IDS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


             Gumer C. Alvero                 Mark E. Schwarzmann
             Timothy V. Bechtold             Bridget M. Sperl
             Arthur H. Berman
             B. Roger Natarajan


Do hereby jointly and severally authorize Eric L. Marhoun, Mary Ellyn Minenko,
Paul R. Johnston, H. Bernt von Ohlen, Christopher O. Petersen or Heather M.
Somers to sign as their agent any Registration Statement, pre-effective
amendment, post-effective amendment and any application for exemptive relief of
the IDS Life Insurance Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, and do hereby ratify such signatures heretofore
made by such persons.

It is expressly understood by the undersigned that all to whom this Power of
Attorney is presented are hereby authorized to accept a copy, photocopy or
facsimile of this authorization with the same validity as the original.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of counterpart copies, each
of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney for the
purpose herein set forth.

Dated the 13th day of April, 2005.



/s/ Gumer C. Alvero                             /s/ Mark E. Schwarzmann
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    Gumer C. Alvero                                 Mark E. Schwarzmann


/s/ Timothy V. Bechtold                         /s/ Bridget M. Sperl
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    Timothy V. Bechtold                             Bridget M. Sperl


/s/ Arthur H. Berman
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    Arthur H. Berman


/s/ B. Roger Natarajan
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    B. Roger Natarajan