# 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 10 governors.
Section 15 (1) of the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 states 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 states that the term of office typically runs for 5 years for the Governor and 3 years for the Deputy Governor, both eligible for reappointment.
The 10th and current Governor is Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour, who took over from Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus on 1 July 2023.

## List of the governors

| No. | Governor | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Minister of Finance | IMF Managing Director | WBG President |
| No. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Minister of Finance | IMF Managing Director | WBG President |
| 1 | Tan Sri W. H. Wilcock (1904–1999) | 26 January 1959 | July 1962 | 3 years | Henry Lee Hau-shik Tan Siew Sin | Per Jacobsson | Eugene R. Black, Sr. |
| 2 | Tun Ismail Mohd Ali (1918–1998) | July 1962 | July 1980 | 12 years | 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 | Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Taha (b.1936) | July 1980 | June 1985 | 5 years | Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Daim Zainuddin | Jacques de Larosière | Robert McNamara Alden W. Clausen |
| 4 | Tan Sri Dato' Jaffar Hussein (1931–1998) | June 1985 | May 1994 | 9 years | Daim Zainuddin Anwar Ibrahim | Jacques de Larosière Michel Camdessus | Alden W. Clausen Barber Conable Lewis T. Preston |
| 5 | Tan Sri Dato' Ahmad Mohd Don (1947–2024) | May 1994 | August 1998 | 4 years | Anwar Ibrahim | Michel Camdessus | Lewis T. Preston James Wolfensohn |
| 6 | Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman (1941–2013) | September 1998 | 1 April 2000 | 2 years | Anwar Ibrahim Mahathir Mohamad Daim Zainuddin | Michel Camdessus | James Wolfensohn |
| 7 | Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz (b.1947) | 1 May 2000 | 28 April 2016 | 15 years, 364 days | Daim Zainuddin Mahathir Mohamad 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 | Tan Sri Muhammad Ibrahim (b.1955) | 1 May 2016 | 30 June 2018 | 2 years, 61 days | Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak Lim Guan Eng | Christine Lagarde | Jim Yong Kim |
| 9 | Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus (b.1964) | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2023 | 5 years, 0 days | Lim Guan Eng Tengku Zafrul Aziz Anwar Ibrahim | Christine Lagarde Kristalina Georgieva | Jim Yong Kim David Malpass |
| 10 | Dato' Seri Shaik Abdul Rasheed Abdul Ghaffour (b.19?) | 1 July 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 124 days | Anwar Ibrahim | Kristalina Georgieva | David Malpass Ajay Banga |