Dr. Christian Lodewyk Stals, better known as Chris Stals (born 13 March 1934) was the seventh Governor of the

South African Reserve Bank The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920", as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial condit ...

, serving from 8 August 1989 to 7 August 1999. He succeeded Dr.

Gerhard de Kock Dr. Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan de Kock better known as Gerhard de Kock (14 February 1926 – 7 August 1989) was the sixth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. He was the son of Dr. M.H. de Kock, who was the third Governor of the South ...

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 The Second Republic was superseded by the Third Republic.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 Nelson Mandela who kept Dr. Stals in office. Stals was succeeded by

Tito Mboweni Tito Titus Mboweni (born 16 March 1959) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Finance of South Africa in the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 to 2021. Mboweni was the eighth Governor of the South African Rese ...

.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