Exhibit 24(c)

                           DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                WITH RESPECT TO

                          LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY
                                  (REGISTRANT)

The undersigned Director of Lincoln Benefit Life Company constitutes and
appoints Susan L. Lees and Matthew E. Winter and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone), as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, in any and all capacities, to sign the following registration statements:
File No. 333-158172, 333-158192, 333-158180, 333-158181, and 333-165963 of
Lincoln Benefit Life Company, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or
desirable.  I hereby ratify and confirm each and every act that said attorney-
in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  My
subsequent disability or incapacity shall not affect this Power of Attorney.

April 6, 2011

/s/ Anurag Chandra
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Anurag Chandra
Director and Senior Vice President