Exhibit 23
(Form 10-K)
(Form 10-K)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference into the following Registration Statements:
Registration Statement No. 33-47686 on Form S-8 dated May 5, 1992
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. Second Amended Stock Option Plan;
Registration Statement No. 33-61197 on Form S-8 dated July 21, 1995
Citizens Banking Corporation Stock Plan for Directors;
Registration Statement No. 333-09455 on Form S-8 dated August 2, 1996
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. Amended and Restated Section 401(k) Plan;
Registration Statement No. 333-86569 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 dated December 22, 1999
F&M Bancorporation, Inc. Stock Option Plans;
Registration Statement No. 333-40100 on Form S-8 dated June 26, 2000
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. All-Employee Stock Option Plan;
Registration Statement No. 333-86326 on Form S-8 dated April 16, 2002
Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. Stock Compensation Plan;
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-61197 on Form S-8 dated February 24, 2003
Citizens Banking Corporation Stock Plan for Directors;
Registration Statement No. 333-104472 on Form S-4 dated June 9, 2003
pertaining to the registration of $125,000,000 of subordinated notes;
Registration Statement No. 333-136946 on Form S-4 dated August 28, 2006
pertaining to the registration of securities, business combinations;
Registration Statement No. 333-137490 on Form S-3 dated September 21, 2006
pertaining to the automatic shelf registration statement of securities of well-known seasoned issuers;
Registration Statement No. 333-136946 on Form S-4/A dated October 24, 2006
pertaining to the registration of securities, business combinations;
Registration Statement No. 333-136946 on Form S-8 dated January 22, 2007
pertaining to securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans, post-effective amendments,
of our reports dated February 28, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries, and with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc., incorporated by reference in the 2007 Annual Report (Form 10-K).
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP |
Detroit, Michigan
February 28, 2008
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