Exhibit 24
Power of Attorney
WITNESSETH, that each of the undersigned directors ofFIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC. ("BancShares"), a Delaware corporation, by his or her execution hereof, hereby constitutes and appointsJAMES E. CREEKMAN, KENNETH A. BLACK, andJOHN H. GRAY, and each of them, with authority to act jointly or individually, as his or her true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in his or her name, place and stead, to execute for him or her BancShares’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the "Annual Report") to be filed by BancShares with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any and all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file the same, together with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission. Each of the undersigned hereby grants unto each said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all the acts of each said attorney-in-fact which he or they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ JOHN M. ALEXANDER, JR. John M. Alexander, Jr. | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ CARMEN HOLDING AMES Carmen Holding Ames | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ VICTOR E. BELL III Victor E. Bell III | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
George H. Broadrick | Director | |||
/s/ HOPE HOLDING CONNELL Hope Holding Connell | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ HUBERT M. CRAIG III Hubert M. Craig III | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ H. LEE DURHAM H. Lee Durham | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ LEWIS M. FETTERMAN Lewis M. Fetterman | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/S/ FRANK B. HOLDING Frank B. Holding | Executive Vice Chairman | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ FRANK B. HOLDING, JR. Frank B. Holding, Jr. | President, Chief Administrative Officer and Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ LEWIS R. HOLDING Lewis R. Holding | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | January 22, 2007 |
Signature | Title | Date | ||
Charles B. C. Holt | Director | |||
/s/ JAMES B. HYLER, JR. James B. Hyler, Jr. | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ LUCIUS S. JONES Lucius S. Jones | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
Joseph T. Maloney, Jr. | Director | |||
/s/ ROBERT T. NEWCOMB Robert T. Newcomb | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ LEWIS T. NUNNELEE II Lewis T. Nunnelee II | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ C. RONALD SCHEELER C. Ronald Scheeler | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ RALPH K. SHELTON Ralph K. Shelton | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ R. C. SOLES, JR. R. C. Soles, Jr. | Director | January 22, 2007 | ||
/s/ DAVID L. WARD, JR. David L. Ward, Jr. | Director | January 22, 2007 |