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
No.	Governor[2]	Term start	Term end	Minister of Finance	Managing Director IMF	President WBG
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

Abdul Aziz Taha
Ahmad Mohd Don
Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Muhammad Ibrahim

References

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

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[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.