EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY PRIVATE

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Martin I. Darvick, Anne T. Larin, Frederick A.
Fromm, Jr., Karen A. Merkle, Tia Y. Turk, Marilyn G. deRaad, Dawn
Mleczko and Wilma K. Baker signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of General
Motors Corporation (the "Corporation"), Forms 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the
Corporation, Form 144 in accordance with the Securities Act of
1933 and the rules thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other stock exchange or similar authority;
and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4, 5 and 144 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of September, 2003.


_________________________________
	Kent Kresa

Subscribed and sworn to before me this
15th day of September, 2003.

__________________________________
               Ann M. Tanker
                  Notary Public




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