Dr. Christian Lodewyk Stals, better known as Chris Stals (born 13 March 1934) was the seventh Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, serving from 8 August 1989 to 7 August 1999. He succeeded Dr. Gerhard de Kock who had died in office. He obtained a BComm degree from the

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During his term, South Africa's constitutional arrangements were changed again. The Second Republic was superseded by the Third Republic. It was also during his term that

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returned to the

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. It was President

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who kept Dr. Stals in office. Stals was succeeded by Tito Mboweni.Dr Christian Lodewyk Stals
''South African Reserve Bank'' website, retrieved 9 November 2010Hlatshwayo, Nomile (3 November 2009). Excited Governor Mboweni bows out!, ''Times of Swaziland'' ("The 50-year-old Mboweni is the eighth governor of the SARB, having succeeded Dr. Christian Lodewyk Stals in August 1999")

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1934 births Living people Afrikaner people Governors of the South African Reserve Bank 20th-century South African businesspeople 20th-century South African economists South African people of Dutch descent University of Pretoria alumni {{SouthAfrica-business-bio-stub