Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia

Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia
Incumbent
Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus
since 1 July 2018
Central Bank of Malaysia
Style Yang Berbahagia
Seat Jalan Dato' Onn, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
Appointer Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Constituting instrument Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009
Formation January 1959
First holder W. H. Wilcock
Deputy Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour
Chew Cheng Lian
Website www.bnm.gov.my

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.

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 31 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 Christine Lagarde Jim Yong Kim

Living former Governors

References

  1. ↑ "Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009". Central Bank of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ↑ "Governors". Central Bank of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
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