Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia

The Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia is the chief executive of Malaysia's central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board of Directors. Malaysian ringgit currency notes, issued by the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM), bear the governor's signature. Since its establishment in 1959, the BNM has been headed by 9 governors.

Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia
Incumbent
Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus

since 1 July 2018
Central Bank of Malaysia
StyleYang Berbahagia
SeatJalan Dato' Onn, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
AppointerYang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Constituting instrumentCentral Bank of Malaysia Act 2009
FormationJanuary 1959
First holderW. H. Wilcock
DeputyShaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour
Chew Cheng Lian
Websitewww.bnm.gov.my

Section 15 (1) of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 stated that the Governor is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Supreme Head of Malaysia whilst the Deputy Governor is appointed by the Finance Minister. Section 15 (4) of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 stated that the term of office typically runs for 5 years for the Governor and 3 years for the Deputy Governor, both eligible for reappointment.[1]

The 9th and current Governor is Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, who took over from Muhammad Ibrahim on 1 July 2018.

List of the Governors

No. Governor[2] Term of office Minister of Finance Managing Director
IMF
President
WBG
Term start Term end
1 W. H. Wilcock January 1959 July 1962 Henry Lee Hau-shik
Tan Siew Sin
Per Jacobsson Eugene R. Black, Sr.
2 Ismail Mohd Ali July 1962 July 1980 Tan Siew Sin
Abdul Razak Hussein
Hussein Onn
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Per Jacobsson
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Johan Witteveen
Jacques de Larosière
Eugene R. Black, Sr.
George D. Woods
Robert McNamara
3 Abdul Aziz Taha July 1980 June 1985 Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Daim Zainuddin
Jacques de Larosière Robert McNamara
Alden W. Clausen
4 Jaffar Hussein June 1985 May 1994 Daim Zainuddin
Anwar Ibrahim
Jacques de Larosière
Michel Camdessus
Alden W. Clausen
Barber Conable
Lewis T. Preston
5 Ahmad Mohd Don May 1994 August 1998 Anwar Ibrahim Michel Camdessus Lewis T. Preston
James Wolfensohn
6 Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman September 1998 1 May 2000 Anwar Ibrahim
Mahathir Mohammad
Daim Zainuddin
Michel Camdessus James Wolfensohn
7 Zeti Akhtar Aziz 1 May 2000 28 April 2016 Daim Zainuddin
Mahathir Mohammad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak
Horst Köhler
Rodrigo Rato
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Christine Lagarde
James Wolfensohn
Paul Wolfowitz
Robert Zoellick
Jim Yong Kim
8 Muhammad Ibrahim 1 May 2016 30 June 2018 Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak
Lim Guan Eng
Christine Lagarde Jim Yong Kim
9 Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus 1 July 2018 Incumbent Lim Guan Eng
Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Christine Lagarde
Kristalina Georgieva
Jim Yong Kim
David Malpass

Living former Governors

References

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