.  Milligan,
Executive Vice President and Douglas R. Gulling,  Chief  Financial  Officer,  of
West  Bancorporation,  Inc.  (the  "Company") at the 7th Annual  Community  Bank
Conference hosted by Howe Barnes Investments, Inc.

The  presentation  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)



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



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