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EXHIBIT 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert H. Graham or Carol F. Relihan, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all his
capacities as a trustee or officer of AIM Investment Funds, a Delaware business
trust, to sign on his or its behalf any and all Registration Statements
(including any amendments to Registration Statements) under the Securities Act
of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments and supplements
thereto and applications thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other applicable regulatory authority, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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, and fully as to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
DATED this 22nd day of August, 2000.
/s/ C. DEREK ANDERSON
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C. Derek Anderson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert H. Graham or Carol F. Relihan, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all his
capacities as a trustee or officer of AIM Investment Funds, a Delaware business
trust, to sign on his or its behalf any and all Registration Statements
(including any amendments to Registration Statements) under the Securities Act
of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments and supplements
thereto and applications thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other applicable regulatory authority, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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, and fully as to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
DATED this 22nd day of August, 2000.
/s/ FRANK S. BAYLEY
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Frank S. Bayley
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Robert H. Graham or Carol F. Relihan, and each of them, her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all his
capacities as a trustee or officer of AIM Investment Funds, a Delaware business
trust, to sign on her or its behalf any and all Registration Statements
(including any amendments to Registration Statements) under the Securities Act
of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments and supplements
thereto and applications thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any other applicable regulatory authority, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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, and fully as to all intents and purposes as she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
DATED this 22nd day of August, 2000.
/s/ RUTH H. QUIGLEY
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Ruth H. Quigley
