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Governors of the Reserve Bank - past and present

Governors	Date of Appointment	Term Expired
Mr Leslie Lefeaux	1 January 1934	31 December 1940
Mr William Fox Longley Ward (Acting Governor : 1 May 1941-1 February 1944)	1 February 1944	8 July 1948
Mr Edward Coldham Fussell	21 July 1948	20 July 1962
Mr Gilbert Wilson	21 July 1962	20 July 1967
Sir Alan Robert Low	21 July 1967	11 February 1977
Mr Raymond W. R. White	12 February 1977	11 February 1982
Mr Dick L. Wilks	12 February 1982	17 May 1984
Sir Spencer Russell	18 May 1984	31 August 1988
Dr Donald Thomas Brash	1 September 1988	Resigned 26 April 2002
Dr Alan Bollard	23 September 2002

Mr Leslie Lefeaux

Portrait by Archibald Nicoll

Mr William F. L. Ward

Portrait by Archibald Nicoll

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Mr Edward C. Fussell

Portrait by Sir William Dargie

Mr Gilbert Wilson

Portrait by Sir William Dargie

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Sir Alan R. Low

Portrait by W. A. Sutton

Mr Raymond W. R. White

Portrait by W. A. Sutton

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Mr Dick L. Wilks

Portrait by Juliet Kac

Sir Spencer Russell

Portrait by June Mendoza

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Dr Donald T. Brash

Portrait by Marianne Muggeridge

Dr Alan Bollard

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